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eng Automatic Translation

Sergei Balenok

1954

Artist, book illustrator, worked as an art editor in various publishing houses.

Works in book and easel graphics (mainly in the technique of etching), easel painting. Designer of many books, such as, for example, "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut, a collection of science fiction "For Sale Planet", several collections of poetry by Joseph Brodsky.

His monochrome etchings depict dreamlike, metaphysical and often surreal subjects: figures, characters and zoomorphic creatures are placed in the context of nature or abandoned urban landscapes.

Lives and works in Minsk.

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Links:

Personal website: balenok.com

Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org

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Born on the 31st of May, 1954 in Boyarka village of Kiev region (now Kiev city), Ukraine. Studied in the Ukraine Institute of Printing Arts of Ivan Fedorov in Lviv (1976–1980) at Yuri Charyshnikov’s. A member of the Union of Artists of BSSR (1988–2004). A participant of exhibitions since 1976. He deals with book graphics, easel graphic works (etching in the main) and easel painting. The works are in the collections of art museums in the following cities: Winterthur (Switzerland), Gyor (Hungary), Krakow (Poland), Minsk, Polatsk (Belarus), New Brunswick (the USA), Rimini (Italy), Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Also in private collections of Germany, Israel, Ireland, Canada, China, the Netherlands, Russia, the USA, Turkey, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Sweden.