Dasha Sova

Dasha Sova is a Ukrainian-born contemporary artist based in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. She graduated with honors from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts in 2012, where she specialized in Monumental Painting. Before relocating to Canada in 2023, she held multiple solo exhibitions in Kharkiv and Kyiv. Her paintings are held in private collections internationally.
Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, Dasha explores the relationship between nature, animals, flowers, and human emotion through contemporary painting. Colour and stylization are the foundation of her visual language. Rather than documenting reality, she transforms everyday subjects into expressive, imaginative compositions that invite viewers to slow down, reflect, and discover beauty in ordinary moments.
Her practice is driven by a fascination with colour as an emotional force and stylization as a way of revealing character, atmosphere, and feeling. Through these elements, she creates paintings that balance playfulness with quiet contemplation, encouraging viewers to experience familiar subjects from a new perspective.

2004–06 Artist High School of Kharkiv
2006–12 Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts.
Became a member of young painters' community in 2015

Selected Exhibitions
2025 — Group Exhibition, Toloka Ukrainian Cultural Center, Bellevue, Washington, USA
2023 — Group Exhibition, Open Studio, Seattle, Washington, USA
2022 — Solo Exhibition, Park Q Bali, Bali, Indonesia
2021 — Solo Exhibition, Kharkiv Opera House Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2020 — Group Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 — Solo Exhibition, Kharkiv Opera House Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2016 — Solo Exhibition, Palladium Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2015 — Group Exhibitions, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kharkiv and Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 — Solo Exhibition, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2013 — Group Exhibition, Kharkiv Regional Center for Culture and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012 — Solo Exhibition, Buzok Art Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine