Daria Krotova
Daria Krotova works mainly in the fields of sculpture and installations, using media such as ceramics, paper, textiles, materials that reflect the fragile and perishable nature of all things. Her work collects them in their transitional states and creates a space where the creative gesture can save from the destructive nature of time.
She has participated in over 60 solo and group exhibitions in Paris, London, Geneva, Berlin, Vienna, Bruxelles, Tbilisi, Istanbul, Moscow, Lucca. Her works can be found in galeries, museums and private collections in the USA (Kramlich family, MOMA -New Art Trust), the UK (Charles Saatchi), France, Belgium, Austria, Israel, Switzerland, Russia. She has participated in several art fairs in Europe (Art Paris, Vienna Contemporary, Cosmoscow, Art Vilnius, Art Moscow, Tbilisi Art Fair).
Alongside her career in contemporary art, she also taught ceramics and sculpture, including four years at the renown Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow where she has developed art classes for people with learning disabilities and promoted an inclusive policy at the museum. She has also participated in several projects for children hospitals.
She holds university degrees in Neuropsychology and History of Art from USA, France and Russia. Her research centered on the interaction between text and image in the Russian avant-garde. She has also translated major authors such as Maurice Blanchot, Gilles Deleuze, Francis Ponge, and William Butler Yeats.
Daria is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC).
She lives and works in France.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Oubliez la fenêtre ouverte, Mas des Bories, France
2019
Intermediate States, Perelyotny Kabak Gallery, Moscow
2018
Paper Notions, Fabrika Centre for Creative Industries (Trans Europe Halles Network, http://teh.net), Moscow
2017
Harvesting Rain, Gallery Iragui, Moscow
2016
Natures Mortes, Pechersky Gallery, CCA Vinzavod, Moscow
2015
The Gregor Samsa Sister Syndrome, Gallery Iragui, Moscow
2014
Parka’s Cover, Pechersky Gallery, Moscow
Light Matters, Studio Koop, Moscow
2013
Fragment, Studio Koop, Moscow
2012
Stages of Zero, Studio Koop, Moscow
Tropismes, Studio Koop, Moscow
Introspection, Studio Koop, Moscow
2011
Heart, organ of Love, Studio Koop, Lucky Numbers, Sotheby’s Moscow
Witnesses, Iragui Gallery, Moscow
2010
Heritage, Roots Contemporary, Brussels
Bugs and Flowers, together with Georgy Litichevsky, Garage Gallery, Nikolina Gora, Moscow Region
2009
Colours of Israel, Jewish Cultural Center, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Un escargot sous le chiffon, Gallerie Tonka, Paris
2021
Lucca Biennal of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy
L'heure bleue, Gallery 25Kadr, Moscow
Anthology of the Russian Poor, Heritage Gallery, Moscow
Gagarin, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
International Biennale of Paper Art, Lucca, Italy
2020
Souffle d'Est, Excideuil, Dordogne, France
Cosmoscow Contemporary Art Fair, Heritage Gallery, Moscow
2019
In Situ/In Vivo, State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Philosophy of a Common Goal, artistic performance at the Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow, Russia
Philosophy of a Common Goal, Red Line Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Not for Trash, A3 Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018
Tbilisi Art Fair, selected solo artist, Georgia
Family Archive, Theater am Steg, Baden, Austria
TEXTile, Gogol’s House, Moscow
Who Are We? Inclusive project (as an artist & curator), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2017
Interior Sea, Vladivostok Biennale, Russia
Recycled Landscapes, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
About Nature Morte, inclusive project (as an artist & curator), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2016
Fusion, Galerie Iragui, Moscow
Belleville-Belaevo, Belaevo Gallery, Moscow
2015
Fabrica Vitae, Stradins Museum, Riga
Propaganda, invited artist, Art Vilnius, Lithuania
Pink Box, Gallery Erarta, Saint Petersburg
Victory as a New Epos, Russian Academy of Art and Krokin Gallery, Moscow
Influences, Artplay, Moscow
Thoughts Out Loud, Zverev Center, Moscow
2014
The Zoo, Zoological State Museum and Krokin Gallery, Moscow
Vienna Art Fair, Iragui Gallery
Istanbul Art Fair, Iragui Gallery
Sunny Side of Lenin Street, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
Media Court, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Multiverse Exhibition, Moscow
Parts of a Whole, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center
2013
Art Paris, Iragui Gallery
ParisSky, Krokin Gallery project, Moscow Planetarium
Silent Hills, Studio KOP, Moscow
Cop’s Nerve, Studio KOP, Moscow
2012
Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union, Saatchi Gallery, London
Kremlin, Studio KOP, Moscow
Winter Debris, Solyanka Gallery, Moscow
Triple Reflection, Studio KOP, Moscow
Marasmatic Abstractionism, Studio KOP, Moscow
Dust, Art & Science Laboratory, Moscow
2011
Earth/Sky, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
Russian Landscape, Guelman Galery, Moscow
Russian Cosmism, Gallery Art Agency, Moscow
Races, Arthouse Squat, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Art Moscow Fair, Central House of Artists, Moscow
South Butovo, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
We Build Cities, Art People Gallery, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
2010
Art Moscow Fair, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
Monochrome, A3 Gallery, Moscow
Homage, A3 Gallery, Moscow
2009
Fast Art 3, Art Moscow FairArt Moscow Fair, Gallery Ravenscourt, Moscow
Tractor Drivers, Karolin Gallery, Moscow
Simple Things, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2008
Invasion:Evasion, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow
Fast Art 2, Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow
2007
Joyful Morgue, Art Moscow special project, Moscow
Soyuzniki, Residence of the European Union, Moscow