Boris Danilov

Ukrainian contemporary artist and porcelain master, he works in painting, graphics, and monumental art while also experimenting with form and color. His creations include picturesque and decorative compositions that are both figurative and abstract. The artist is influenced by the aesthetic principle of "Sabi" from medieval Japanese art, which conveys a unique concept of beauty through strict, harmonious forms imbued with a sense of elegy. He is a prominent representative of postmodernism. The artist has completed creative projects at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Augarten in Vienna, Austria, in 1998. His works are housed in the National Museums of Kyiv, Lviv, and Khmelnytskyi. Currently, he lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is the author and participant in numerous exhibitions, symposiums, auctions, and creative projects. Notable exhibitions include: - 2021: "Boris Danilov's White Gold. Porcelain" in collaboration with the manufacturer Richard Ginori 1735. Catalog available at the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art (Kyiv, Ukraine). - 2010: "View from Four Sides." Catalog available at the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art (Kyiv, Ukraine). - 1998: Personal exhibition at the National Art Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine). - 1998: Author's project at the Augarten Royal Manufactory Auction (Vienna, Austria). - 2001 - 2005: Author of the restoration of cultural and historical objects at St. Sophia of Kyiv, specifically the 18th-century tiled stoves in the Metropolitan's House. He also created monumental sculptures for the Kyiv Puppet Theater.