The timed auction ends Thursday April 16th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Aden Senycia
Mimetic Desire, 2025
Oil on Board
Height 57 cm x Width 51 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $800
In my early 20s I struggled with mimetic desire, I think it’s hard not to to some extent. Wanting what other people want! Becoming chronically ill has in some ways set me free of all that, my timeline is different and that’s okay. I’ve historically not been good at knowing what’s good for me and spent years of my life unhappily doing the things I thought would make me happy. So this piece ´Mimetic Desire’ is about ageing and being okay with oneself, being an ape under the sun.
Artist Bio: A third-culture kid with strong ties to the Ukraine, Aden spent his formative years in Oman in the Middle East, which established a lifetime quest for identity and belonging. Through his own profound sense of displacement, pursuit of community and quest for solace, he creates a spiritual home for both himself and the viewer in his compositions.
Aden successfully held his first solo art exhibition ‘Sharp Love, Slow Faint’ in mid-2023, at shopfront 740 in Melbourne, Australia. He recently completed a 15-metre-long mural at the iconic Mamma Chens in Footscray, where other examples of his work grace the walls.