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BIO

Daria Pasechnik is an artist based in Moscow. After completing a degree in Advertising, she received additional training in drawing at the Surikov Art School. She began her artistic career in 2019, actively participating in exhibition projects in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. She is a participant of contemporary art fairs Blazar (2023) and Art Moscow (2024), and a graduate of the Institute of Contemporary Art named after Joseph Bakstein (2024).
Her primary medium is airbrush painting on canvas.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My artistic practice grows out of an interest in the transformation of images as they move from the digital environment into the physical world. Initially, I worked with representations of digital imagery, exploring the boundaries between the virtual and the material, between the screen surface and the painted canvas. Over time, my focus shifted: I became increasingly interested not in representation, but in presence itself.

Today, my attention is centered on real objects as autonomous elements of narration. I am drawn to their ability not only to exist within space, but also to construct new semantic fields. Through objects, I appeal to the viewer’s associative memory, inviting them to participate in the creation of a fictional yet tangible world.

I am inspired by the latent theatricality of everyday life, the way accidental juxtapositions of objects create the feeling of a stage where something is about to happen. Within these micro-narratives, reality acquires the qualities of magical realism, where the familiar becomes strange and objects appear almost alive. I am interested in capturing this moment of transformation, when the ordinary suddenly reveals its poetic potential and presence becomes nearly mystical.

EDUCATION

2022–2024 — Institute of Contemporary Art named after Joseph Bakstein, New Artistic Strategies
2021–2022 — Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov, Painting and Drawing (continuing education)
2016–2021 — Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Advertising and Public Relations

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 — This Is Where I Post From, Sistema Gallery, Moscow
2021 — Dashing 90’s, WIP Independent Art Association, Moscow

ART FAIRS / MARKETS

2025 — Port Art Fair, IRNBY ART Gallery, Saint Petersburg
2024 — Aqua Art Miami, Art Estate Gallery, Room 212, Miami
2024 — Art Moscow, Elohovky Gallery, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
2023 — New Year Market, WHO I AM Gallery, Moscow
2023 — Blazar Young Art Fair, Independent Artists Section, Moscow Museum, Moscow

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
And Love Prevails, Kometa Black, Moscow
BOOTLEG, Fuck Work Gallery, Moscow
STOP/SHOP, Elohovskiy Gallery, Moscow
To the Sea and Back, State Darwin Museum, Moscow

2024
Speed Dating, Sistema Gallery, Moscow
Measurement, Elohovskiy Gallery, Moscow
5x5, Dai Pyat Gallery, Voronezh
The Most Discussed Animal on Earth, Arbuzz Gallery, Moscow
Chronopolis, Generative Gallery, Moscow

2023
Utopia, pop-up project by Dai Pyat Gallery, Dubai
Waste of Time, Nakovalnya Gallery, Moscow
Pulsating Matter, CCI Fabrika, Moscow
Pink Exhibition, Russian State Library for Young Adults, Moscow

2022
Artel, Mutabor Art Space, Moscow
Closer, WIP Independent Art Association, Moscow

2021
WIP Tennessee Garden, Nikola-Lenivets Art Park, Nikola-Lenivets
BAD/GOOD(?) TRIP, WIP Independent Art Association, Moscow
CLUB, Mutabor Art Space, Moscow

2020
Kryukrinoksy, Zdes na Taganke Gallery, Moscow

2019
Group Exhibition, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg