Born in 1973 in Slutsk, BY
Resides and works in Jerusalem, IL

Alexey Adonin trained as an artist, graduating from Glebov Art College in Minsk with a solid foundation in various artistic styles and techniques. As a result, his creative practice and intellectual exploration are deeply interconnected. He is best known for his abstract surrealist paintings, where the imagery is built through spontaneous brushstrokes and layers of organic patterns, creating visual narratives that invite viewers into imaginative realms beyond conventional reality. Adonin worked at Art Sahasa Ltd in Jerusalem, Israel, focusing on ceramics and sculpture installations. He participated in various projects, including the art design of a dress in collaboration with Art on Fashion (an Irish fashion agency) and mentoring for the COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective in San Francisco, CA, US. Adonin has contributed as an artist and illustrator to various exhibition catalogs, magazines, galleries, and educational programs as an art critic and guest mentor. His work has been exhibited locally and internationally and is in private collections worldwide.

“The Doors Are Open.
The Israeli artist Alexey Adonin turns painting into an enigma, as he possesses the intuition to stage works where light—whether pale or intense—conceals even as it reveals a key embedded within a reality whose chromatic texture idealizes it. The sensory qualities of color are inseparable and osmotic, enveloping the form of these inscrutable landscapes as if they were the site of an oracle, within which a mystery unfolds, accessible to very few. I believe it was Adorno who asserted that the most fitting notion to grasp the essence of art from a cognitive perspective is that of an enigma. Indeed, in Adonin’s work, an enigma exists, and he does not shy away from this mission.”
-Gregorio Vigil-Escalera-

Education:

1982-1987 Art Design, City Children's Art School, Slutsk, BY
1989-1993 Painting/Graphic, State Art College named after A. Glebov, Minsk, BY

Exhibitions (selected):

2025 Improvised (solo exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem, IL

2024
Drop Down Light (group exhibition), Lumen Art Gallery, Audin, TR
Exhibition #1 (group exhibition), Pale Space Gallery, New York, NY, US
Love (group exhibition), Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR
Diversion (group exhibition), Aedra Fine Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, US
On Being Human And Human Being (group exhibition), The follow.art platform, Amsterdam, NL

2023
Solo Exhibition. Alexey Adonin (solo exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
Figurative Art (group exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (group exhibition), Ev.-Luth. Auferstehungskirchengemeinde Hamburg-Lohbrügge, Kurt-Adams-Platz 9, 21031 Hamburg, DE
Lines and Colors (group exhibition), The Community Art Channel, FR
#ArtOnScreen Spring 2023 Exhibition (group exhibition), New York's Hotel Iventi & The Big Screen Plaza, NY, US
Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation (group exhibition), Li Tang Gallery, NY, US
#ArtOnScreen Winter 2023 Exhibition (group exhibition), New York's Hotel Iventi & The Big Screen Plaza, NY, US

2022
Phantasmagoria of Reality (group exhibition), Beyt Naima Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
The Other Art Fair (Virtual Edition) (group exhibition), presented by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
Artrepreneur: Curated (group exhibition), New York Artists Equity Association, NY, US
Second Annual Represented Artists Group Exhibition 2021-2022 (group exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US

2021
Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (group exhibition), St. Laurentius Church, Pegau, DE
Künstler und das „Verbindende Nein“ (group exhibition), Matthias Ehrenfried Generation Center, Würzburg, DE
Immersion Site (group exhibition), Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art Biennial (2021) (group exhibition), mowna, New York, NY, US
Nature (group exhibition), International Online Art Collective, Safety Harbor, FL, US
My Online Bedroom (group exhibition), MOSTYN Gallery in collaboration with Queer Direct, Llandudno, Wales, UK
Lockdown Exhibition (group exhibition), Fitzrovia Circle, UK

2020
Out of body - ROOM 4 (group exhibition), Stoa Collective, Dublin, IE
RAVE Miami Online Art Fair (group exhibition), Redwood Art Group & Artios Gallery, Miami, CA, US
Winter Mosaic: Celebrating Creativity (group exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
The Endangered, Can Art Save Them? (group exhibition), Art Impact International, Inc., Washington, D.C., US
Abstract Open (group exhibition), Happenstance Art Gallery, London, UK
Nature Walk (30th annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour) (group exhibition), Walk-Bye & Bank Of America, Riverview Fisk Park (Ward D), New Jersey, PA, US
Earth (group exhibition), Round Lemon & ZEST Hall, Birmingham, UK
Global Conversation 2020: 1st Round (group exhibition), United Nations' UN75, F.99 and IKONOSPACE, New York, NY, US
Seeking the Source (group exhibition), Moonspace Art Gallery, Houston, TX, US
Abstract My World (group exhibition), Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
Ordinary No-Ordinary (group exhibition), Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
Faraway Lands (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
Beyond The Consequence of Time (2005-2020) - A Retrospective of Works (solo exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
Summer & Flowers (group exhibition), Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
Opening Day (group exhibition), Toula Gallery, New York, NY, US
United Through Art (group exhibition), Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
11th Abstract Art Exhibition (group exhibition), Light Space & Time Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, US

2019
Art Revolution Taipei 2019 (group exhibition), Art Fair & International Artist Grand Prize Competition, Taipei, TW
Magic of Color (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality”, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL

2018 Dream I (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2016 Cosmoport Jerusalem (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2015 Desert (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2014 Reflected Worlds (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2013 Music in Painting 02 - In Its Own Tonality (group exhibition), Jerusalem House of Quality, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem, IL

2011
Reflection (solo exhibition), Jerusalem Theater, Balcony Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
Untitled (solo exhibition), Hadassah University Hospital - Ein Kerem, Main Gallery, Jerusalem, IL

2009 Phantom (solo exhibition), מרכז התרבויות Cultural Center, Harmonia Hall, Jerusalem, IL
2008 Я - художник / Тарбут.ru (group exhibition), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL

2004
АУКЦИОН: ЖИВОПИСЬ, ГРАФИКА и СКУЛЬПТУРА (group exhibition), Russian City Library, Jerusalem, IL
Русский Паргод (group exhibition), Pargod Theatre Gallery, Jerusalem, IL

2002 Fantasia 2002 (solo exhibition), Russian City Library, Gallery of the «Теэна» Society, Jerusalem, IL

Articles & interviews:

2024, Aedra Fine Arts: The Artist Feature Catalog Article: Alexey Adonin (by Michael Hanna) | Jersey City, NJ, US. [article]
2022, Art Guide by Artrepreneur presents Curator’s Corner: A Breath of Fresh Air in Art (by Kate Kelly) | New York, NY, US. [article]
2022, The Other Art Fair (presented by Saatchi Art) / Meet The Others: Alexey Adonin | Santa Monica, CA, US. [video-presentation]
2021, Not Real Art presents Q+Art: Alexey Adonin’s Luminescent Works Illustrate Eerily Familiar Landscapes (by Morgan Laurens) | Yellow Springs, OH, US. [article/interview]
2021, AR[T]MOIRE presents an interview with Alexey Adonin | Caserta, IT [interview]
2021, International Online Art Collective: Nature-themed exhibit - Winner's Interview! (by Donna Zarbin-Byrne) | Dallas, TX, US. [video-interview]
2021, LandEscape Art Review meets Alexey Adonin (15th Anniversary Special Edition, Vol. 56) | Worldwide. [interview]
2021, VIVENCIAS PLÁSTICAS (goyovigil50): LA SOBERANÍA DEL ESPACIO (by Gregorio Vigil-Escalera) | Madrid, ES. [article on Spanish]
2020, The Magazine of Contemporary Art presents the interview with Alexey Adonin | Los Angeles, CA, US. [interview]
2020, The FLUX Review: Alexey Adonin – Q&A | London, UK. [interview]
2020, Chambre Fluide Magazine: An interview with Alexey Adonin | Worldwide. [interview]
2020, Artios Gallery: Featured Artist of the Month! (by Elena Iosilevich-Seroff) | New York, NY, US. [article]
2020, The Art Link presents the interview with Alexey Adonin | London, UK. [interview]
2018, HISTORIA DE LA PLÁSTICA (vigilcanosa): LAS PUERTAS ESTÁN ABIERTAS (by Gregorio Vigil-Escalera) | Madrid, ES. [article on Spanish]
2016, Arte-Novus: Featured Artist (by Natascha Degnova) | Copenhagen, DK. [article]
2016, UGALLERY: Artist Profile (by Camilla Houston) | San Francisco, CA, US. [article]
2015, Morral of The Story: Artist of the Week - Alexey Adonin (by Caitlyn Morral) | New York, NY, US. [article]
2012, Saatchi Online Interviews: From The Studio Of Painter | Santa Monica, CA, US. [interview]
2011, Art Out There: Featured Artist (by David Carmack Lewis)| Portland, OR, US. [article]
2009, Bluecanvas Art Magazine (Issue 5) | unknown location, US. [article]

Press & publications (selected):

2024, Flora Fiction (Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall) | St. Augustine, FL, US
2024, Jet Fuel Review (Issue 28, Fall) | Romeoville, IL, US
2024, Wild Roof Journal (Issue 26, June) | Buffalo, NY, US
2024, Peatsmoke Journal (Spring Issue) | New York, NY, US
2023, Jet Fuel Review (Issue 26, Fall) | Romeoville, IL, US
2023, Art Guide by Artrepreneur presents Sizzlin’ Summer: Summertime Inspired Art Competition | New York, NY, US
2023, Abstract Magazine (Contemporary Expressions) | New York, NY, US
2023, Reed Magazine (Issue 156, 2023) | San Jose, CA, US
2023, The EMCAPP Journal (The Christian Psychology Around the World) (No. 19) | Würzburg, DE. [issue illustrator]
2023, The Woven Tale Press (Vol. XI, #2) | East Setauket, NY, US
2023, Millennial Pulp (Vol. 3) | US
2023, Grim & Gilded (Issue Ten) | Portland, OR, US
2023, Audience Askew Literary Journal (Vol. 1, Issue 3 Winter) | unknown location. [front cover]
2023, Big Screen Plaza: Otherworldly Dreams (#ArtOnScreen Winter/Spring Exhibitions catalog) | New York, NY, US
2023, Orange Book by Artrepreneur (Vol. 1) | New York, NY, US
2023, Presence Journal by SDI (Vol. 29, No. 01, March) | unknown location, US
2022, Artrepreneur: Fantasy/ Sci-Fi Collection | New York, NY, US
2022, The Purposeful Mayonnaise: The Bagel Hole | unknown location, CA
2022, Stonecrop (No. 05, Spring) | Boise, ID, US. [front cover]
2022, Audience Askew Literary Journal (Vol. 1, Issue 1, Summer) | unknown location
2022, The Other Art Fair (presented by Saatchi Art) / See Who's In The Studios (press release) | Santa Monica, CA, US
2022, The Purposeful Mayonnaise (Vol. 2, Issue 1) | unknown location, CA [front cover]
2022, Haus A Rest (Issue 26 - Exhibition - Dada to Surrealism) | London, UK
2022, The Other Art Fair (presented by Saatchi Art) / Figures & Portraits (press release) | Santa Monica, CA, US
2022, FLARE: The Flagler Review (Spring 22 issue) | St. Augustine, FL, US. [front and back cover]
2022, Extravaganza of Creativity 2019-2022: Represented Artists' Catalog by Artios Gallery | New York, NY, US
2022, Abstract Magazine (Contemporary Expressions) | New York, NY, US
2021, Artrepreneur Best of 2021 People's Choice | New York, NY, US
2021, COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective: Mentors for summer 2021 | San Francisco, CA, US
2021, The Closed Eye Open (Issue IV) | unknown location, US
2021, Maintenant 15: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art | New York, NY, US
2021, The Athena Review (Third Edition) | NYC, US
2021, Barzakh Magazine (13th Issue) | New York, NY, US
2021, Levitate Literary Magazine (Issue 5) | Chicago, IL, US
2021, Phoebe Journal (Issue 50.2) | Fairfax, VA, US
2021, The Scriblerus (Spring: Travel issue) | Greenville, IL, US
2021, the MASS (The April MASS: MYTHOS) | Huddersfield, UK
2021, The Emerson Review (Vol. 50) | Boston, MA, US
2021, F3LL Magazine (Spring issue) | unknown location, US
2021, Continue The Voice (Issue 6: Time) | Yorkshire, UK
2021, The Abstract Elephant Magazine (Issue No. 1 Defining The Human Condition) | Mesa, AZ, US
2021, Walk_Bye (Jersey City Studio and Art Tour "Nature Walk") | Jersey City, NJ, US
2020/2021, Harbor Review (The Winter Issue #6) | Missouri, US
2020, Skizza Gallery 13th Anniversary publication | Modern Israeli Artists from the Former Soviet Union | Jerusalem, IL
2020, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow - Faraway Lands (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2020, Chroma Zone (Issue#1 'A Celebration of Colour') | Glasgow, UK
2020, Zine Without a Crown (Vol. VIII) | Wroclaw, PL
2020, Round Lemon & ZEST Hall art catalog: Earth Publication (exhibition catalog) | Birmingham, UK
2020, Heavy Iridescent (Issue One: Consciousness | Glasgow, UK
2020, Art Impact International: The Endangered, Can Art Save Them? (exhibition catalog) | Washington, D.C., US. [video-discussion]
2020, Up the Staircase Quarterly (Issue #51) | Minot, ND, US. [issue illustrator]
2020, the MASS (The October MASS: INHUMAN) | Huddersfield, UK
2020, Happenstance. io (Abstract Open Catalog) (exhibition catalog) | London, UK
2020, Split Rock Review (Issue 15, Fall) | Northwest Angle, US
2020, Almost Real Things: Top 10 Artists To Watch: Surreal Pt 1 (bonus to ART Issue 18) | Austin, TX, US
2020, Evocations Review (Summer/Fall issue) | New York, NY, US
2020, COUNTERCLOCK Journal, Issue 10) | San Francisco, CA, US. [front cover]
2020, UN75 x F.99 x IKONOSPACE GLC Ex Catalog - Global Conversation: 1st Round (exhibition catalog) | New York, NY, US
2020, Tint Journal (Issue Fall) | Graz, AT
2020, Crosshatch Publishing: Featured Art | San Diego, CA, US
2020, Flea Circus (Volume 01 - Little Victories) | London, UK
2020, Widewalls (press release by Artios Gallery) | London, UK
2020, Redwood Art Group & Artios Gallery: RAVE MIAMI (Art Fair) (virtual shop) | Hinckley, OH, US
2020, The Utopia Project (Issue One) | Birmingham, UK
2020, Artrepreneur: MEMBER OF THE WEEK | New York, NY, US
2020, Abstract Mag TV | Contemporary Expressions | unknown location
2020, Tall Sequoia Gallery - Summer & Flowers (exhibition catalog) | Toronto, CA
2020, Flora Fiction Literary Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 2) | St. Augustine, FL, US
2019, Art Revolution Taipei: Finalists of the 2019 International Artist Grand Prize | Taipei, TW
2018, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow 2018 - Dream I (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2018, Avant Arte: Featured Art | Amsterdam, NL
2017, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow - Cosmoport "Jerusalem" (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2015, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow - Desert (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2014, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow - Reflected Worlds (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2014, Art on Fashion: Featured Artist | Dublin, IE. [collaborative project work]
2014, 44 DEGREES ('SO ABSTRACT' Issue) | Ramat Gan, IL
2013, Skizza Gallery art catalog | Jerusalem Rainbow - Music in Painting 02: In Its Own Tonality (exhibition catalog) | Jerusalem, IL
2013, Canvas ❘ A blog by Saatchi Art - Dark Fantasies: Collections of Art Inspired by Comic Con | Santa Monica, CA, US

Awards & recognitions (selected):

2024, Certificate: The Award Winner of the “Drop Down Light” November Competition | Lumen Art Gallery, Audin, TR
2024, The 1st Place Prize Winner of the “ArtCabbage Prize 2024” International Juried Art Competition | ArtCabbage Art Magazine, London, UK
2024, The 3rd Place Award Winner of the International Art Contest for the August 2024 issue | Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Hamden, CT, US
2024, Letter of Appreciation: "Love" - International Exhibition | Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR
2024, Certificate of Participation: "Love" - International Exhibition | Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Athens, GR
2024, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “Black and White” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023, The 1st Place Award Winner of the “Figurative Art” International Art Competition | Community Art Channel, FR
2023, The Award Winner of the “Summer Art” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “The Art of Surrealism” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023, The 3rd Place Award Winner of the “Lines and Colors” International Art Competition | Community Art Channel, Paris FR
2023, Award Certificate: The Special Mention Artist of the Art Vue Spring 2023 Prize competition | Bruxelles Art Vue, Brussels, BE
2023, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “Mountain Art” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2023, Award Certificate: 1st Prize Award Winner of the Art Vue Foundation 2022 Yearly Prize competition | Bruxelles Art Vue, Brussels, BE
2023, The Winner of the Audience Askew, Cover Contest for Volume 1 Issue 3 / Winter 2023 | unknown location
2023, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “Pairs and Partnerships Art” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022, The Award Winner of the “Industrial” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022, The Winner of the Stonecrop, Cover Contest for No. 05 issue (Spring 2022) | Boise, ID, US
2022, The Award Winner of the “Robots and Ray Guns: Science Fiction” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022, The Award Winner of the “Four Elements: Air” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022, The Winner of The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Cover Contest for the June / July 2022 issue | unknown location, CA
2022, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “Yellow” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2022, The Winner of the FLARE: The Flagler Review, Cover Contest for the Spring 2022 issue | St. Augustine, FL, US
2022, The Award Winner of the “Abstractions” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2021, The Award Winner (Painting category) of the “People's Choice 2021” competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2021, The 2nd Place Award Winner of the Juried Nature Exhibit | International Online Art Collective, Dallas, TX, US
2021, Certificate of Participation/Recognition: "The Endangered, Can Art Save Them?" International Art Exhibition | Art ImpactⓇ International, Inc., Washington, D.C., US
2020, The Honorable Mention Artist of the “Landscape: Louis' Rules” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2020: The Award Winner of the “Autumn” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2020, The Winner of the COUNTERCLOCK Journal, Cover Contest for Issue 10 | San Francisco, CA, US
2020, Honorable Mention Certificate (Traditional Art Category): The Artist of the “Abstract My World” Art & Photography Exhibition | Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
2020, Award Certificate (Traditional Art Category): The 3rd Place Winner of the “Ordinary No-Ordinary” Art & Photography Exhibition | Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
2020, The Award Winner of the “The Blues” open call competition | Artrepreneur, New York, NY, US
2020, Award Certificate (Traditional Art Category): The 2nd Place Winner of the “Summer & Flowers” Art & Photography Exhibition | Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, CA
2020, Certificate of Excellence (Best Painting): The Award Winner of “United Through Art” curated exhibition | Artios Gallery, New York, NY, US
2019, Recognition Certificate: The Finalist of the 2019 International Artist Grand Prize Competition | Taiwan International Contemporary Art Association, Taipei, TW

Collaborations & special projects:

2022, Interior decoration with giclée prints for Mapleview Towers (Connecticut), in partnership with the ATP.art, New York, NY, US
2021, Mentoring for COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective, San Francisco, CA, US
2014, Art design of graphic fitted stretch bodycon dress, in collaboration with Art on Fashion®, Dublin, IE
2006, Ceramics and sculpture installations for Art Sahasa Ltd, Jerusalem, IL

Works in private collections worldwide.