born Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; works and lives in New Jersey, US
EDUCATION
2002
MFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Painting
2000
MA Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
History (thesis: Kazimir Malevich)
1999
BA American University in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
(summa cum laude, valedictorian), Liberal Arts / Journalism
HONORS
2007
George Sugarman Foundation Grant
Keynote Speaker at AAUW (American Association of University Women) Educational Foundation Reception, Philadelphia PA
2000
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
International Fellowship 2000-2001 to undertake MFA in painting at Massachusetts College of Art)
1999
Soros Foundation
Full CEU scholarship
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo and two - person shows
2008
Windows, Prince Street Gallery, New York, July 29 - August 16, 2008
1999
Fish - Therapy (with Konstantin Shkurpela), Kyrgyz State Museum of Fine Arts (KSMFA), Bishkek
1995
Solo show, KSMFA, Bishkek
Group shows
2007
New Directions '07 (juror: Jose Luis Blondet, Dia Art Foundation , NY), The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Finalists in The Miami University National Young Sculptors Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award (juror: Mary Ceruti, Executive Director, SculpureCenter, NYC), Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford OH.
Bowery Gallery Juried Show (juror: John Walker), New York.
Annual Member Show, Organization of Independent Artists, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY.
Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition of the Organization of Independent Artists, New York Law School, NYC
2006
Portraits, Self-Portraits, Gallery 402 / OIA, NYC
2005
New Directions '05 (juror: Steve Evans, Assistant Director of the Dia Art Foundation in Beacon, NY), The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Finalists in The Miami University National Young Sculptors Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award (juror: Judith Russi Kirshner, Dean of The College of Architecture and Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago), Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford OH
The Cabin Fever, juried show, Gallery 125 - Trenton Downtown Association, Trenton, NJ
2004
Boston High Tea, group show curated by Peter Wayne Lewis, ARamona Studio Gallery, NYC
2002
MFA Thesis Show, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Soundscape - painting / music interwoven II, Massachusetts College of Art
2001
Midway show, recent graduate work, Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art
Soundscape - painting / music interwoven, Massachusetts College of Art
2000
International Exhibition of Emerging Artists Jiger '00, Almaty, Kazakhstan (catalogue)
1998
Autumn Exhibition juried by Kyrgyzstan Artists' Union, KSMFA, Bishkek
Exhibtion devoted to Anti-Poverty Day - juried by the Development Program of UN, KSMFA, Bishkek
International Exhibition Women's Vision juried by Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan, KSMFA, Bishkek
Spring Exhibition juried by Kyrgyzstan Artists' Union, KSMFA, Bishkek
Labyrinth curated by Museum Studio, KSMFA, Bishkek
International Exhibition of Emerging Artists Jiger '98, Almaty, Kazakhstan - honorable mention (catalogue)
1997
Portrait curated by Kyrgyzstan Artists' Union, Bishkek
Parallel City curated by Musem Studio, KSMFA, Bishkek
1996
Children in Art curated by Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
Autumn Exhibition juried by Kyrgyzstan Artists' Union, KSMFA, Bishkek
Kyrgyz - Turkish exhibition of women artists, Bishkek
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Studio Visit (Spring 2009)
Joe Bendik, "Shkurpela's View of the World", Chelsea Clinton News, August 14, 2008
Fine Arts In Kyrgyzstan, ed. by Gamal Bonkonbaev, AUB, 2007
Chicago Art Journal, Univesity of Chicago, 2003
The William and Mary Review, 2002, 2003
Jiger - 2000 (International Festival of Young Artists, Almaty Kazakhstan, 2000), catalogue
A. Yarkov, "Fish Therapy - 1" in: Almanac Kurak #1, Bishkek: Soros Foundation, 1999
А. Тузов, "День, когда всплыла рыба", Вечерний Бишкек, 5 февраля, 1999
В. Баранов, "Рыбный день", Слово Кыргызстана, 5 февраля, 1999
"Иди и смотри", Дело #, 10 февраля, 1999
Jiger - 1998 (International Festival of Young Artists, Almaty Kazakhstan, 1998), catalogue
А. Федоров, "Лабиринт ведет на небо...", Утро Бишкека, 14 мая, 1998
Оксана Запорожец, "Даша Шкурпела", Джем, 22 Мая, 1998
М.П., "Салон в осенних тонах", Вечерний Бишкек, 13 нояба, 1997
A. Yakrov, "A Talent Emerges", Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, May 1995
Ильза Тихонова, "Юная художница - Даша", Zeitung der Deutschen Kyrgyzstans, май 1995
М. Плетнева, "А я рисую кисточкой", Вечерний Бишкек, 22 мая, 1995
А. Петров, "Даша Шкурпела талантливая девчонка", Молодежка, май 1995
"Наша Даша", Слово Кыргызстана, 22 мая, 1995
Аймира Урустемова, "Фантазии Даши Шкурпела", Бизнесмен по пятницам, 13 февраля, 1995
The works of Dasha Shkurpela are in private collections in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, United States.
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