Daria is a lens-based artist currently living and working in Paris and Kyiv.
Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, Daria came to France to get her M.A. degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris in Photography & Video. She graduated in 2023.
In her artistic practice Daria explores connections between past and present, focusing mainly on the youth and cultural, social and political context in which young people live.
Her work was exhibited internationally including La Villette (Paris), Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), Hangar (Brussels), Mystetskiy Arsenal (Kyiv) and published in M le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, i-D, Libération, The Guardian among others.
Daria is a finalist of Aperture Portfolio Prize (2025), as well as 39th Hyères festival (2024) and Palm* Photo Prize (2022). In 2024 she became a recipient of Beyond the silence grant by Magnum Photos & Odesa Photo Days for the artists researching complex socio-political topics. She also has joined FUTURES in 2025. Daria’s work is a part of MOKSOP (Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography) collection.
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