Born in 1996 in Odesa, Ukraine.
Daria is a Ukrainian photographer & visual artist currently based in Paris and Kyiv.
She graduated from École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris (M.A. in Photography & Video) in 2023.
Her work is devoted to depicting modern-day Ukraine: she explores connections between past and present,
focusing mainly on young generation of Ukrainians and the cultural context they live in.
Daria is a member of Women Photograph and finalist of Palm* Photo Prize 2022.
Selected publications:
M Le Monde, i-D, Libération, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,
SLEEK, WUL magazine, The Calvert Journal, Telex.hu, vogue.com, Vogue Ukraine
Exhibitions:
2023
Après Vous, group exhibition, Maison Fraternelle, Paris, France
Ukraine, Photo Days, exhibition of Daria Svertilova & Oksana Nevmerzhytska, Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France
Home. Perspectives, group exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
When Desire Becomes Home, group exhibition, Villa in Roma, Mexico City, Mexico
Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine, group exhibition, Galerie Le Carré d’Art, Chartres-de-Bretagne, France
2022
Consequences. Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, group exhibition, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
Material Nation, group exhibition, Urania, Berlin, Germany
Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine, group exhibition, Stimultania, Strasbourg, France
Palm* Photo Prize, group exhibition, London, UK
In Ukraine, group exhibition, The Gallery at Dobbin Mews, New York, USA
Slava Ukraini, group exhibition, le DOC, Paris, France
Slava Ukraini!, group exhibition, Galerie Czwartek, Warsaw, Poland
2021
Chromie photo-fair & group exhibition, Le Consulat, Paris, France
Sensitivity. Contemporary Ukrainian Photography, group exhibition, Mystetskiy Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019
En cas d’urgence briser la glace, group exhibition, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Alien She, group exhibition, Jour et Nuit Culture, Paris, France
Raising the curtain, group exhibition, Stelplaatz, Leuven, Belgium
2018
The New East Photo Prize, group exhibition, Calvert Gallery, London, UK
Kuyalnik love-stories project by Join The Cool, Odesa Museum of Contemporary Art, Ukraine
Screenings & Talks:
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
Awards:
Finalist of Palm* Photo Prize 2022
Portfolio can be sent on request.
All inquiries: d.svertilova@gmail.com
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