Artist statement:

Daria Koshkina is a multidisciplinary artist and visualization researcher working at the intersection of data art and figurative digital art. Her work examines how stories shape us, what it means to pursue well-being, and how women experience the world through contexts like immigration. She specifically investigates how power structures, oppression, displacement, and hope shape individual identities, and how cultural narratives and beloved stories shape the frameworks of self-support. She uses animation, digital painting, and data art to explore how facts overlap with the subjective yet very real space of personal experience.

Bio:

Daria’s work was selected for the Information Is Beautiful Awards 2024 Longlist. She served on juries for the 2025 Young Ones competition and 2024 ONE Screen Short Film Festival. Her works have been showcased at the London Design Festival, The Wrong Biennale and the CICA Museum. Before establishing her personal practice, she worked as a Data Visualization Research Specialist at Barabasi Lab, where she contributed to projects shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Ludwig Museum, MEET Digital Culture Center, and Postmasters Gallery. Her editorial and scientific illustrations have been published by Vice, UN Women, Science, and the Journal of Neuroscience. Daria holds a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration from the University of Hertfordshire and a Master of Digital Media and 3D Animation from Northeastern University.