Childhood Dreams - part 1
Paintings: Dima Dmitriev - http://www.dimadmitriev.com/
Music and Video: Dimi Gineva - http://dimigineva.webs.com/
Childhood Dreams - part 2 - with the beautiful paintings of Dima Dmitriev
Dima Dmitriev was born in Moscow, Russia, and is the second generation of artists in his family. He moved to Prague, Czech Republic, where he graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. As his paintings gained attention and praise at fine art exhibitions throughout Europe, Dima became one of the most talked about young artists living in Prague's flourishing artistic community. Dmitriev has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Dmitriev's paintings represent forms of "visual paradise". He describes this as the process of extracting the color, light, and texture from real places and distilling these onto his canvases as idealized worlds. Dima rarely uses a brush. His preferred tool is the palette knife. Dmitriev also adds depth and color saturation to some of his works by starting with black, rather than the traditional white, canvas. Dima's Impressionistic composition and style combined with his mastery of the palette knife create oil paintings that are vibrant and sculptural. His works often include themes of childhood, nature and the sea. Numerous institutions including AT&T, Vodafone, or AWD Holding AG have acquired his paintings for their art collections. His works are also in private collections in the Czech Republic, United States, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, Qatar, and the Dominican Republic and others.
Exhibits and Shows:
1994-98 "Domino" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
1998-99 "U Cerveneho Beranka" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
1999-05 "D-Art" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
2000-03 "Arman-Art" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
2004 "Moscow Contemporary Art Gallery" - Moscow, Russia
2004-05 "Art Gallery" - Karlstejn, Czech Republic
2006 "Cerale Exhibition" Gallery - Ceriale, Italy
2005-11 "Vam-Art" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
2008 "Art Ireland 2008" - Dublin, Ireland
2008-09 "Artcity" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
2007-11 "Michalska" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
2010 "Allegro Arts" - Woodside, California
2010-11 "Canvasations" Gallery - Redwood City, California
2011 "Konditorei" - Portola Valley, California
2011-12 "Art11" Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
Prizes:
2004 "Oscar Artisti di Successo" Accademia Severiade, Milano, Italy
2005 I. prize, volume for a prize "Citta di Cereale" Pro Loco Ceriale, Ceriale, Italy
2005 I. prize, volume for a prize "Antonello da Messina" Messina, Italy
2005 II. prize, "Web Convivio 2005" Il Convivio, Messina, Italy
2006 Special Prize, volume for a prize "Filippo Juvara" Messina, Italy
2007 III. prize, volume for a prize "Un uomo, la sua citta" Il Capricorno, Corinaldo, Italy
2007 III. prize, A.L.I.A.S. org., Melbourne, Australia
2009 Artmajeur Silver Award 2009
2010 Artmajeur Silver Award 2010
2011 Artmajeur Silver Award 2011
2011 I. prize, 2nd Bienale di Arte "Citta di Senigallia 2011"
2012 Artmajeur Silver Award 2012
Visit his site to find out more: Dima Dmitriev - http://www.dimadmitriev.com/
