Luka Basov is a Ukrainian artist whose practice encompasses painting, graphics, and film photography.

Summary of Luka Basov

The artist is interested in the phenomena of violence, death, and foreboding as big general themes that are reflected by many artists. Basov’s paintings have graced the walls of numerous venues in Ukraine. 

Biography of Luka Basov 

The artist was born in 1993 in Moldova and grew up in Odesa, Ukraine. He studied at the Odesa College of Fine Arts (painting department) in 2010-2014. 

Then, he attended the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, where became Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 2019 and a Master in Monumental Painting in 2021. He also completed the Contemporary Art Course at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts in 2019.

Luka Basov’s original paintings have been featured in various exhibitions held at Mystetskyi Arsenal (Kyiv), "Asortymentna Kimnata" (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), JUMP Contemporary Art Gallery (Poltava, Ukraine), The Naked Room Gallery (Kyiv).

Luka Basov’s Famous Paintings: Exploring Corporeality

The artwork of Luka Basov also includes works from the “Victim” series.  For the creation of works in this series, the artist used watercolors on paper.

In his series “Emergency Exit into My Dream”—created shortly after the full-scale invasion—the artist presents disconnected images: a portrait from behind, a neck, a torso, and a hotel corridor. These images evoke a dreamlike ambiguity, inviting the viewer to form stories or interpretations, keeping them in suspense, and cutting off before the end. By exploring the trauma of war and its impact on perception, the artist addresses subconscious fears, where the sense of hidden threat persists, even in safe spaces. Luka Basov’s paintings for sale are available at auction on the UFDA website. 

Luka Basov’s Art Style

Basov’s art explores corporeality in images and ways of its representation, the interplay between painting and photography. The artist often uses photographic references as a starting point for his work.

The artist claims that he is fascinated by images that have multiple layers of meaning and are not immediately comprehensible and have a certain depth. Or those that are not apparent at first glance and require time to be perceived.