Born in 1987 in USSR (Russia)

Based in Paris

Member of the Parisian Atelier Artists in Exile

Member of the ADAGP 

Member of Maison des Artistes

Co-founder of the KITTEL Art Сollective 

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Daria [Dasha] Panteleeva is a transdisciplinary artist of Russian origin.

 

In 2026, she received a Master's degree in Fine Arts (DNSEP – Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique) from the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC), graduating with the jury's highest honors. During her studies, she developed her own artistic methodology, which she calls Expanded Art: a transdisciplinary and post-disciplinary practice based on the interaction between different media, hybrid artistic practices, and a distinctive mode of thinking that transcends the traditional boundaries of artistic disciplines.

 

Her artistic practice encompasses video and expanded cinema, photography, sound, installation, opera, performance, poetry, dramatic writing, printmaking, and drawing.

 

Through her work, Daria explores the relationships between politics, ecology, and authoritarian systems, addressing questions of violence, power, memory, identity, the body, vulnerability, territory, and human rights through hybrid artistic languages.

 

In 2022, she left Russia in opposition to the war and has since continued her artistic practice in France and across Europe. Since arriving in France, Daria has been developing her own artistic language at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, where she was an artist-in-residence for two years.

 

She presents her work in a variety of artistic contexts across France and Europe. Her recent projects include the audiovisual installation-performance Outsider_in (Berlin, Germany, 2023); the self-reflective film Born to be… (Cologne, Germany, 2023); the site-specific immersive 3D sound walk Nora Always Loved Ursa Major and the visual poem Ikke smelter (Berlevåg, Norway, 2024). In France, she has participated in the Cité Internationale des Arts Open Studios, the exhibition Censure at POUSH (Aubervilliers), and projects in collaboration with Portes Ouvertes sur l'Art. In 2025, she participated in the exhibition Untitled/Passeport at L'Atlas during Paris Photo (Paris).

 

Before emigrating, Daria worked as an opera and theatre director, creating more than 25 productions in Russia and abroad, including at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Mikhailovsky Theatre, the Khabarovsk Musical Theatre, and the Azerbaijan State Academic Musical Theatre.

 

As a playwright, she has written original plays, librettos, and adaptations, some of which have been finalists in international competitions. Her poetry has been published in several literary anthologies.

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Since December 2024, Daria has been a co-founder of the KITTEL art collective.