Danja Akulin
Paintings | Drawings
Germany , Russia
About the artist
Charcoal and graphite are fundamental and expressive elements for me
In his drawings, Danja Akulin captures light and shadow, thus preserving moods and emotions. He takes his inspiration from the environment, his dreams and memories and depicts objects such as barcodes, fingerprints or even landscapes and trees.
His aesthetic black and white drawings are minimalist and conceptual in nature.
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Danja Akulin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1977. He moved to Berlin in 2000 to study at the University of the Arts, where he still lives and works. During his studies he studied with Georg Baselitz and Daniel Richter.
His long-time teacher and mentor Georg Baselitz supported and had a lasting influence on his artistic work and vision. Other artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter also influence Danja Akulin's work.
Danja Akulin largely uses materials such as graphite, charcoal and pencil in his drawings. In his large-format canvas works, he varies with the thickness and fineness of the lines to create a fusion and dissolution of contours. What colour is for some painters, the texture of the drawings is for Akulin his means of artistic expression.
Danja Akulin exhibits in numerous galleries and museums in Europe and the USA, including Poll Gallery Berlin (Berlin), Mimi Ferzt Gallery NYC (USA), Erarta Gallery London (UK) or Fano Art Museum (Denmark). Akulin also presents his art in Russia: for example, he exhibited at Triumph Gallery, Moscow Center of Art Moscow, St. Petersburg Rizzordi Art Foundation or Perm Biennial of Graphic Art. He received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship in 2017.
Danja Akulin / Даня Акулин Born in 1977 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He lives and works in Berlin.
Education / Training:
2000-2005 Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), visual arts studies with Prof. Georg Baselitz.
2005-2006 Master student with Prof. Daniel Richter at the UdK Berlin,
Works | Series
Untitled
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References
Awards
2017 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant- Awardee(s)- Canada
Solo exhibitions
2022 between the lines / Art Bridge Gallery - Berlin, Germany
2022 between the lines / In-Gate Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
2021 Penumbra new works / J.J. Heckenhauer Gallery - Munich, Germany
2020 ROCK HARD SEA / Bark Gallery - Berlin, Germany
2020 Art on paper / Art on Paper Art Fair - New York, United States
2019 Penumbra / Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art - St. Petersburg, Russia
2018 Art on paper / Art on Paper, Contemporary Drawing Fair - Brussels, Belgium
2018 Werkschau / J.J. Heckenhauer Gallery - Munich, Germany
2014 Exhibition / J.J. Heckenhauer Gallery - Munich, Germany
2014 Landscapes / Poll Gallery - Berlin, Germany
2014 Werkschau / Gallery J.J. Heckenhauer - Munich, Germany
2013 Charcoal on Canvas / Mimi Ferzt Gallery - New York City, United States
2013 Exhibition / Art Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe, Germany
2012 Penumbra / Erarta Gallery - London, United Kingdom
2012 Crepusculum / TS Art Projects - Berl, Germany
2011 Landscapes / Gallery J.J. Heckenhauer - Brussels, Belgium
2010 V.I.P.R.I.P / Michael Schultz Gallery, - Berlin, Germany
2008 Werkschau / Mimi Fertz Gallery - New York City, United States
2007 Survival Craft / Moscow centre of Art - Moscow, Russia
2007 Signs / Triumph Gallery - Moscow, Russia
2004 Exhibition / Gallery "Borkowski" - Hanover, Germany
2002 Exhibition / Gallery "Bellevue" - Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2017 Werkschau / Salon of the Present - Hamburg, Germany
2017 This is The Sea / Artdocks Gallery - Bremen, Germany
2016 Under Cover / Artdocks Gallery - Bremen, Germany
2016 Salon No. 1 / Christine Knauber Gallery - Bremen, Germany
2015 Playing pool with a rope / Metropol Park - Berlin, Germany
2015 Neu Gold / Dortmunder U - Dortmund, Germany
2014 Strictness and Beauty / Ural Vision Gallery - Yekaterinburg, Russia
2014 Werkschau / 6th Biennale of Drawing - Eislingen, Germany
2012 With Pencil and Crayon / Poll Gallery - Berlin, Germany
2012 On the eternal journey / E.ON AG - Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Expression Beyond / Rizzordi Art Foundation - St. Petersburg, Russia
2011 Monte Verita / Montez Family Art Association - Fankfurt am Main, Germany
2011 (Moving) Identities / Gallery JJ Heckenhauer - Tübingen, Germany
2010 Art Paris / Michael Schultz Gallery - Paris, France
2010 Munich Contempo / Michael Schultz Gallery - Munich, Germany
2010 ART.FAIR 21 / Michael Schultz Gallery, - Cologne, Germany
2009 Werkschau / Mimi Fertz Gallery - New York City, United States
2007 Sputnik. New Painting from Berlin / Galerie Claudius - Hamburg, Germany
2005 Subjective Obsessions / Art Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005 Exhibition / Nord Art 2005 - Rendsburg, Germany
2004 Exhibition / Gallery Apex - Göttingen, Germany
2004 Exhibition / Kunstverein - Ülzen, Germany
2004 Identity in the Digital Era / Künstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin, Germany
2004 Exhibition / KPM - Offenhallen - Berlin, Germany
2003 Insights / Gallery Michael Schultz - Berlin, Germany
2003 Exhibition / Gallery Helmut Leger - Munich, Germany
2003 Exhibition / Gallery Annelie Grimm-Beickert - Bamberg, Germany
2003 Exhibition / Horst-Janssen-Museum - Oldenburg, Germany
2002 Art Summer 2002 / Kunstverein Oberhausen - Oberhausen, Germany
Museum exhibitions
2017 This is The Sea / Fano Kunstmuseum - Fano, Dänemark
2010 Boomerang / Perom Museum of Contemporary Art - Perm, Russland
Press
2018 Singulart Magazine- Focus on the painter Danja Akulin