Wladislaw Safronow

1965 born in Charkow / Ukraine
1984 - 1990 art and design academy / Charkow
1990 – 1994 professor for painting and graphics / Charkow
since 1995 Wladislaw Safronow teaches painting and drawing in Germany, currently at the univeristy of Augsburg as well as at the artists guild in Ulm
since 1997 he is a freelancing artist

Member of the BBK Munich

Exhibitions ( a selection ):

1991-1999

art museum / Charkow / Ukraine
Gallery Djerela / Charkow / Ukraine
Jamar Gallery / Cincinnati / USA
Townhall / Nuremberg / Germany
Gallery Arka / Charkow / Ukraine
Autorengalerie / Munich / Germany
Gallery zur Silberschmiede / Augsburg / Germany
Gallery bei der Komödie / Augsburg / Germany
Gallery Treppenhaus / Augsburg / Germany
Paulskirche / Frankfurt / Germany
federal state agency Baden-Württemberg / Bonn / Germany
Citygallery Aukloster / Monschau / Germany
Citygallery / Altötting / Germany
Sparkasse / Karlsruhe / Germany
Burggallery / Stolberg / Germany
Gallery Klostermühle / Hude / Germany
Korneliusgallery / Aachen / Germany
Schlossberghalle / Starnberg / Germany
Citizens hall / Konstanz / Germany
PGM-Gallery im Asamhof / Munich / Germany

2000
Gallery Hexenhaus / Neuburg an der Donau / Germany
Gallery Vinizki / Munich / Germany
Museum at the Edwin-Scharff-Haus / Neu-Ulm / Germany
Citygallery / Speyer / Germany
Gallery INTERart / Vienna / Austria
Bank Austria / Linz / Austria

2001
Gallery of the artists / Munich / Germany
Gallery von Knobelsdorf / Hamburg / Germany

2002
Gallery Europa / Palo Alto / USA
Gallery ARTITUDE / Paris / France

2003
Casino / Marbella / Spain

2004
Citytheater / Augsburg / Germany
Gallery Groll / Naarden / Netherlands

2005
Himmelberger Gallery / San Francisco / USA
Kunstmesse Naarden / Netherlands
Kunstmesse ART LAREN / Netherlands
Gallery Natascha / Knokke / Belgium
Art fair ARTENIM / Nimes / France
Gallery t´Weefhuis / Nuenen / Netherlands
Art fairLINEART / Gent / Belgium

2006
32 Salon des Antiquaires / Luxemburg
Schlossgallery / Laubach / Germany
Gallery Elena Proviz / Moscow / Russia
Houses of Art / Marbella /Spain
Gallery Brunstingerhof / Beilen / Netherlands

2007
Gallery Michael Marciano / Paris / France
Gallery Chercheur d’ Art / Metz / France

2008
Art trade Pieter Breughel / Venlo / Netherlands
Art trade Antonia v. Fraunberg / Düsseldorf / Germany

2010
Gallery Zeitgeist / Nuremberg / Germany

Wladislaw Safronow has created his own painters world , which he himself calls „New Mythology“. Whether he portrays animals, humans, cities or abstract compositions – he always works in his own unique style, which leds all objects a highly stylised and silhouette-like shape which let´s them appear to be archaic and modern simultaneously.
His unique painting technique combines aspects of classic oil painting with modern structure materials and thereby individuate his works.

No fleeting glance of an expert is able to expose Safronows paintings as being merely decorative objects executed in a versatile way, which are solely defined by stilistic idiosyncrasies and subtleties. The true lover of art will recognize that there is much more to the artists paintings than the eye can fathom – it is an impulse, an intuitive comprehension which flows through the beholder as soon as he treads the path of discovery which is spread out before him.

Each painting is an undertow which sucks the spectator into the multifaceted world of the artist, it commands him to look behind the forms and decorative adornments in order to admit oneself to a journey of continuous discoveries.

One instinctively looks for clandestine messages, some hidden truths, which the artist secretly tries to slip through the many symbols and letters within the paintings. However one soon realizes that this technique together with the soft, lyrical and sometimes bold use of colours as well as the archaic but modern objects is much more than the mere rendering of the artists most intimate emotions. Emotions, thoughts, experiences and realizations of the artist are being reflected, merge into a structured, individual pattern and form an almost mythical unity.
Every painting is a suspenseful riddle for the innerworld, a metaphysical construct, in which the painter celebrates his freedom and infects us with it.

The graphic structures of clothes and surfaces of object in the paintings creates a third dimension it´s a new reality to be experienced, as a picture reality which blends into the reality of the spectator. The „mystery of banality“ is an invitation, a challenge to look behind the facade and ultimately to simply enjoy authentic art.
(Catherine Lamarr)