Darina Mikityuk

Darina Mykytiuk (born in Ukraine, based in Hamburg, Germany)
Working with tempera and mixed media, Darina’s art investigates the intersections of femininity, emotional intelligence, and contemporary pop sensibility. Her visual language merges intimacy with irony, creating works that are bold yet emotionally permeable.

Her surfaces are layered and tactile, reflecting her process-oriented approach. Color is not merely illustrative but experiential — it conveys moods, memories, and emotional states. Her artistic practice is not only expressive, but also ritualistic and systematic: she works to transform inner perception into visual rhythm.

Recurring motifs include the female figure as archive and agent of transformation, themes of migration, loss, self-reinvention, and the domestic sphere as a site of radical presence. Humor and wordplay punctuate her pieces, anchoring emotional weight in conceptual clarity.

Rooted in her lived experience of displacement, motherhood, and the search for agency, Darina positions her work at the crossroads of the political and the personal. She draws inspiration from artists like Marina Abramović, Louise Bourgeois, and Andy Warhol, reinterpreting their legacies through her feminist lens.

Currently ba...

Kyiv National University of Technology and Design.

2015 – "POP ART MATE", Bekterevka Gallery, Kyiv

2015 – "Exhibition of one artist", Lubny Art Gallery, Lubny

2018 – "SHE", Nebo Gallery, Kyiv

2019 – "Crash & Burn", Triptych Gallery, Kyiv

Group Exhibitions & Participations

2015 – "Lubny Art Spring", All-Ukrainian exhibition

2015 – "Day of Kyiv at St. Andrews", International Art Festival Talent Energy Fest

2015 – Golden Section Auction House, Kyiv (4 works sold under the hammer)

2016 – Women’s Art Project, Chocolate House, Kyiv

2016 – WHAT IF FEST #2, Kyiv Dovzhenko Film Studio & Cinematheque

2016 – Charity Art Niche (CAN) 1.0, Triptych Gallery, Kyiv

2016 – All-Ukrainian exhibition of fine and decorative arts, National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv

2016 – Charity Art Niche (CAN) 2.0 Summer Edition, Triptych Gallery, Kyiv

2016 – "Two years ago", Spivakovska ART:EGO, Kyiv

2016 – "365 days of design", Salon.Art&Design;, Kyiv

2016 – "Small worlds" charity auction, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv

2017 – "New beginning", Spivakovska ART:EGO Cultural Center, Kyiv

2018 – "Lubny Art Spring", All-Ukrainian exhibition

2019 – "Crash & Burn", Triptych Gallery, Kyiv (Global Arts Workshop)

2019 – "Verbalization", Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv

2019 – CAN 4.0 Charity Ar...