Basanets Anton - Ukrainian artist

Basanets Anton Nikolaevich

Was born January 20, 1981 in a simple working-class family in the small town of Nizhyn (Chernigov region). He graduated from Nizhyn State University named after Nikolai Gogol.

Since his school years the artist was fond of drawing, notebooks and textbooks were decorated with portraits of classmates and picturesque landscapes. This was his art school, he did not receive a special education.

He began painting in oil at the age of 25. A difficult breakup with his beloved demanded an outlet of emotion and energy, and so his first paintings appeared.

In 2012, he had his first exhibition in Odessa, and in the same year his first paintings were sold. His work is a test of different styles and the search for himself. At this intersection are unusual, touching and nostalgic works.