Draft:Denis Kuvayev

 Denis Kuvayev or Denys Kuvaiev, DenKuvaiev (Денис Куваев; born Jan 22, 1971) Denis Kuvayev is a contemporary artist, photographer, and writer.

Biography
Denis Kuvayev was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. He has been painting since childhood. Denis became a professional artist in the 1990s, getting his inspiration from travels around the world. From this time he lived and worked in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Rome Italy, Vancouver Canada, Barcelona Spain, and Paris France.

Painting
The first personal exhibition of Denis Kuvaev named "The Time of Fire" took place in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1999 and consisted mainly of abstract paintings in red and white colors. The second personal art exhibit took place in 2001 in Rome, Italy, where Denis lived for five years. The title of the exhibition was "The Procession of Fishes" in which the theme of fish occupied the main place. The third solo exhibition took place a year later in Rome and was called "World Without Borders", which featured mainly Roman cityscapes. These first three solo exhibitions influenced the further development of Denis's work, in which three themes remain to this day - abstraction, fish - sea, and cityscape, sometimes intertwined with each other.

In 2018 a Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia published an article about famous artists of all times - "Ocho paisajes que inspiraron a famosos pintores". On the article cover was a painting of Denis Kuvayev which prompted the artist to declare: "I accepted the honor and took upon the challenge to create outstanding works."

In 2020 Spanish Press Diario Palmero has compared Denis Kuvayev to Salvador Dalí.

Denis Kuvayev is recognized for his paintings featured on book and CD covers, in book covers, magazines, in clothing lines, etc. As an example, one of his paintings was displayed on the Naxos CD cover of the Respighi - Roman Trilogy of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta - Grammy Awards Winner in 2019.

Photography
Denis Kuvayev is a photographer and the best model is his daughter - Maria Kuvaieva. Maria Kuvaieva is a photo model and an artist with Downs syndrome. She is also a global special needs ambassador. Her photos are known around the world.

Writing
Denis Kuvayev is the author of the book "The Door to a Fairy Tale" which was published in English and Russian by Hertfordshire Press In London 2017. Now the book is on sale around the world

YouTube
Denis Kuvaev YouTube channel and more than 117,000 subscribers.