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:
Dazed, M Le Monde, i-D, Libération, The Guardian, Mouvement, l’Obs, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,
SLEEK, WUL magazine, vogue.com, Vogue Ukraine, UNITED24
Awards | grants | nominations:
2025 — FUTURES artist, nominated by Odesa Photo Days
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:
2026 — C’est un regard de l’eau, group show, PhotoSaintGermain, Galerie Crous, Paris, France
2026 — IMPACT, group show, Dovzhenko Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2026 — Les lieux de mémoire, solo show, Paradise, Nantes, France
2026 — Hjem: Perspektiver, group show, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
2026 — De ruisseaux et de phares, et au milieu, exhibition of Guillaume Bihan and Daria Svertilova, Le DOC, Paris, France
2025 — Loss, Love and the Everyday of War, group show, Västerbottens museum, Umeå, Sweden
2025 — FUTURESPECTIVE, group show, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2025 — FUTURESPECTIVE, group show, M17 Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 — Beyond the Silence, group show, Jam Factory, Lviv, Ukraine
2024 — Exhibition of photography competition finalists, Villa Noailles, Hyères
2024 — Essential Goods, group show, Foto Tallinn 2024, Tallinn, Estonia
2024 — Essential Goods, group show, Pavilion of Culture, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024 — 100%, group show, La Villette, Paris, France
2024 — Generations of resilience, group show, Le Hangar, Bruxelles, Belgique
2024 — Forever and a Day, group show, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 — Après Vous, group show, Maison Fraternelle, Paris, France
2023 — Ukraine, Photo Days, exhibition of Daria Svertilova & Oksana Nevmerzhytska, Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France
2023 — Home. Perspectives, group show, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2023 — 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
2022 — Material Nation, group show, Urania, Berlin, Germany
2022 — Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine, group show, Stimultania, Strasbourg, France
2022 — Palm* Photo Prize, group show, London, UK
2022 — In Ukraine, group exhibition, The Gallery at Dobbin Mews, New York, USA
2021 — Chromie photo-fair & group show, Le Consulat, Paris, France
2021 — 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
2019 — Alien She, group show, Jour et Nuit Culture, Paris, France
2019 — Raising the curtain, group show, Stelplaatz, Leuven, Belgium
2018 — The New East Photo Prize, group show, Calvert Gallery, London, UK
2018 — Kuyalnik love-stories project by Join The Cool, Odesa Museum of Contemporary Art, Ukraine
Screenings | talks:
2026 — Voix de femmes, voix d’Ukraine: créer, résister, exister en temps de guerre, public talk of Yuliia Iliukha and Daria Svertilova, INALCO, Paris, France
2025 — Femmes et exil, round table, Galerie Odile Ouizeman, Paris, France
2024 — Temporary Homes, screening at festival Circulations, Paris, France
2024 — 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
2022 — Ukraine. Guerre et exil, conversation with photographer Melania Avanzato, Le Riza, Villeurbanne, France
2021 — Temporary homes at Bristol Photo Festival, Bristol, UK
2021 — Temporary homes at Odesa Photo Days, Odesa, Ukraine
Portfolio can be sent on request.
All inquiries: d.svertilova@gmail.com
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