Aliaksandr Zabavchik was born in 1958 in Minsk. He graduated from the Theater and Art Institute, now the Minsk Academy of Arts, in 1987. He studied at the department of industrial art. After graduation, he was a member of the creative association "Forma" until the early l990s. 1990s, and since 2004 he has been a member of the creative association of artists "Artel". He is also a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.

Zabavchik enjoys success on the art market. He has had several solo exhibitions in his career, including at the Belarusian Museum of Contemporary Art, the "Underground" Gallery in Minsk, the "Corally" Gallery in Lviv and the City Gallery in Rzeszow. His works are in private collections in Europe, the US and China.

In his work he uses unconventional techniques and materials, the recipes of which he keeps secret. He paints mainly geometric and organic abstractions, but his work also includes religious paintings referencing Orthodox icons. An interesting turn in his career was his stay in China. In 2017, at the invitation of the Chinese government, he took part in a joint exhibition of Sino-Belarusian painting in China, where he had previously studied Chinese history and painting.