Anatoly Belov

Born in 1977. Lives and works in Ukraine in Kyiv. Now a forced migrant. Lives in Austria in Vienna.

At various times, Anatoly Belov's artistic practice was connected with graphics, street art, performance art, cinema, and electronic music. Personal experience is always present at the basis of the artist's creative method - using all the variety of techniques and approaches, Belov invariably continues the conversation about the personal through his experience and the experience of his characters, exploring the freedom of views and actions. The main theme of Belov's works is queerness, homosexuality, carnality.Having taken his first steps in the performative music project Penoplast, Anatoly continued his musical practice in Emblika Quail and the queer-pop project Lyudska Podoba (The electronic music queer pop project Lyudska Podoba (Human Likeness) founded in 2012 together with Heorhiy Babanskyi was the first queer pop musical band in the history of Ukraine)

https://www.mqw.at/institutionen/q21/artists-in-residence/anatoly-belov