Alexey Adonin

I am an abstract-surrealist painter based in Jerusalem, working primarily in oil on canvas. My paintings begin with spontaneous brushwork and gradually develop through layers of organic forms, shifting light, and ambiguous spaces. Rather than illustrating a fixed story, I create visual environments that exist between the recognizable and the imagined.

My work explores perception, memory, and the inner landscapes that surface when familiar reality begins to dissolve. Light plays a central role: it can reveal a path, conceal a structure, or transform a landscape into a psychological space. I leave each painting open enough for viewers to form their own associations and interpretations.

Born in Belarus, I studied painting and graphic art at the Glebov Art College in Minsk and have lived and worked in Jerusalem since the early 1990s. My work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions internationally and featured in curated collections and art publications.

1982-1987 Art Design, City Children's Art School, Slutsk, BY
1989-1993 Painting/Graphic, State Art College named after A. Glebov, Minsk, BY

2025
Harmony of Tension (group exhibition), DSAI369 & Artflow Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, US
Improvised (solo exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem, IL

2024
Drop Down Light (group exhibition), Lumen Art Gallery, Audin, TR
Exhibition #1 (group exhibition), Pale Space Gallery, New York, NY, US
Love (group exhibition), Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR
Diversion (group exhibition), Aedra Fine Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, US
On Being Human And Human Being (group exhibition), The follow.art platform, Amsterdam, NL

2023
Solo Exhibition. Alexey Adonin (solo exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
Figurative Art (group exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (group exhibition), Ev.-Luth. Auferstehungskirchengemeinde Hamburg-Lohbrügge, Kurt-Adams-Platz 9, 21031 Hamburg, DE
Lines and Colors (group exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
#ArtOnScreen Spring 2023 Exhibition (group exhibition), New York's Hotel Iventi & The Big Screen Plaza, NY, US
Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation (group exhibition), Li Tang Gallery, NY, US
#ArtOnScreen Winter 2023 Exhibition (group exhibition), New York's Hotel Iventi & The Big Screen Plaza, NY, US

2022
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