Forests, fields, clouds, and water, portrayed at times from close up, at times from a distance, are rendered strikingly immediate by the artist’s virtuoso technique, which skilfully juxtaposes sharp and blurred sections, fine lines and rough strokes. Yet these scenes also exude a profound sense of tranquillity. The large-format compositions atmospherically capture light and shadow, stillness and movement.

Danja Akulin, born in St Petersburg in 1977, has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000. From 2000 to 2005, he completed a degree in fine arts under Prof. Georg Baselitz at the Berlin University of the Arts, and from 2005 to 2006 he was a master student with Prof. Daniel Richter. In 2017 he was recognized with the Canadian Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His works have been exhibited in Germany, the United States, and Russia, most recently in the exhibition “The End of Painting: Karl Hagemeister and Painting Today” at the Bröhan Museum in Berlin. Akulin’s works are held in private and public collections, including the art collection of the German Bundestag.