Alexey Adonin — Biography & CV (Archive)

Born in 1973 in Slutsk, Belarus
Lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel

Alexey Adonin is an abstract-surrealist painter working primarily in oil on canvas. He studied painting and graphic arts at Glebov Art College in Minsk from 1989 to 1993. Through spontaneous brushwork, layered organic forms, and a gradual process of refinement, he creates luminous, dreamlike environments that explore perception, memory, and the shifting boundary between inner experience and external reality.

Recent projects include Improvised, a solo exhibition at the Jerusalem House of Quality (2025), and a residency and group exhibition at Art Park Rhodes (2025). In 2026, his work appeared on the cover of 3Elements Review and in Rappahannock Review. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections worldwide.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 — Improvised, Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem, IL
2023 — Alexey Adonin (online exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
2020 — Beyond The Consequence of Time (A Retrospective of Works) (online exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US — Exhibition snapshot · Press coverage
2011 — Reflection, Jerusalem Theater (Balcony Gallery), Jerusalem, IL
2011 — Hadassah, Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, Jerusalem, IL
2009 — Phantom, Cultural Center Harmony, Jerusalem, IL
2002 — Fantasia 2002, Russian City Library («Teena» Society), Jerusalem, IL

Residencies

2025 — Art Park Rhodes, Rhodes, GR — Artist residency and group exhibition

Group Exhibitions

2025 — Harmony of Tension (online exhibition), DSAI369 & Artflow Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, US — Snapshot · Press coverage
2024 — Drop Down Light (online exhibition), Lumen Art Gallery, Aydın, TR
2024 — Exhibition #1 (online exhibition), Pale Space Gallery, New York, NY, US
2024 — Love, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR
2024 — Diversion (online exhibition), Point Pleasant Publishing (formerly Aedra Fine Arts), Jersey City, NJ, US — Curatorial review
2024 — On Being Human And Human Being (online exhibition), follow.art platform (Art Fairs Service), Amsterdam, NL — Press release
2023 — Figurative Art, The Community Art Channel, FR
2023 — Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (photographic reproductions), Auferstehungskirche Hamburg-Lohbrügge, Hamburg, DE
2023 — Lines and Colors, The Community Art Channel, FR
2023 — Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation (online exhibition), Li Tang Gallery, New York, NY, US — Press coverage
2023 — #ArtOnScreen Digital Art Program (Winter–Spring 2023) (public screening), Big Screen Plaza & Hotel Eventi, New York, NY, US
2022 — Phantasmagoria of Reality, Beyt Naima Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Archived gallery page
2022 — The Other Art Fair (Virtual Edition), presented by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
2022 — Artrepreneur: Curated (giclée prints), New York Artists Equity Association, New York, NY, US — Press release
2021 — Winter Extravaganza: Second Annual Group Exhibition of Represented Artists (online exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
2021 — Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (photographic reproductions), St. Laurentius Church, Pegau, DE
2021 — Distance, Lacuna Festivals, Canary Islands, ES — Snapshot
2021 — Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (photographic reproductions), Generationenzentrum Matthias Ehrenfried, Würzburg, DE — Press release
2021 — Immersion Site (online exhibition), Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2021 — Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art Biennial (online exhibition), mowna, New York, NY, US — Press release
2021 — Nature Art Exhibition, International Online Art Collective, Safety Harbor, FL, US
2021 — My Online Bedroom (online exhibition), MOSTYN in collaboration with Queer Direct, Llandudno, Wales, UK
2021 — Lockdown Exhibition, Fitzrovia Circle, London, UK — Organizer page
2020 — Out of body (ROOM 4), Stoa Collective, Dublin, IE — Snapshot
2020 — RAVE Miami Online Art Fair, Redwood Art Group & Artios Gallery, Miami, FL, US
2020 — Winter Mosaic: Celebrating Creativity, Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
2020 — The Endangered, Can Art Save Them?, Art Impact International, Inc., Washington, DC, US — Video
2020 — Orange Exhibit Part Two, The Artist’s Circle Online Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
2020 — Abstract Open, Happenstance.io, London, UK — Snapshot
2020 — Nature Walk (outdoor exhibition), Walk-Bye & Jersey City Parks Coalition, Jersey City, NJ, US — Press release
2020 — Earth, Round Lemon & ZEST Hall, Birmingham, UK — Snapshot
2020 — Global Conversation 2020: 1st Round, UN75 × F.99 × IKONOSPACE, New York, NY, US — Press release
2020 — Seeking the Source, Moonspace Art Gallery, Houston, TX, US — Video · Press coverage
2020 — Abstract My World, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Snapshot
2020 — Ordinary No-Ordinary, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Snapshot
2020 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Faraway Lands, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2020 — Summer & Flowers, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Snapshot
2020 — Opening Day, Toula Gallery, New York, NY, US
2020 — United Through Art, Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US — Snapshot
2020 — 11th Abstract Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, US
2019 — Art Revolution Taipei 2019, TICAA, Taipei, TW — Organizer’s exhibition record
2019 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Magic of Color, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2018 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Dream I & II, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2016 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Cosmoport «Jerusalem», Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2015 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Desert, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2013 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Reflected Worlds, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2013 — Jerusalem Rainbow: Music in Painting 02 – In Its Own Tonality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Photos
2008 — Я — художник / Тарбут.ru (digital slideshow), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL — Press · Review
2004 — Русский Паргод, Pargod Theatre, Jerusalem, IL — Festival program (archived)

Awards & Recognitions

2025 — Outstanding Artistic Merit, Harmony of Tension, DSAI369 & Artflow Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, US — Certificate
2024 — Award Winner, Drop Down Light November Competition, Lumen Art Gallery, Aydın, TR — Certificate
2024 — 1st Place, ArtCabbage Prize 2024 International Juried Art Competition, ArtCabbage Art Magazine, London, UK
2024 — 3rd Place, Utopia Art Contest, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Hamden, CT, US
2024 — Artistic Merit / Appreciation, Love International Exhibition, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR — Certificates
2024 — Honorable Mention, Black and White Art Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2023 — 1st Place, Figurative Art Competition, The Community Art Channel, Paris, FR — Snapshot · Video
2023 — Award Winner, Summer Art Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2023 — Honorable Mention, The Art of Surrealism Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023 — 3rd Place, Lines and Colors Competition, The Community Art Channel, Paris, FR — Snapshot
2023 — Special Mention, Art Vue Spring 2023 Prize, Bruxelles Art Vue, Brussels, BE — Certificate · Awards catalogue
2023 — Honorable Mention, Mountain Art Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023 — Honorable Mention, Pairs and Partnerships Art Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022 — 1st Prize, Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize, Bruxelles Art Vue, Brussels, BE — Certificate · Awards catalogue
2022 — Award Winner, Industrial Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2022 — Award Winner, Robots and Ray Guns: Science Fiction Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2022 — Award Winner, Four Elements: Air Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2022 — Honorable Mention, Yellow Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2022 — Award Winner, Abstractions Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2021 — Award Winner (Painting category), People’s Choice 2021 Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2021 — 2nd Place, Juried Nature Exhibit, International Online Art Collective, Dallas, TX, US
2021 — Honorable Mention, The Endangered, Can Art Save Them?, Art Impact International, Washington, DC, US — Certificates
2020 — Winner, Art From Heart Contest, Voice of SAP (VOSAP), West Hills, CA, US — Certificate
2020 — Honorable Mention, Landscape: Louis’ Rules Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2020 — Award Winner, Autumn Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2020 — Honorable Mention (Traditional Art category), Abstract My World Art & Photography Exhibition, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Certificate
2020 — 3rd Place (Traditional Art category), Ordinary No-Ordinary Art & Photography Exhibition, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Certificate
2020 — Award Winner, The Blues Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2020 — Honorable Mention, The Art of Yellow Open Call Competition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Announcement
2020 — 2nd Place (Traditional Art category), Summer & Flowers Art & Photography Exhibition, Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA — Certificate
2020 — Best Painting, United Through Art Curated Exhibition, Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US — Certificate
2020 — Honorable Mention / Special Recognition, 11th Abstract Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, US — Certificates
2019 — Finalist, International Artist Grand Prize Competition, Taiwan International Contemporary Art Association, Taipei, TW — Certificate

Publications

2026 — Magazine Feature (cover art, online), 3Elements Review, Issue No. 50, Spring 2026, Des Moines, IA, US
2026 — Magazine Feature (online), Rappahannock Review, Issue 13.2, Spring 2026, Fredericksburg, VA, US
2026 — Magazine Feature (print), Quibble Lit, Volume VII: PEOPLE, Afton, VA, US
2026 — Magazine Feature (online), Beaver Magazine, Issue 14, San Francisco, CA, US
2025 — Magazine Feature (online), Kreatif Magazine, Fall 2025, Tryon, NC, US
2025 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, September 17, 2025, Valliant, OK, US
2025 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, March 6, 2025, Valliant, OK, US
2025 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, February 5, 2025, Valliant, OK, US
2025 — Magazine Feature (online), Flora Fiction, Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall 2024, St. Augustine, FL, US
2024 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Drop Down Light, Lumen Art Gallery, Aydın, TR
2024 — Editorial Feature (online), An Expert Guide to Buying Art Online, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2024 — Magazine Feature (cover art, online), Wild Roof Journal, Issue 26, June 2024, Buffalo, NY, US
2024 — Magazine Feature (online), Peatsmoke Journal, Spring Issue, New York, NY, US
2023 — Magazine Feature (online), Jet Fuel Review, Issue 26, Fall 2023, Romeoville, IL, US — Full digital version
2023 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, August 9, 2023, Valliant, OK, US
2023 — Magazine Feature (issue illustrator, online), The EMCAPP Journal, No. 19, Würzburg, DE
2023 — Magazine Feature (print), Reed Magazine, Issue 156, San Jose, CA, US — Photos
2023 — Magazine Feature (print), The Woven Tale Press, Vol. XI, No. 2, East Setauket, NY, US
2023 — Magazine Feature (print), Millennial Pulp, Vol. 3, 2022, Montgomery, IL, US — Photos
2023 — Magazine Feature (cover art, online), Grim & Gilded, Issue Ten, Portland, OR, US — Snapshot
2023 — Magazine Feature (cover art, print), Audience Askew, Nat 1 Publishing, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Winter, Maine, US — Full digital version
2023 — Magazine Feature (print), Artrepreneur Orange Book, Volume One, New York, NY, US — Instagram post · Photos
2023 — Magazine Feature (print), Presence Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, Bellevue, WA, US — Photos
2022 — Magazine Feature (cover art, print), Stonecrop, No. 5, Spring 2022, Boise, ID, US — Photos
2022 — Magazine Feature (print), Audience Askew, Nat 1 Publishing, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Summer, Maine, US — Full digital version
2022 — Magazine Feature (cover art, online), The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Issue 2.1, June–July 2022, London, Ontario, CA — Full digital version
2022 — Magazine Feature (online), Haus A Rest, Issue 26: Exhibition—Dada to Surrealism, London, UK — Snapshot
2022 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), The Other Art Fair: Virtual Edition, presented by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
2022 — Magazine Feature (cover art, print), FLARE: The Flagler Review, Spring 2022 Issue, St. Augustine, FL, US — Photos
2022 — Represented Artists’ Catalogue (print), Extravaganza of Creativity 2019–2022, Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
2022 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, January 12, 2022, Valliant, OK, US
2021 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Distance, Lacuna Festivals, Canary Islands, ES
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Camas, Summer 2021, Missoula, MT, US — Photos
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), The Closed Eye Open, Issue IV, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (print), Maintenant, Issue No. 15, New York, NY, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), The Athena Review, Third Issue: The Summer Solstice Collection, New York, NY, US — Snapshot
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Barzakh Magazine, Issue 13, Spring 2021, New York, NY, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Levitate Literary Magazine, Issue 5, Chicago, IL, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Phoebe Journal, Issue 50.2, Fairfax, VA, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), The Scriblerus, Spring Issue: Travel, Greenville, IL, US — Snapshot
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), the MASS, The April MASS: MYTHOS, Huddersfield, UK
2021 — Magazine Feature (print), The Emerson Review, Vol. 50, Boston, MA, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), F3ll Magazine, Spring Issue, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Continue The Voice, Issue 6: Time, Naarm (Melbourne), AU — Full digital version
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), The Abstract Elephant Magazine, Issue No. 1: Defining the Human Condition, Mesa, AZ, US
2021 — Magazine Feature (online), Harbor Review, Winter Issue No. 6, Missouri, US
2020 — Represented Artists’ Catalogue (online), Modern Israeli Artists from the Former Soviet Union, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2020 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Jerusalem Rainbow: Faraway Lands, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Snapshot
2020 — Magazine Feature (online), Chroma Zone, Issue No. 1: A Celebration of Colour, Glasgow, UK
2020 — Magazine Feature (print), Zine Without a Crown, Vol. VIII, Wrocław, PL
2020 — Exhibition Catalogue (print), Earth Publication, Round Lemon & ZEST Hall, Birmingham, UK
2020 — Magazine Feature (print), Heavy Iridescent, Issue One: Consciousness, Glasgow, UK
2020 — Editorial Feature (online), The Magazine of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, US — Snapshot
2020 — Magazine Feature (issue illustrator, online), Up the Staircase Quarterly, Issue No. 51, Minot, ND, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (online), the MASS, The October MASS: INHUMAN, Huddersfield, UK — Snapshot
2020 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Abstract Open, Happenstance.io, London, UK — Full digital version
2020 — Magazine Feature (online), Split Rock Review, Issue 15, Fall 2020, Northwest Angle, US
2020 — Editorial Feature (online), Top 10 Artists to Watch: Surreal, Pt. 1, Almost Real Things, Austin, TX, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (online), Evocations Review, Issue 1.2, Summer 2020, New York, NY, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (cover art, online), COUNTERCLOCK Journal, Issue 10, San Francisco, CA, US — Facebook post · Snapshot
2020 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Global Conversation: 1st Round, UN75 × F.99 × IKONOSPACE, New York, NY, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (online), Tint Journal, Fall 2020 Issue, Graz, AT
2020 — Editorial Feature (online), Crosshatch Publishing, San Diego, CA, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (print), Flea Circus, Volume 1: Little Victories, London, UK — Full digital version
2020 — Magazine Feature (print), The Utopia Project, Issue One, Birmingham, UK — Full digital version
2020 — Editorial Feature (online), Abstract Magazine | Contemporary Expressions, July 15, 2020, Valliant, OK, US
2020 — Magazine Feature (print), Flora Fiction Literary Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, St. Augustine, FL, US — Full digital version
2019 — Editorial Feature (online), Featured Artist: Alexey Adonin, Artsy Shark, Washington, DC, US
2018 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Jerusalem Rainbow: Dream I, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Snapshot
2017 — Exhibition Catalogue (online), Jerusalem Rainbow: Cosmoport Jerusalem, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL — Snapshot
2015 — Exhibition Catalogue (print), Jerusalem Rainbow: Desert, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2014 — Exhibition Catalogue (print), Jerusalem Rainbow: Reflected Worlds, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2014 — Magazine Feature (online), SO ABSTRACT, 44 DEGREES, Issue 13, Ramat Gan, IL
2013 — Exhibition Catalogue (print), Jerusalem Rainbow: Music in Painting 02—In Its Own Tonality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2013 — Editorial Feature (online), Dark Fantasies: Collections of Art Inspired by Comic Con, Canvas by Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA, US

Press & Interviews

2026 — Article, Завораживающий сюр на картинах Алексея Адонина, Disgusting Men, Moscow, RU
2024 — Article, Artist Feature: Alexey Adonin by Michael Hanna, Point Pleasant Publishing, Jersey City, NJ, US — Text
2022 — Article, Curator’s Corner: A Breath of Fresh Air in Art by Kate Kelly, Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US — Text
2022 — Video Presentation, Meet The Others: Alexey Adonin, The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA, US
2021 — Article / Interview, Q+Art: Alexey Adonin’s Luminescent Works by Morgan Laurens, Not Real Art, Los Angeles, CA, US — Text
2021 — Interview, An Interview with Alexey Adonin by Efrat Cybulkiewicz, AR[T]MOIRE, Caserta, IT — Snapshot · Text
2021 — Interview, Winner’s Interview: Nature-Themed Exhibit by Donna Zarbin-Byrne, International Online Art Collective, Dallas, TX, US
2021 — Interview, LandEscape Art Review Meets Alexey Adonin by Josh Rider and Melissa C. Hilborn, LandEscape Art Review, Vol. 56, UK — Text
2021 — Article, Alexey Adonin (1973): La Soberanía del Espacio by Gregorio Vigil-Escalera, Vivencias Plásticas, Madrid, ES — Text
2020 — Interview, Alexey Adonin | Artist by Kelly Bryan, The Art Link, London, UK — Text
2020 — Interview, Alexey Adonin—Q&A, The FLUX Review, London, UK — Text
2020 — Interview, Alexey Adonin by Elisabetta Gazzoli, Chambre Fluide Magazine, Worldwide — Snapshot · Text
2020 — Article, Beyond the Consequence of Time by Elena Iosilevich-Seroff, Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US — Text
2018 — Article, Alexey Adonin: Las Puertas Están Abiertas by Gregorio Vigil-Escalera, Historia de la Plástica, Madrid, ES — Text
2016 — Article, Featured Artist: Alexey Adonin by Natascha Degnova, Arte-Novus, Copenhagen, DK — Snapshot · Text
2016 — Article, Presented Artist: Alexey Adonin by Camilla Houston, UGALLERY, San Francisco, CA, US — Snapshot · Text
2015 — Article, Artist of the Week: Alexey Adonin by Caitlyn Morral, Morral of the Story, New York, NY, US — Text
2012 — Interview, From the Studio Of… Painter Alexey Adonin, Saatchi Online, Santa Monica, CA, US — Snapshot · Text
2011 — Article, Featured Artist: Alexey Adonin by David Carmack Lewis, Art Out There, Portland, OR, US — Text
2009 — Article (print), Alexey Adonin—Jerusalem, Israel, Bluecanvas Art Magazine, Issue 5, Los Angeles, CA, US — Text

Education

1989–1993 — Painting and Graphic Arts, Glebov Art College, Minsk, BY

Projects

2022 — Commission, interior giclée-print installation for Mapleview Towers, Connecticut, in partnership with ATP.art, New York, NY, US
2021 — Mentoring, COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective, artist support and guidance, San Francisco, CA, US — Snapshot
2014 — Design Collaboration, dress design with Art on Fashion®, Dublin, IE — Snapshot
2006 — Installations, ceramics and sculpture with Art Sahasa Ltd, Jerusalem, IL — Photos

Collections

Works in private collections worldwide.