Daria Veshtak

Statement

Daria Veshtak – electronic musician and CG-artist, performer representative of the Ukrainian underground art community.

Studying at the art academy and working in commerce shaped her artistic style and techniques, while nightlife and acquaintance with the Kyiv art scene inspired her to quit her job in commerce and experiment with audio-visual techniques in her work, using various mediums – drawing, acting, composing, film-making, vj-ing, creating animation on game engines.

Travels and tours in Ukraine, performances at various non-commercial venues, front-line cities and villages, participation in art projects and initiatives are reflected in her work and its themes.

The theme of loneliness and the urban environment provides the coordinates on which the landscapes of her compositions are built, emphasizing the contrast between the familiar and the imaginary. Through symbolism, irony and fictional characters, she recreates or rethinks the events and images that traumatized her, turning them into a visually harmonious journey for the viewer.

GlogauAIR cooperates with the Goethe Institut and the NGO Artists at Risk to support Ukrainian artists.

GlogauAIR Project

Reloading

Participation in the GlogauAIR residence gives Daria the opportunity to restore her working tools and mental state, concentrating on working on animated videos, musical compositions, audio-visual installations. She needs a period of solitude in her creative world to deal with feelings, find herself in a new reality and reflect on the events of this year that changed her life, which is extremely necessary for her as an artist.

CV Summary

Formation

• 2006 – 2012 Kharkiv State Academy of Design & Arts, Graphics, specialist;

Residencies

• 2017 – ЗМІСТ, art platform ТЮ, Mariupol
• 2017 – НАД БОГОМ, Vinnica
• 2018 – Музей відкрито на ремонт, S. S. Prokofiev Museum, Sonsivka, Donetsk region
• 2019 – VR-Khakaton, Kharkiv
• 2021 – WOK residency, Kyiv

Exhibitions/Festivals

• 2018 – Hamselit’ festival, ILLUSION, Ternopil
• 2018 – VR-festival ROZKVIT, Warsaw
• 2018 – Казус, S. S. Prokofiev Museum, Sonsivka, Donetsk region
• 2019 – НАД БОГОМ, Womenssound, Vinnica
• 2019 – Frontier VR Art Festival , Kharkiv
• 2020 – City of form, Prague
• 2020 – Dovzhenko Centre, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya
• 2020 – Ost-Anders festival, Nurnberg
• 2020 – Next-Sound festival, Kyiv-Kharkiv

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