Hi! I am Dasha Starostin. My artistic practice includes illustration, printmaking, curating and art directing.
My favorite subject is people genuinely noticing the world around them. I often drive inspiration from my personal experience, so I talk a lot about being a migrant woman, mental health and I also (since recently) start addressing the subject of autism.
In 2024 together with Diede van Ommen we founded Ilustration, small press and riso Studio Vlinderboom.
My list of clients includes the Dutch National Women's Soccer Team; the 1M youtube travel channel I Want To Go Home, the Rotterdam music festivals Metropolis and Poetry International, De Vrolijkheid, and OBA
2nd price Small Press Big Award, Gent (2022) for Under KUNSTruction
Willem de Kooning Academy (2019-2023)
Illustration Visual Culture +
Exhibitions:
- Home, A Sense of Belonging (2024)
group exhibition organized by Illustratie Ambassade in collaboration with Kaboom Festival and Animated Women. My artwork was part of the AR-poster exposition Welcome Home
- Unfolding (2023)
solo exhibition featuring every project created during the 4 years of studying at the WdKA
Red Floor Gallery, Rotterdam
- (im)material ruins exhibition (2023)
Guest editor: Stanisław Liguziński
Curation: Martina Raponi, Belle Phromchanya, Eden Mitsenmacher
Guest editor: Stanisław Liguziński
Curation: Martina Raponi, Belle Phromchanya, Eden Mitsenmacher
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
- Trash in the Yard (2022)
Curation: Martina Raponi, Belle Phromchanya, Eden Mitsenmacher
Arboretum Trompenburg, Rotterdam