Galerie Dantendorfer
BENKA
Selected Works
Biography
BENKA rejects humanity’s dangerous game of underestimating the consequences of AIs. His artistic approach aims to explore the question of the robotization of our world. The numbers and letters in his paintings are CAPTCHAs.
A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites from bots by generating tests that humans—but not malicious computer programs (robots)—can complete.
1983 born in Abu Dhabi
2015 BENKA began self-studying painting and has devoted himself entirely to his art as a self-taught artist
Lives and works in Munich
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2025 | Between the lines, Mees-van de Wiele, Ghent, Belgium
2023 | SPALTUNG, Galerie Z 22, Berlin, Germany
2022 | Painted with vulgarity, Galerie Dantendorfer, Vienna
2021 | Benkas Solo Presentation, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 | Virtual Insanity, Galerie Dantendorfer, Vienna
2020 | CAPTCHA, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2018 | Take a look into your reflection, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2018 | You’d better shoot the robot first, Galerie Z 22, Berlin, Germany
Group Shows
2023 | ALL IN 2.0, Galerie Dantendorfer, Vienna
2020 | WAY OUT, Grange Gallery, Cernay-les-Reims, France
2020 | Kunst Salon, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2019 | Kunst Salon, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2019 | Aus der Strömung 4, KUNST BLOCK BALVE, Munich, Germany
2018 | Armer Sammler, Berlin, Germany
2017 | Autodidakt, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
Fairs
2023 | Parallel, Galerie Dantendorfer, Vienna
2020 | ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Z22, Karlsruhe, Germany
2019 | Discovery Art Fair, Galerie Z22, Cologne, Germany
2018 | Discovery Art Fair, Galerie Z 22, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 | Art Salzburg Contemporary, Galerie Z 22, Salzburg, Austria
2018 | MUNICH ART HOUSE, self-representation, Munich, Germany
2017 | Kunstmesse Leipzig, self-representation, Leipzig, Germany
2017 | Contemporary Art Ruhr, Galerie Z 22, Essen, Germany
2017 | ARTMUC, self-representation, Munich, Germany
2017 | Discovery Art Fair, Galerie Z 22, Berlin, Germany
2017 | Discovery Art Fair, self-representation, Cologne, Germany