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Dmitri Danish was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1966. He was a natural artist from the start taking his first drawing pencil in hand before he was able to walk or talk. His mother, an artist herself, was the first to discover Dmitri's talent. She saw that he expressed his thoughts, feelings and desires through his creations and she started communicating with her son via color and shape. Painting became as natural for young Dmitri as breathing, eating, or sleeping. By age 5, Danish was taking his first professional painting lessons; he was already able to paint quality landscapes, portraits, still life's, and abstract paintings. At age 13 he was accepted into a gifted children's art school in Kharkiv. By age 15 he was enrolled at the Kharkiv State Art College (1982). |
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Danish's most favorite genre was cityscapes. He painted cities that he read about in books, cities that he heard about on the radio or in people's conversations, and cities that he saw printed on postage stamps. He created new countries in his mind and painted their cities, streets, canals, doors & windows. Danish liked painting doors and windows most of all because of their symbolic appeal. They let him view and enter unknown worlds, which he couldn't do in reality. His imagination was able to take him to those unusual and magical worlds that he saw in his dreams. In college Danish became fascinated with Kharkiv, the city where he was born and raised. He painted various buildings, wooden houses and walls, small coffee shops under huge old trees, and again, doors and windows from his Southern city. His paintings portrayed Kharkiv as a warm and cozy place to live. In 1986 Danish graduated from college and began to teach art. He quickly realized that teaching art was not his ideal career — he wanted to express himself though art — not teach others. Danish went into the army for three years of duty and as soon as he returned, he immediately entered the Department of Fine Art at the Kharkiv State Polytechnic University. He began to paint for a living. After two years he became a member of the prestigious Union of Ukranian Artists and his paintings were in much demand. His career of a fine artist took off and he began to exhibit in Ukraine, Russia, and other Eastern European countries. In the year 2000, Kharkiv State Museum of Fine Art conducted a solo exhibition of Danish 's work entitled: "Cities and Mountains" and purchased three of his painting that are now part of the Museum's permanent collection. During 2000-2001 the New Jersey Museum of Modern Art also purchased three of Danish's works. And, in 2003 the Ukranian government purchased one of Danish's paintings. Danish has traveled to most of Europe since the opening of the Russian borders visiting cities and countries he dreamed about as a child. He has spent time in Rome, Venice, Sienna, and in many of the cities of France, Holland, Hungary, Austria, Greece and Turkey. Danish's works are currently exhibited abroad and in a select number of top American galleries. Ventana Art Gallery is proud to represent the impressionistic imagery of this highly talented artist. |
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