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Oleksandr Balbyshev
Ukraine
Artist highlights
- Social Media Star
- Experienced Artist
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 33.5x47.2in
About this artwork
“Blue Leopard” reimagines the ouroboros—a serpent consuming its own tail—through contemporary queer identity. Part human and part leopard, the central figure holds a serpentine tail that loops across and beyond the canvas, grasping its end in an assertion of self-possession.
The tail becomes a metaphor for the cyclical journey of self-discovery, the fluidity of desire, and the struggle to own one’s identity. Wild, sensual, and unapologetic, the… leopard embodies the instinct to resist conformity and reclaim control over one’s narrative despite fear or rejection.
A surreal palette creates a dreamlike space where identity and desire intertwine. The wandering tail echoes the persistence of instinct and longing; holding it transforms chaos into a declaration of autonomy and self-acceptance.
Exploring freedom, repression, and rediscovery, “Blue Leopard” celebrates queer resilience and authenticity. It invites viewers to confront their conflicts and embrace the untamed parts of themselves.
The tail becomes a metaphor for the cyclical journey of self-discovery, the fluidity of desire, and the struggle to own one’s identity. Wild, sensual, and unapologetic, the… leopard embodies the instinct to resist conformity and reclaim control over one’s narrative despite fear or rejection.
A surreal palette creates a dreamlike space where identity and desire intertwine. The wandering tail echoes the persistence of instinct and longing; holding it transforms chaos into a declaration of autonomy and self-acceptance.
Exploring freedom, repression, and rediscovery, “Blue Leopard” celebrates queer resilience and authenticity. It invites viewers to confront their conflicts and embrace the untamed parts of themselves.
Oleksandr Balbyshev
Ukraine
Credentials
- Social Media Star
- Experienced Artist
« My art is selfish. Picturing something on my canvas, I take it into my soul. I draw only what I consider very beautiful, what I want to possess. »
Oleksandr Balbyshev is a Ukrainian contemporary artist based in Germany. Combining oil painting with Soviet-era found objects, his practice explores queer identity, masculinity, vulnerability, historical memory, and ideological symbols.
His paintings focus on the male body, using vivid color, sensuality, and art-historical references to challenge discomfort around male nudity. He presents masculinity through tenderness, desire, uncertainty, and emotional openness rather than dominance.
A second direction transforms Soviet portraits, sculptures, and propaganda objects. Through overpainting, fragmentation, and playful interventions, Balbyshev strips them of ideological authority and creates new visual and emotional meanings.
Both directions connect personal experience with questions of identity, memory, power, and cultural transformation. His works are held in private collections across Europe, North America, Australia, and beyond.
His paintings focus on the male body, using vivid color, sensuality, and art-historical references to challenge discomfort around male nudity. He presents masculinity through tenderness, desire, uncertainty, and emotional openness rather than dominance.
A second direction transforms Soviet portraits, sculptures, and propaganda objects. Through overpainting, fragmentation, and playful interventions, Balbyshev strips them of ideological authority and creates new visual and emotional meanings.
Both directions connect personal experience with questions of identity, memory, power, and cultural transformation. His works are held in private collections across Europe, North America, Australia, and beyond.
Oleksandr Balbyshev
Blue Leopard
$7,900
