Daria Lavrova, artist and illustrator

was born in St.Petersburg, Russia. She began to draw from the very early childhood so the decision to send her to drawing school was obvious. After 10 years of classical studies of drawing, painting and applied arts the decision nevertheless was made to try herself in a quite distant sphere. Daria has finished the faculty of law at the State University and worked some time as a legal adviser. However, art was not totaly forgotten: parallel to work and studies the beginning artist attended painting classes, becoming afterwards a member of the union of artists in St.Petersburg, taking part in various group artistic shows.

During this period her developing style was very much influenced by the cubistic manner and constructivism, the base for many Russian underground art movements. In her works she reveals a great interest in the object’s inner structure, tries to build the most vivid composition and thus to capture the energy of the object’s interaction and intersection, no matter what it is - a still-life or a landscape. That analytical approach, the ability to reveal and re-construct the logic and the harmony of a scene remains in later works as well.

Later she dropped her career in the sphere of law and worked as an artist at the animation studio. After the birth of children, she started her own path in a fascinating world of children’s book illustration, having illustrated more than 30 books, published in R

 

ussia, Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, collaborating with publishing houses and independent authors. IIlustrating books, in its turn, broadened the range of media in her artistic works too - color pencils, crayons, and pastels are widely used for quick sketches, especially at plein-air.

In 2015 the family decides to move, first - to Tallinn, Estonia, and then -
to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.       

2008 member of SHWA group of artists, St. Petrsburg, RF 
2009 - 2016 member of St. Petrsburg International Union of Artists. St. Petrsburg, RF
2018 member of Meerkunst vereniging, Amsterdam NL.
2022 member of SintLucas Kunstenaarsvereniging, Amsterdam, NL

Exhibitions:

09/2009  "Autumn salon", St.Petersburg, RF
12/2009 "Works of 2009", St.Petersburg, Central Exhibition Hall “Manez”, St.Petersburg, RF
12/2009 "IFA/Works of the year 2009", IFA, St.Petersburg, RF
12/2010 "IFA/Works of the year 2009", IFA, St.Petersburg, RF
12/2010  Works of 2009", St.Petersburg, Central Exhibition Hall “Manezh”, St.Petersburg, RF
01/2012  “Petersburg’s meetings”, Museum of Pskov, RF, Museum of Petrozavodsk, Museum of Novgorod
11/2019 "Meerkunst jubeleum 35", Oosterkerk, Amsterdam
02/2020 “Stadsgezichten” solo expo, “Lapland”, Amsterdam
08/2021 “Stad, wat ben je mooi!” duo expo with Dorien Bellar, “het Eijlders”, Amsterdam
12/2021 “Rood”, groep expo, “het Eijlders”, Amsterdam
02/2022 “Mijn Stads routen” solo expo, Overstroom galerie, Amstedram
07/2022 “Duna Plein-air” group expo, Duna Atelier, Katwijk aan Zee
08/2022 IJKunst Collectief #6 edition, Dakota expo hall, NDSM, Amsterdam
11/2022 “SintLucas laat zich zien”, group expo, Loods 6, Amsterdam
12/2022  “10x10artist” group expo, MLB Gallery, Amsterdam
02/2023 “Maart”, De Nieuwe Gallery, Amstelveen
03/2023 “Kunst 227” groupexpo, Gallerie kust-227, Amsterdam
04/2023 “Dead season” exposition, Duna Atelier, Katwijk aan Zee
08/2023 IJKunst Collectief #8 edition, group expo, NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam
12/2023 “Ode aan de lino” group expo, het Eijlders, Amsterdam

Works in museum collections:

“Nettenfabriek” 2022, oil on canvas, 40x60, Museum Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands
“Parishioner in Orbeta” 2009, oil on canvas, 20x30, State Art Museum, Novgorod
“Spanish landscape” 2009, oil on canvas, 25x35, State Art Museum, Petrozavodsk
“Sityscape with a tractor” 2008, oil on canvas 30x40, State Art Museum, Pskov
“Mustve village” 2010, oil on canvas, 20x30, State Art Museum, Pskov