SELECTED WORKS
Darya Kalugina
Daria Kalugina was born in Alchevsk in 1998 Lives and works in Moscow. Graduated with aBachelor’s degree from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and PublicAdministration (RANEPA) (2019) and a Master’s degree from HSE ART AND DESIGNSCHOOL in the Contemporary Painting program curated by Vladimir Dubosarsky andOksana Simatova (2022). Participant of the contemporary art fair |catalog| (2024). The soloexhibition "Heartstanding" was held at SISTEMA GALLERY in 2024
About the artist
Daria Kalugina draws on fragments from her childhood and personal family memories as the starting point for her art. By weaving together various events, the artist constructs a visual embodiment of childhood impressions that resist easy verbal description. Kalugina explores
the convergence of a child’s world and an adult’s world — two realms that perceive reality in fundamentally different ways. Incorporating personal experience into her projects allows her to reframe questions of growing up and collective memory. Working in acrylic, pastel, and pencil, Kalugina merges painting and drawing just as childhood memories merge with an adult perspective on life. A multiexposure technique lends her works an ephemeral quality.
Education:
2022 – HSE art and design school in the Contemporary Painting program curated by Vladimir Dubosarsky and Oksana Simatova
2019 – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Selected solo exhibitions:
2024 Heartstanding, curated by Nadya October. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Lovely Bones. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 Winter Market. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Winter Market. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Utopia and Pause. Arkhangelskoye Museum-Reserve, Moscow
2023 Apartment art show. PIROGOVO Yacht Club, Moscow
2022 Picturesque Russia. The Art of the Young. The seventh interregional traveling exhibition, Izhevsk-Kirov-Stavropol-Moscow, Russia
2022 Optimum. All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow
2022 Interdisciplinary group exhibition "Shadow Ban", Moscow
Fairs:
2024 |catalog| Contemporary Art Fair (SISTEMA GALLERY), Moscow
2023 THIRD PLACE ART FAIR Contemporary Art Fair, St. Petersburg, Russia
2022 3rd edition of blazar Young Art Fair, Independent Artists Section. Museum of Moscow, Moscow
2024 Heartstanding, curated by Nadya October. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Lovely Bones. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 Winter Market. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Winter Market. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Utopia and Pause. Arkhangelskoye Museum-Reserve, Moscow
2023 Apartment art show. PIROGOVO Yacht Club, Moscow
2022 Picturesque Russia. The Art of the Young. The seventh interregional traveling exhibition, Izhevsk-Kirov-Stavropol-Moscow, Russia
2022 Optimum. All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow
2022 Interdisciplinary group exhibition "Shadow Ban", Moscow
Fairs:
2024 |catalog| Contemporary Art Fair (SISTEMA GALLERY), Moscow
2023 THIRD PLACE ART FAIR Contemporary Art Fair, St. Petersburg, Russia
2022 3rd edition of blazar Young Art Fair, Independent Artists Section. Museum of Moscow, Moscow
