Dariya Afanasyeva

Moscow, Moscow, Russia

About Dariya Afanasyeva

Hello & welcome to my art world :) My main trends and styles are: Abstract Art, Abstract Expressionism,Minimalism, Pop Art and Expressionism. And my own mix of these styles. My works are in private collections in Europe countries, USA, Australia, Canada and Russia.

Education:

1999 - 2005 I have graduated Rostov State Academy of Architecture and Art (Faculty of Arts)

2003 - 2006 summer courses in Central Saint Martins - UAL - University of the Arts London (UK)
such as: Mixed media painting, textile design, interior design and photography.

Events:

2009 V International Exhibition of Modern Art competition "RUSSIAN ART WEEK / ASSEMBLY OF ART" (Moscow, Russia)
Nomination «avant-garde painting»
Section «Abstract»
2 nd place: Dariya P. Afanaseva, competitive work «Hand off»
3 rd place: Dariya Afanaseva (Moscow), the entries "At first i couldn` t remember ur name, and now i can `t forget it… "

One-day conceptual collective exhibition "FARSH" (Kursk railway station in Moscow) 09.10.10 curator Jura Kuevda

One-day conceptual collective exhibition "BORSHCH" (Kursk railway station in Moscow) 21.05.11 curator Jura Kuevda

2011 Participation in the contest OPENARTMILANO Made in Russia (Milan, Italy).

2014 Online Competition: The Body Electric Showdown competition Saatchi Art, Los Angeles (USA).

INTROSPECTIVE
Exhibition ran: Tuesday 21st - Sunday 26th August 2018 (Bath, Somerset)
INTROSPECTIVE is an exhibition arranged by Jimmy Galvin, Bristol based autodidact Artist, Composer and Curator, whose work has been exhibited alongside many leading artists including Sir Peter Blake, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Julian Opie, Banksy and the Chapman Brothers.
Accompanied by Ryoko Minamatani from Japan and Dariya Afanaseva from Russia, this much anticipated free admission exhibition will be open at 44AD artspace in central Bath from 21 - 26 August 2018.

Exhibitions:

2008 Altered States of Reality Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York (USA).
A Collective Exhibition
Press Release:
What appear to be breaks of color in Dariya Afanaseva’s paintings cultivate curiosity in the works. In some instances, these lapses in color are quite fascinatingly deliberate sections in which the artist purposefully does not add a layer of paint over the foundation of mixed media. These non-painted surfaces take unique shapes like ovals or butterflies. In other instances, the lack of color is actually a switch to a contrasting color. Rusty orange and sea-foam stripes interrupt gregarious planks of black, or violet and sea foam seem to be scraped at until precarious white lines emerge. It’s likely, however, the artist added these colors rather than subtracted other colors from the canvas. Layers therefore become pertinent to Afanaseva’s methodology and style.
Although shapes do unfold, most of her works are expressionistic. The plant and animal life discovered
within Dariya Afanaseva’s paintings, though figurative, are more symbolic of growth, change, and beauty.
Other works are more ambiguous in their significance, and thus it is color and brushstroke that indicate their
mood.

2012 "Martini Art Club 2012" at the Center of Design ARTPLAY (Moscow, Russia)

2016 Art - festival "Art in the interior" Moscow, BoConcept Russia

2018 02.02-13.04 "White Exhibition" At the Central Scientific Library named after Zheleznov - the main library of the Timiryazev Academy, Moscow, Russia

From 13 June to 10 September 2018
POPUPMUSEUM "Russian-Chinese seasons 2018"
A Collective Exhibition

2018 September 14-20 "At the End of the Earth..."
Group exhibition

2019 28 FEBRUARY-13 MARCH Stages of Life, Harrow Arts Centre, London, UK

2019 April 12-17 "RETRAINED REALITY" - ABSTRACTION FESTIVAL (Moscow)