Authistical Art

Painting presence and history

- Bogdan Jensen -

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Current Projects : Updated July 2026

  • Promotional poster for an art exhibition titled 'Longing in Brown Pastels: portraits from life' by Bogdan Jensen, featuring a painted profile portrait of a woman in warm brown and orange tones on a dark background.

    Longing in Black and Brown

    Soft Pastels drawn from life.

    The exhibition holds colour, skin, distance and longing without asking the sitters to explain themselves.

    TZOM: Diffenbachstr. 69,
    Berlin Kreuzberg

    Mo-Fri: 17:00 - 22:00
    Sa-So: 10:00 - 22:00

    20th July - 1st August 2026

  • Original pastel drawing of a curled figure on black paper with red, green, and gold tones, exploring warmth, shadow, and surrender.

    Awareness without Accommodation

    Critical essay about the limitations of mere awareness versus real world experiences of autistic life.

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  • A poster design featuring an expressive painted portrait of a female figure in warm yellow, orange, and cream tones against a blue painterly background. Large white text reads 'Life and Remains,' the title of the exhibition featured here, by artist Bogdan Jensen

    "Life and Remains"

    Part II :

    TZOM : Diffenbachstr. 69,

    Berlin, Kreuzberg

    Mo-Fri: 17:00 - 22:00
    Sa-So: 10:00 - 22:00

    1st June - 20th July

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Memorial Works


Portraits restoring presence to lives erased by history.

Reclaiming History Art From Below

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Paintings from Life

Figurative paintings from direct presence.

Bodies, portraits, compositions.

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Art & Collector Guides

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  • Does Owning Art Still Matter in a Digital Culture?


    A short reflection on why owning original art still matters in an age of endless digital images, distorted scale, and fast consumption.

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  • Framed Quiet Tide fine art print by Bogdan Jensen held by hands, showing the blue-toned pastel portrait in a dark frame

    Original Artwork vs Fine Art Print: What Are You Really Buying?

    Every original artwork is a timestamp in the artist’s journey. Each one tells us something about the mental, spiritual, and emotional whereabouts of that artist at a particular time.

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  • A Gentle Touch fine art print by Bogdan Jensen displayed in a framed bedroom mockup with soft window shadows and a seated pastel figure study

    How to Start Collecting Original Art Without Feeling Intimidated

    Starting an original art collection does not require expertise, wealth, or certainty.

    The biggest hindrance I see with most new art collectors is simply: fear.

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Solo Exhibitions

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  • Artistic poster for an exhibition titled 'Devenir L'image' with a stylized human figure drawn in charcoal and soft pastel by artist Bogdan Jensen.
  • Promotional poster for an art exhibition titled 'Longing in Brown Pastels: portraits from life' by Bogdan Jensen, featuring a painted profile portrait of a woman in warm brown and orange tones on a dark background.
  • A poster design featuring an expressive painted portrait of a female figure in warm yellow, orange, and cream tones against a blue painterly background. Large white text reads 'Life and Remains,' the title of the exhibition featured here, by artist Bogdan Jensen
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Abstract artwork with colorful shapes and patterns by artist Bogdan Jensen, inspired by the Bauhaus movement. It depicts geometric forms interlaced with organic floating ones.

Prints & Editions


Selected works available as museum-quality prints.

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Critical Essays

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  • Pastel drawing of a female figure with a textured background, drawn from life model by Bogdan Jensen

    Style Is Not Art

    What damage does recognisability leave behind? A polemic against artist-as-brand and for a practice rooted in encounter with life, mystery and world view.

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  • Alt text: Figurative pastel artwork by Bogdan Jensen showing a crouched human figure against a dark blue background, used as the banner image for an essay on autism, accommodation and Autisia.

    Awareness Without Accommodation

    A personal essay by artist Bogdan Jensen on autism, suspicion, social disability and the anti-autistic abelism he calls Autisia.

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  • Justice depicted as an abstract figure that is bound by ropes and blindfolded. Drawn in soft pastel from a life model, by Bogdan Jensen

    Justice Served Cold


    What if justice cannot truly be served? This essay questions our faith in punishment, the death penalty and the seductive belief that suffering can be balanced by inflicting more of it.

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A picture depicting the artist Bogdan Jensen as he paints a canvas.

About

Authistical Art is a practice working through figurative painting and memorial portraiture.

Focused on dignity, presence, and human existence beyond identity.

Bogdan Jensen

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