Daria is a photographer and visual artist currently living and working between Kyiv and Paris.
Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, Daria moved to France to pursue a M.A. in Photography & Video at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, graduating in 2023.
In her artistic practice, Daria explores the connections between past and present, focusing primarily on the youth and cultural, social, and political contexts in which young people live.
Using photography as her main tool, Daria aims to create a sincere and subtle portrait of her generation.
Since 2022, Daria’s artistic focus has shifted toward witnessing the consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine.
Her works are part of the collection of MOKSOP (Museum of the Kharkiv School of Photography).
Selected publications:
M Le Monde, i-D, Libération, The Guardian, Mouvement, l’Obs, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,
SLEEK, WUL magazine, vogue.com, Vogue Ukraine, UNITED24
Awards & Grants:
2025 — Cortona On The Move | BarTur Grant — shortlisted
2025 — Aperture Portfolio Prize, finalist
2024 — CNAP, Soutien à la photographie documentaire contemporaine grant — recipient in duo with Guillaume Bihan
2024 — 39th Hyères Photography Festival, finalist
2024 — Magnum Photos/Odesa Photo Days, Beyond the silence grant — recipient
2022 — Palm* Photo Prize, finalist
Selected exhibitions:
2025
Loss, Love and the Everyday of War, group show, Västerbottens museum, Umeå, Sweden
FUTURESPECTIVE, group show, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
FUTURESPECTIVE, group show, M17 Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
Beyond the Silence, group show, Jam Factory, Lviv, Ukraine
2024
Essential Goods, group show, Foto Tallinn 2024, Tallinn, Estonia
Essential Goods, group show, Pavilion of Culture, Kyiv, Ukraine
100%, group show, La Villette, Paris, France
Generations of resilience, group show, Le Hangar, Bruxelles, Belgique
Forever and a Day, group show, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023
Après Vous, group show, Maison Fraternelle, Paris, France
Ukraine, Photo Days, exhibition of Daria Svertilova & Oksana Nevmerzhytska, Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France
Home. Perspectives, group show, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine, group show, Galerie Le Carré d’Art, Chartres-de-Bretagne, France
2022
Consequences. Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, group show, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
Material Nation, group show, Urania, Berlin, Germany
Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine, group show, Stimultania, Strasbourg, France
Palm* Photo Prize, group show, London, UK
In Ukraine, group exhibition, The Gallery at Dobbin Mews, New York, USA
Slava Ukraini!, group show, Galerie Czwartek, Warsaw, Poland
2021
Chromie photo-fair & group show, Le Consulat, Paris, France
Sensitivity. Contemporary Ukrainian Photography, group show, Mystetskiy Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019
En cas d’urgence briser la glace, group show, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Alien She, group show, Jour et Nuit Culture, Paris, France
Raising the curtain, group show, Stelplaatz, Leuven, Belgium
2018
The New East Photo Prize, group show, Calvert Gallery, London, UK
Kuyalnik love-stories project by Join The Cool, Odesa Museum of Contemporary Art, Ukraine
Screenings & Talks:
2025
Femmes et exil, round table, Galerie Odile Ouizeman, Paris, France
2024
Temporary Homes, screening at festival Circulations, Paris, France
Temporary Homes, screening at festival Boutographies, Montpellier, France
2022
New wave of Ukrainian photography, panel talk with photographer Igor Chekachkov, Paris Photo, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Ukraine. Guerre et exil, conversation with photographer Melania Avanzato, Le Riza, Villeurbanne, France
2021
Temporary homes at Bristol Photo Festival, Bristol, UK
Temporary homes at Odesa Photo Days, Odesa, Ukraine
Portfolio can be sent on request.
All inquiries: d.svertilova@gmail.com
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