Daria Neretina; From the Heart Failure Project, 2018; Porcelain, glaze; 10x14 cm;

… “I never heard a beat of my favorite music again: my heartbeat
drowned it out. The closeness of this man, who alone in the whole world knew about
the truth to me, was unbearable for me. As if sitting in the dark naked among
these well-dressed people, I waited with horror that the light was about to come on and my shame will become apparent. And when, after the first act, the curtain began to draw down, I,
bowing his head, he quickly left the hall - probably the Condor did not have time to see
me in the twilight. But from that moment on I was finally convinced that no fault
cannot be consigned to oblivion as long as the conscience remembers it. "
S. Zweig "Impatience of the Heart"

We can measure the physical parameters of the heart, measure its volume and frequency
contractions, but we do not have access to understanding those hidden feelings that occur
in him. I'm talking about the fact that we cannot understand another person, just as we cannot
to touch this organ physically, without violating the integrity
human or animal body.

Daria Neretina (born 1988) graduated from the Department of Ceramic Art of the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts (2012), ICA Institute of Contemporary Art (2014) and the School of Contemporary Art Free Workshops (2016). She was one of the residents in the inaugural season of the Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod’s project Open Studios (2017–2018). Participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions at various museums and galleries in Moscow, including the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Orangery, Center for Creative Industries Fabrika, etc. Actively cooperates with Russian galleries; her works are owned by private collectors both in Russia and abroad. Lives and works in Moscow.
In 2020 she was a tutor at the course "Self-promotion strategies for emerging artists at the School of Contemporary Art Free Workshops ", and in 2019 she lead a workshop as part of the annual Days of Contemporary Art (DOCA) festival.