Daria Makarenko

born 1988, Russia.

EDUCATION:

Sept. 2005 – June 2009

Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Faculty of Philology and Arts

Major: Decorative and Applied Art

Diploma

Was awarded a degree of
Bachelor of Arts

Sept. 2010-June 2012

KONSTFACK (University College of Arts, Crafts and Design) www.konstfack.se

Sweden, Stockholm

Ceramics and Glass Department

Major: Ceramics

Master Degree

 

EXPERIENCE:

2008       arranged an artistic union 'Mak & Go' (together
                  with Tatyana Gorshenkova).

2009      arranged own workshop and run own artistic business (jewelry
                  production)

 

EXIBITIONS:

June 2007   The participant of the  International Exhibition ‘Plot 4’, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2008              The participant of the 8eme Biennale 'Humour el Vigne’, France

Feb. 2008    Personal exhibition ‘Zarisovochki’, Art center “Pushkinskaya, 10", Saint Petersburg, Russia

2008-2009  The participant of 3rd and 4th competitions of young artists ‘Orientiri’, Saint Petersburg, Russia

June 2008  The participant of the International Exhibition “Homo-Arcticus”, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Jul.2008    The participant of the 7th International Festival of Experimental Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia

July-Aug. 2008 Internship in design school Instituto Europeo de Design, Italy, Venice

2008            The participant of the International Program ‘Planet Earth’, Russia/the Netherlands

Nov. 2009 The participant of the 6th International Exhibition and Competition of Contemporary Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Jan.2010   The participant of the Russian/ Lithuanian Art Week, Vilnius, Lithuania

Feb. 2010  The participant of the Annual Exhibition ‘Peterburg 09’, Saint Petersburg, Russia

 Jan. 2011   The participant of the Exhibition “The Borderlines”, Stockholm, Sweden

May 2011   Exhibition “I am speaking about…” Plattan Library, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 

 May-June  2012  Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

HONORS:

2005 – 2009 State Fellowship, Saint Petersburg State University

Nov. 2009     Honorable award of 6th International Exhibition & Competition of Contemporary Arts(1 prize)

Jan. 2010      The awarded winner of Russian & Lithuanian Art Week.

June 2012      Nominated for the Vasakronan Scholarship, Stockholm, Sweden.

June 2012      Award of  Ceramic & Glass Department, Konstfack, Sweden.  "For  playful and poetic interventions in the fabric of everyday urban experience, memorialising fleeting dreams in beautifully crafted ceramics." Rolf Hughes