Born in 1977 in Saint-Petersburg (USSR), Danja Akulin lives and works in Berlin (DE) since 2000. He studied at the University of Arts of Berlin (UdK) at the Department of Fine Arts (2000 -2005, Prof. Georg Baselitz), where he has completed his Advanced MFA (2005 -2006, Prof. Daniel Richter). His works were exhibited extensively since 2002, in 2017 the artist was granted Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award.
Selected solo exhibitions include among others:
In Darkness Let Me Dwell, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin (DE), 2023, Between the Lines, Artbrige Gallery, Berlin, (DE), Between the Lines, In-Gate Gallery, Brussels (BE), 2022, Penumbra, new works, J.J.Heckenhauer Gallery, Munich (DE), 2021, Art on Paper New York, with Elipsis Art, New York (USA), 2020, Rock Hard Sea, Bark Gallery, Berlin (DE), 2020, Penumbra, Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg (RU), 2019, Art on Paper Brussels (2018), Charcoal on Canvas, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York(USA), 2013, Art Karlsruhe ,2013, Penumbra, Erarta Gallery, London (UK), 2012.
Selected group exhibitions include among others:
Das Ende der Malerei. Karl Hagemeister und die Malerei heute, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin (DE), 2023, 50/50: The Matter of Duality, Paul- Fleischmann- Haus, Berlin (DE), 2020, Preparing for Darkness vol. 4: True Romance, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE), 2019, Erinnern-treümen-zeichnen, Poll Gallery (Berlin, Germany), 2019, A Sign of Nature, W Gallery, Osnabrück (DE), 2019, Kunst und Filmbiennale Worpswede 2018, Worpswede (DE), 2018, Shadow, Thielbeer.Art & Holger Kuhn Fine Arts, Berlin(DE), Preparing for Darkness, Kühlhaus (Berlin, Germany) Salon Nr. 2, Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin (DE), 2018, Salon der Gegenwart, Catalog, Hamburg (DE), This is The Sea, Fano Kunstmuseum, Catalog, Fano (DK).