About Alexander Daniloff
Biography
Alexander Daniloff is a Russian artist and illustrator, born in 1963 in Donetsk (Ukraine).
After finishing his studies at the Theater School of Niznij Novgorod (Russia) in 1990, he immediately entered to the artistic life and achieved remarkable success since his first exhibitions both in Russia and abroad. From 1987 to 2000 he participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Nizhni Novgorod, Moscow, Norilsk (Russia); Amsterdam, Venlo, Horst, Heusden (Netherlands); Barcelona (Spain); Helsinki (Finland); in San Francisco and Los Angeles (United States). Since 1994 he collaborates with the Dutch gallery "IROK".
In 2000 he moved to Italy where he now lives and works as a professional artist. He created and published four series of Tarots and illustrated some books. He collaborated as an illustrator with the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo for the creation of posters. With a particular drawing technique he made some murals both in Italy and in Russia.
He created the banners for the Knightly Games of Sulmona, Massa Marittima, S. Giovanni d'Asso, Gualdo Tadino, Lucca and Castel Madama.
Since 2000, he has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Italy (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, Bari, Augusta, Roccamonfina, Sorrento, Palermo); in the Netherlands (Horst, Panningen) in the gallery "IROK"; in Hungary (Budapest) in the Russian Cultural Center; in Austria in the Russian Centre of Science, Culture and Dorotheum Auction House (Vienna) and in the Kunsthaus, Obernberg Castle.
Of which the most important solo exhibitions are:
"Sunrise at Paradise", SanLorenzo Art gallery, Poppi, 2019
"In the labyrinth of time", BessArte gallery at the Torre Guinigi, Lucca, 2018
"Amor courteous", Gallery ROCCART, Florence, 2017
"Rare species", Edi Graphics R2B2 and Riccardo ART, Florence, 2016
Museum Michetti, Francavilla al Mare (Gh), 2016
"Mysteries, metamorphosis and other" Workshop of the Memory and Image, Fiuggi, 2015
"Metamorphosis", gallery "Things in itself", Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2013
"About the Game," Art Studio Ottovolarte, Florence, 2012
"The signs of the myth," Palace of Bank Foundation del Monte di Lucca, Lucca, 2012
"Imaginary Trip", hall of the municipal palace, Capannori (LU), 2011
solo exhibitions, gallery "Things in itself", Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2010
"Cartomania", gallery "Quadrupede", Rome, 2010
"Journey illusive", Russian National Center of Culture, Budapest, Hungary, 2009
"Patavinitas", Paolo Maffei Art, Padua, 2008
solo exhibitions, municipal gallery ENGLOS Dobbiaco (Bz), 2007
solo exhibitions, Gallery Agostiniana, Rome. 2004
solo exhibitions, Sale del Bramante, Rome. 2002
"Angels & Warriors", gallery Gi Art Bi, Castelfranco Emilia, 2002
"Imaginary Trip", Sala Gran Guardia, Rovigo, 2001
"Reverberations of the past," municipal gallery "Palette", Pieve di Cadore (BL), 2000
Participation in Art Fairs in Italy: Artexpo (2012, Arezzo), “Giorni d'Arte” (2012, Carrara), “Immagine” (2003, Reggio Emilia), “Arte Padova” (2002, Padua), “Artisti a Torino” (2001, Turin) and “Art Revolution Taipei” Taiwan, 2016
Daniloff's paintings are in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vladivostok, in the National Gallery of Nizhni Novgorod and in Art Gallery of Norilsk (Russia); in the Art Gallery of Donetsk and in the Museum of Fairy Tales of Kiev (Ukraine); in the collections of the Foundation of Dario Mellone and Bank Foundation del Monte di Lucca (Italy); as well as in private collections in Russia, Israel, Finland, USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, England, Italy and Netherlands.
For me art is a game, a spectacle, where I am an actor, director, set designer. Travels in real or mythological times and changes of decorations and costumes help me to create some sort of theatricalization as a way of artistic thinking, which allows me to achieve in painting a particular effect that shows playfulness and drama of life. My philosophical stance in art is to be as a liquid that can take any form, without losing quality.
