photo: Zoe Volkova

Konstantin Danilov aka Zmogk is a contemporary abstract artist and muralist, originally from Moscow and currently based in Athens, Greece. One of the pioneers of the graffiti movement in 1990s Russia, he developed a strong visual language through working with color and form in urban space — an experience that continues to shape his practice today.

His work revolves around the psychology of color and its impact on human perception, emotions, and the relationship between people and their environments. Suspended between figuration and abstraction, his paintings explore boundaries: inner psycho-emotional transitions (Borderline States), processes of adaptation and identity (Integration), and the fragile dialogue between nature and civilization (Limits of Intervention). Beyond the studio, Danilov extends these ideas into large-scale murals and site-specific projects, addressing broader themes such as ecology and the transformation of urban space.

He has three solo exhibitions: "Flashbacks” at Triumph gallery in 2019, “Spring 2020” at the Fineart Gallery in 2020 and “Borderline states” in Reloft Art Gallery, All in Moscow, Russia. The notable group shows he participated in “Apologia for Delusions” at Moscow Museum of Modern art in Moscow, 2019, “Boundless space... the possibilities of Burning Man”, group show and auction, Burning man Project and Sotheby’s, New York in 2021, TRUE ЛИ, group show at RuArts Foundation, Moscow in 2022, “30 Year Anniversary” group show at Fineart gallery, Moscow in 2022.

His artworks are included in RuArts Foundation collection, Sofia Trotsenko collection, Montresso Foundation and STRAAT Museum in Amsterdam.

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SOLO EXHIBITONS

2024 Borderline States, Reloft Art, Moscow, Russia
2020 Spring 2020, Fineart gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 Flashbacks, Triumph gallery, Moscow, Russia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024.               Ampersandshow, Knowngallery at Complexcon, Las Vegas, NV, USA
                         Emoveo (Fineart gallery, Moscow, Russia)

2023               Awareness of space in time. 30-years anniversary, Fineart gallery, Moscow, Russia

2022               Retrogaming, Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery, Paris, France
                        Grand opening, Red Door gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
                        True Ли, Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia

2021                Cyberpunk, Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery, Paris, France
Boundless space… the possibilities of Burning Man, Sotheby’s and Burning man Project, New York, USA
Open letter, Fineart Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2020               10 anniversary, Mathgoth gallery, Paris, France
Nothing box, Moscow, Russia
            Uncovered, Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery, Paris, France                

2019                Land of stars, Fineart Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2018                Other Shores, Manege, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Apologia for delusions, Moscow Museum of modern art, Russia

2017                Enter the history, Moscow Museum, Moscow, Russia
                        Urban Art Show, NUNC! Gallery, Grenoble, France
                      Kvadrart, Wallery gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2016                #Project64, Optics pavilion, VDNH, Moscow
Wall elements, Neurotitan gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015                City - territory of love, Fineart Gallery, Moscow, Russia
                        A Major minority, 1AMgallery, San Francisco, USA
                        The New wave: Uncut 2, MSK Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2014                Urbanism: city in my head, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
                       The New wave: Uncut, MSK Gallery, Moscow, Russia
                        Wall elements, RUARTs Gallery, Moscow, Russia


ART FAIRS

2025               8th Art Thessaloniki, Greece. Fineart gallery, Booth 3

2024                Catalog, ReLot Art booth 1.8 , Moscow, Russia
                       Art Russia, Moscow, Russia

2023                Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands. Glo.Art gallery booth
                       EuropeArt Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands. Glo.Art gallery booth

2021                Artlife, Manege, Moscow, Russia
                        Russian Antique Salon, Fineart gallery booth, Moscow, Russia
                        Da! Moscow, Fineart gallery booth, Moscow, Russia

2020               DA! Moscow, Triumph and Fineart Galleries booths, Moscow, Russia
                       Russian Antique Salon, Fineart gallery booth, Moscow, Russia
                       ArtFair 14C, Verityfair booth, New Jersey city, USA
                       Cosmoscow, Format 1 booth, Moscow, Russia
2017                Urban Art Fair Paris, NUNC! Gallery booth, Paris, France


AUCTIONS

2021                Boundless space… the possibilities of Burning Man, Sotheby’s, New York, USA    
2020               Vladey, Moscow, Russia
6th Urban contemporary art Auction, RuArts gallery X Artmossphere
2014                1st Urban contemporary art Auction, RuArts gallery X Artmossphere


ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2023                GLO.ART Residence, Lanaken, Belgium


COLLECTIONS

Sofia Trotsenko collection Founder of Winzavod Center
RuArts Foundation (Mariana Sardarova collection)
Montresso Foundation collection
STRAAT Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands



STREET ART EVENTS

2025               Romanian streetart, Bucharest, Romania
2024               Memorandum, Ufa, Russia

2023               L’Art habite la Ville, Mons, Belgium
Eternelles crapules, Briançon, France
Pompei Street Art, Pompei, Italy
LeMUR Oberkampf 107, Paris, France
Step in the Arena, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2022               Memorandum, Ufa, Russia
Khalandri street art, Athens, Greece

2021                4 Murals for Polus-Magadan, Omchak, Russia

2020               NewTon, Kursk, Russia
Plesk, Pskov, Russia
Iskra, Neftekamsk, Russia

2019                Mural Oasis, Primm, USA
Urbanmorphogenesis, Odintsovo, Russia
Wall street art Grand Paris Sud, Lieusaint, France
Mesto project, Nijniy Novgorod, Russia
Step in the Arena X, Eindhoven, Netherlands
HKWalls, Hong Kong, China

2018                Loures Art publica, Loures, Portugal
Urban Art Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan
Stenograffia, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2017                Loures Arte Publica, Loures, Portugal
Step in the Arena, Eindhoven, Netherlands
La Grande schmirage, Ingolstadt, Germany
Mural art, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2016                Street Dealin X, Jakarta, Indonesia
Spectr, Vyksa, Russia
Stenograffia, Omsk, Russia

2015                Meeting of Styles, Milan, Italy
Streetfire, Moscow, Russia

2014               Rehlatna, Dubai, UAE. World Guinness record was set by more than 100 artist. The longest graffiti scroll
Baltic Sessions, Tallinn, Estonia
Meeting of styles, Lublin, Poland
Faces&Laces, Moscow, Russia

2013-1999       Meeting of Styles, Mainz-Castel, Germany; Minsk, Belarus; Lyon, France
Selected         Faces&Laces, Moscow, Russia
German-Russia Project, Berlin, Germany
Versus Project, Barcelona, Spain
Collaboration with Rubin415, 5 Pointz, New York, USA
Roskilde graffiti, Roskilde, Denmark
Like it Art, Kazan, Russia
Just writing my name, Kiev, Ukraine
Graffiti nonstop, Wroclaw, Poland
Paint Methods, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk, Russia
Urbanize, Sofia, Bulgaria
Write 4 gold Finals, Chemnitz, Germany


ART FAIRS / BIENNALES

2025             «Vozduh» project, The First Biennial of Environmental Art, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

2017               Paris Urban Art Fair, NUNC! Gallery booth, Paris, France

2014               Artmosphere street art biennale, Moscow, Russia


1997 Started graffiti career