Alexander Dik
"Do not live with the fear of others. Live your dream now."
In 1992, Alexander Dik’s family, part of the marginalized "Russlanddeutsche"
minority from Kazakhstan, moved to Marzahn, Berlin. Life was tough in the
bleak neighborhood, but Alexander had one passion: painting. However, his
conservative upbringing forced him into a career as a supermarket salesman,
practicing taekwondo on the side, while secretly painting in a cramped
basement studio.
In 2018, he decided to pursue art full-time, enrolling at the Berlin Academy of
Arts at 35. There, he flourished, with his professor praising his bold artistic
evolution.