Daria Sharenkova
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Daria Sharenkova in front of a painted facade

artist · painting

My practice grows out of first-hand research into the urban environment while travelling.

I look for and document the visual code particular to each place — from capital megacities to small towns.

What I record are the states and moods of nocturnal space.

Series

Night SeriesНочная серия2023 — 2024 · 4 worksKorea — China한국 · 中国2025 · 6 works

About

Daria Sharenkova was born and raised in the Donetsk region. In 2019 she entered the painting department of the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, graduating in 2025 with a diploma series on Korea and China.

She works in tempera on paper and oil on canvas, and makes a second version of each work in levkas, the icon-painting gesso technique: the ground gives a dense texture and the pigments make the colour more painterly.

Education

  • 2019 — 2025Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institutepainting department
  • 2017 — 2019Stavropol Regional Art Collegepainting department

Exhibitions

  • 2025“Graduation ’25”Zaryadye Park, Moscow
  • 2024“Cloud-High Edges of Things To Come”Rukavishnikov Centre project participants, “Tsekh” Laboratory of Contemporary Art
  • 2024“The Link of Times”Russian Academy of Arts, exhibition of church art in student copies
  • 2023“From the Memory of Peoples”Centre for English-Speaking Cultures, Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow
  • 2021Tavrida Art Clustergroup show
  • 2020“Flower for Mother” auctionDeti Nashi charitable foundation

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