Dmitri Danish was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1966. He was a natural artist from the start. His mother, an artist herself, was the first to discover Danish's talent and began to teach him to draw and paint. At age 12 he was accepted into a Kharkiv Art School, and by age 15 he was enrolled at the Kharkiv State Art College. From early on, Danish's most favorite genre was cityscape. He painted cities that he read about in books, cities that he heard about on the radio or in people's conversations. He created new countries in his mind and painted streets, canals, houses and quiet corners. His imagination was able to take him to those unusual and magical worlds from his dreams and his talent enabled him to paint what he saw in his mind’s eye.In college, Danish became fascinated with Kharkiv, the city where he was born and raised. He painted various buildings, wooden houses and walls, small coffee shops under huge old trees. After graduation and working two years in various art-related fields, he became a member of the prestigious Union of Ukrainian Artists. His career as a fine artist took off then and he began exhibiting in Ukraine, Russia and other Eastern European countries. In the year 2000 the Kharkov State Museum of Fine Art conducted a solo exhibition of Danish's works called "La Citta" (The City). After the exhibition three of his paintings became part of the permanent collection of the Museum. And in 2001, the New Jersey Museum of Modern Art purchased three of Danish's works.