Daria Sazanovich (b.1990) is a multimedia artist better known under her nickname sheeborshee. After graduating from the European Humanities University in Vilnius in 2016 with a degree in visual design and media, Daria moved to Germany and is currently studying towards a master’s degree in digital media at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Working as a designer and illustrator for independent media and NGOs, she is most well-known in Belarus as “socially engaged illustrator”. In her multimedia projects, she tackles political topics and different forms of oppression.
︎ sheeborshee@gmail.com
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Education
2018-2021
MA in Digital Media, University of Arts,
Bremen, Germany
2011-2016 BA in Design, European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007-2010 History Studies, Belarusian State Pedagogical University, Minsk, Belarus
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Work experience
2020
UI Designer at Elise, generative engineering startup
2015-2019
Self-employed designer and illustrator
2015
Graphic designer at design studio «Totem», Minsk
2013-2014
Creative director at advertising agency «Clickcake», Minsk
2011-2013
Graphic designer at «Planeta Kino IMAX», Head office, Kiev
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Courses completed
‘Bots and Machine Learning’ course by Yining Shi at School of Machines, Berlin, July 2019
Seminar Art4Hr, Erasmus+, Sleen, The Netherlands, July 2018
Youth Exchange, Erasmus+, Bansko, Bulgaria, April 2018
Art for Human Rights training by Erasmus+, Tbilisi, Georgia, February 2018
DataFest, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 2017
International Summer Academy of Venice, July 2017
FemQueerLab, Minsk, Belarus, November 2016- February 2017
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria, 2016
Concepting BBDO New York workshop, Mads, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2013
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Grants/Awards/Residencies
Thealit Arbeitzimmer residency, Germany, Bremen, 2020
DAAD-scholarship - STIBET I, Germany, 2019
Media projects contest “Focus on innovation”, Minsk, Belarus, 2018 - diploma for “Skoryna’s Instagram” - 2018
Winning project of CityzenLab Hackathon, Kiev, Ukraine, 2017
6 week residency at The Prague Civil Society Center, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
New Media art course Scholarship, Venice, Italy, 2017
Honorary Mention Award at Global Illustration Award 2016
Irina Nahova’s painting class Scholarship, Salzburg, Austria, 2016
Photography contest “Golden frame”, Vilnius, 2011 – first prize
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Given workshops/ lectures/ public talks
Lecture + workshop ‘Responsible graphics’, Belarus,Vitebsk, 2019
Presentation «Activists and creative professionals: joys and challenges cooperation», CampCamp, Yerevan, Armenia, November 2018
Lecture «How to became an illustator», PUNKT, Minsk, Belarus,September
2018
Workshop «Art for Human Rights. Power of visual art», PUNKT, Minsk, Belarus, June 2018
Workshop «Art for Human Rights. Power of visual art», Bansko, Bulgaria, April 2018
Workshop «Punk illustration» Y gallery, Minsk, Belarus , January 2018
Panel discussion about Art-activism, Minsk, Belarus, January 2018
Workshop and group mentoring «Effective key visuals for civil campaign», Astana, Kazakhstan, December 2017
Workshop «Visual storytelling for activists», Minsk, Belarus, November 2017
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Exhibitions
‘Every Day. Art. Solidarity. Resistance’ Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv 2020
‘Drifting closeness’ Strelka,online exhibition, 2020
‘How spaces of uncertainity situate’ Circa 106, Bremen, Germany 2019
Bremen Film Festival, Bremen, Germany 2019
Work Hard! Play Hard! festival, Belarus, Minsk, 2019
Raw Data Material Narration, Bremen, Germany 2019
Inkvisible, Spedition, Bremen, Germany 2019
Europe Under the Castle festival, Spisske Podhradie, Slovakia 2017
New Media Art exhibition, Venice, Italy 2017
Final exhibition of Irina Nahova course The Nude: Interpretation in Painting Salzburg, Austria/ August 2016
Group exhibition at The Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum/ Vilnius, Lithuania/ July 2016
Graphic design exhibition Idea, Minsk, Belarus /June 2016
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Publications about me
tjournal
the Guardian [ENG]
womenplatform.net [ENG]
34mag.net
postpravdamagazine.com
areyoulostyet.com
batenka.ru
︎︎︎︎︎︎ Selected Authored Publications
︎︎︎ Bellingcat. Interview with Christiaan Tribert
︎︎︎ Report from Eurosonic Noorderslag
︎︎︎ Czech activist media
︎︎︎ Video clips review
︎︎︎ Rugby diary