Salaam, Hi, Hello!
Designer Bio (scroll down for my artist bio)
Photo creds go to my dear friend Steven Jackson.
Hi! I’m Darya Kharabi (b. Reston, VA, 1998), an Iranian-American artist, graphic designer, social media strategist, and person in the world. I’m passionate about using my communications skills to evoke change for the common good!
I got my start working for The Frame Gallery and the Thomas Merton Center then managed social media for Pittsburgh City Paper, before really getting in my groove being Director of Research & Integrated Communications at Denny Civic Solutions and running social media for the Abolitionist Law Center.
These days, I’m offering my multimedia services and skills built over the past 5 years to you! These include graphic design, branding, social media strategy+management, social media marketing, illustration, research, writing, project management, and more.
In my free time, you can find me outside hiking, climbing, biking, or foraging, or inside making art, sewing, cooking tasty meals, and reading sci-fi.
I got my start working for The Frame Gallery and the Thomas Merton Center then managed social media for Pittsburgh City Paper, before really getting in my groove being Director of Research & Integrated Communications at Denny Civic Solutions and running social media for the Abolitionist Law Center.
These days, I’m offering my multimedia services and skills built over the past 5 years to you! These include graphic design, branding, social media strategy+management, social media marketing, illustration, research, writing, project management, and more.
In my free time, you can find me outside hiking, climbing, biking, or foraging, or inside making art, sewing, cooking tasty meals, and reading sci-fi.
Artist Bio
Darya Kharabi (b. 1998, Reston, VA) is a multimedia artist, educator and organizer whose work explores interconnectedness, power, spectacle, and land.
Being second-gen Iranian and a community organizer, their eye is always toward those whose existence is most precarious, whether poor, melanated, queer, and/or immigrant; an avid outdoorsperson, they are consumed with the drive toward collectivity with land and life. Darya received their BFA in Social and Political History at Carnegie Mellon, and attended Ox-bow School of Art on a 2018 Merit Scholarship. Darya is also a co-founder of Against Carceral Tech, a cooperative of community members and students advocating for technology to be used for collective flourishing. They are currently a Distillery resident at Brew House Arts in Pittsburgh, PA.
In their free time, you can find Darya outside hiking, climbing, biking, or foraging, or inside reading, cooking, or hanging out with their cat Sasha.
Being second-gen Iranian and a community organizer, their eye is always toward those whose existence is most precarious, whether poor, melanated, queer, and/or immigrant; an avid outdoorsperson, they are consumed with the drive toward collectivity with land and life. Darya received their BFA in Social and Political History at Carnegie Mellon, and attended Ox-bow School of Art on a 2018 Merit Scholarship. Darya is also a co-founder of Against Carceral Tech, a cooperative of community members and students advocating for technology to be used for collective flourishing. They are currently a Distillery resident at Brew House Arts in Pittsburgh, PA.
In their free time, you can find Darya outside hiking, climbing, biking, or foraging, or inside reading, cooking, or hanging out with their cat Sasha.
Photo creds go to my dear friend Steven Jackson.