Background

Denis Sarazhin was born in 1982 in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.

Education

In his childhood, Sarazhin first had an idea to study culinary art but he soon realized that it wasn’t his cup of tea.

Denis Sarazhin studied computer design at Kherson National Technical University for two years. It was during this time when he developed an interest in painting and drawing through the courses he attended.

He entered Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts in 2002 and received a diploma six years later. Ukrainian artists Vasily Leontyevich Ganotsky, Viktor Nikolaevich Chaus, and V. N. Vintaev were among his teachers.

Career

Denis Sarazhin emerged to the art scene in the early 2000s. Since then, he has shown in solo and group exhibitions held in his native Ukraine, as well as Germany, Croatia, China and across the United States.

Beginning in 2006, Sarazhin has collaborated with Gallery Russia, Scottsdale. Nowadays, the painter lives and works in Kharkiv.

Sarazhin’s art is represented by Arcadia Contemporary Art Gallery in Pasadena and by Galerie Thomas Fuchs in Stuttgart, Germany.

Achievements

• Denis Sarazhin is an accomplished artist who has developed his unique style. Having a good command of several genres at once, he manages to attract the viewers’ attention sometimes through his own impressions, other times through philosophical parable and metaphors.
  
  In 2006, Sarazhin was bestowed the First Degree Diploma Award for Excellence in Painting from the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

Works

More photos

• painting

  • Amber Light

  • Sign 2

  • At the Pinnacle

  • Catch Fire

  • Beside You

  • Sleeplessness

  • Didn't Mean To

  • Jumping Up

  • The Sun Hid

  • Sunflower

  • Sunbeam

  • And the Wind Carries Music

  • Winter

  • Trogir

  • Sunny Day

  • Masha

  • In the Garden

  • Evening

  • Italian Landscape

  • Pantomime 4

  • Pantomime 6

  • The Wise Olive

  • Will You Tell Her

  • Pantomime 9

  • Pantomime 8

  • Embodiment

  • Do Bugs Feel Fear

  • Blue Scarf

  • Embodiment

  • Masha

  • Mini Pantomime

Views

Denis Sarazhin believes that sincerity is the key element of his art. He is convinced that the viewer should feel this sincerity through his canvases.

He thinks that Facebook and Instagram are important resources in terms of artistic development. According to him, they provide the artists, including amateurs ones, with the quick and cheap possibility to share their works with others and to enlarge their professional network.

Quotations: "Hands are a very important part of the human body. They are taking part in the expression of emotions and feelings. This is one of the ways of non-verbal communication. In addition, in the anatomical sense, it is one of the most plastically demanding, interesting and expressive elements. So when I’m depicting hands I set a task, not only to display correctly and truthfully, but also try to express by them a certain emotional and nonverbal value."

"Stories for my compositions are born from my observations of life. They can be seen by me anywhere, in unexpected situations and places. Some compositions are a reflection and understanding of what I saw or heard. I can say this is my experience of life."

"I am quite critical to my work, because the level of assessment is always high, being satisfied with good results is not a necessity to me. But I believe in the power of art, it gives me strength and faith that if you constantly study and work on yourself, you can achieve all you want."

"Working with nature on the open air, is a very good way to «clean» the colors of the artists palette. For the artist it is very important to work with nature, whether it is a human figure or a still life or landscape. Nature teaches the artist to perceive the shape and color, perspective and rhythms."

Membership

Denis Sarazhin is a member of the Kharkiv Union of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2007.

• National Union of Artists of Ukraine , Ukraine

  2007

Personality

Denis Sarazhin likes photographing in black and white especially with a long exposure.

Interests

• black and white photography

• Artists

  Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mikhail Vrubel, Egon Schiele, Nicolai Fechin, Jose de Ribera, Mariano Fortuny, Nicola Samori, Justin Mortimer

Connections

Denis Sarazhin is married to Victoria Kalaichi, a fellow Gallery Russia artist.

Wife:

Victoria Kalaichi

mentor:

Vasily Leontyevich Ganotsky

mentor:

Viktor Nikolaevich Chaus

mentor:

V. N. Vintaev

References

• Denis Sarazhin Official Website