Darina Karpov was born in St. Petersburg, RU and received her early academic training at the Repin Academy of Art continuing at the Moscow Institute of Technology. After moving to the US, she studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA program at the Yale School of Art.
She has exhibited with Perogi Gallery (New York), Hales Gallery (London), and was included in group shows at Neuberger Museum, deCordova Museum, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Karpov’s work is represented in numerous public and private collections such as Princeton University Art Museum, West Collection, and Zabludowicz Trust, London. She is a recipient of 2024 & 2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants, 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts, 2011 Leon Levy Foundation Grant, and 2008 National Academy’s William Paton Prize. She was awarded fellowships at Yaddo, McDowell Colony, UCross Foundation, and two printmaking residencies at the Lower East Side Print Shop. Her work was featured in Frozen Dreams: Contemporary Art from Russia by Hossein Amirsadeghi, Thames & Hudson.