Alexander Daniloff

I am a Russian artist and illustrator, born in 1963 in Donetsk (Ukraine).
For me, art is a game, a spectacle in which I am actor, director, and set designer.
I can be anyone or no one, travelling through real and mythological times.
The changing of sets and costumes is but a pretext to create a kind of theatricalization that becomes a tool for artistic reflection — a pictorial language capable of expressing both the festivity and the dramatic exaltation of life.
My philosophical approach to art is to be like a liquid: able to take on any shape without losing my essence..

Some of my works are held in the collections of the Dario Mellone Foundation and the Banca del Monte di Lucca Foundation; the Civic Gallery of Norilsk and the Museum of 20th–21st Century Art in Saint Petersburg (Russia); the Art Gallery of Donetsk and the Fairy Tale Museum of Kyiv (Ukraine); and in private collections across Russia, Israel, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Thailand, Finland, Norway, Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Netherlands.

After graduating from the Theatre School of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) in 1990, Daniloff immediately entered the world of art. From 1987 to 2000, he took part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, and Norilsk (Russia); in Amsterdam, Venlo, Horst, and Heusden (Netherlands); in Barcelona (Spain); in Helsinki (Finland); and in San Francisco and Los Angeles (USA).

Since 2000, Daniloff has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad: in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Lucca, Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi, Carrara, Arezzo, Bibbiena, Poppi, Gubbio, Padua, Rovigo, Ferrara, Verona, Mantua, Castelfranco Veneto, Castelfranco Emilia, Dobbiaco, Pieve di Cadore, Fiuggi, Arcevia, Francavilla al Mare, Atri, Bari, Augusta, Roccamonfina, Sorrento, Palermo; in the Netherlands (Horst, Panningen – IROK Gallery); in Budapest (Russian Cultural Centre); in Vienna (Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Dorotheum Auction House, Kunsthaus Obernberg Castle); in Berlin (Re/space Gallery); and in Russia (Museum of 20th–21st Century Art, Saint Petersburg; Museum of 20th Century Art, Nizhny Novgorod).

Selected solo exhibitions include:

“Alba al Paradiso”, SanLorenzo Arte Gallery, Poppi, 2019

“Music of the Spheres”, curated by Imago Russia, Caffè Pedrocchi, Padua, 2018

“In the Labyrinth of Time”, BessArte Gallery, Guinigi Tower, Lucca, 2018

“Courtly Love”, ROCCART Gallery, Florence, 2017

“Rare Species”, R2B2 Art Print Studio, Florence, 2016

“Mysteries, Metamorphoses and Other Dolleries”, Officina della Memoria e dell’Immagine, Fiuggi, 2015

“Metamorphosis”, “Cosa in sé” Gallery, ...