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Dasha Zhukova
BornDarya Alexandrovna Zhukova
(1981-06-08) 8 June 1981 (age 43)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationEditor-in-chief of Garage Magazine
LabelKova & T.
Parent(s)Alexander Radkin Zhukov (father)
Elena Zhukova (mother)

Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (Template:Lang-ru; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-born businesswoman, art collector, and magazine editor. The girlfriend of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, she has acquired a reputation as an art collector.

Early Life

Zhukova was born in Moscow in 1981. Her father is Alexander Radkin Zhukov, an oil trader. Her mother is Elena Zhukova, a Russian scientist who is now retired from UCLA, where she taught molecular biology. Her parents split when she was three. At the age of 10 she moved with her mother to the United States. Her mother is Jewish and her father is Christian; she says she identifies more with her mother's religion. She lived in Houston, Texas in the early 90s and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Zhukova attended a Jewish day-school in California. She attended Pacific Hills School and graduated in 1999. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with degrees in Slavic Studies and Literature. After becoming involved with Roman Abramovich, she returned to Moscow and later moved to London, where she entered London’s College of Naturopathic Medicine, but she did not complete the program.

Career

Zhukova is editor-in-chief of the art and fashion magazine Garage and she founded the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, underwritten in part by Abramovich's investment firm Millhouse. TheWall Street Journal has referenced Zhokova's "burgeoning arts empire".

Zhukova co-founded the fashion label Kova & T in 2006, and she also sits on the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), an organization she has given generously to.

In February 2009, Zhukova was appointed editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine Pop. Many in the industry saw her as an unlikely replacement for widely respected launch editor Katie Grand. The experiment lasted three issues, and she resigned from that position in November 2010.

Personal life

Her partner is Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. The couple have two children.

Chair photograph

A photograph of Zhokova sitting on a chair designed as a mannequin of a black woman was featured on Buro 24/7, an online fashion publication. The photograph was widely criticized as racist. Buro 24/7 promptly cropped the chair out of the photo and Zhukova apologized, describing the chair as artwork and as “commentary on gender and racial politics”. Zhokova added, “I utterly abhor racism and would like to apologize to those offended by my participation in this shoot”.

References

  1. ^ Helmore, Edward (26 May 2011). "Dasha, Dasha, Dasha". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ "Dasha Zhukova". Vogue.
  3. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (4 October 2009). "Dasha Zhukova: From It Girl to Art Girl". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  4. Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  5. Blasberg, Derek (13 August 2012). "Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene". Harpers Bazaar. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  7. Wilson, Julee (20 January 2014). "Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits On A 'Black Woman' Chair In Shocking Editorial". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  8. Blasberg, Derek (13 August 2012). "Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene". Harpers Bazaar. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  10. Odell, Amy (11 October 2010) Dasha Zhukova Is Leaving Pop – The Cut. Nymag.com. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  11. Miami Newsday: "Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich celebrates birth of his seventh child, his second with model Daria Zhukova" 14 April 2013
  12. CHAN, STEPHANIE. "RUSSIAN FASHION EDITOR SITS ON A BLACK PERSON POSING AS A CHAIR; APOLOGIZES". No. 21 January 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  13. Wilson, Julee (20 January 2014). "Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits On A 'Black Woman' Chair In Shocking Editorial". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  14. Saul, Heather (21 January 2014). "Editor apologises after Dasha Zhukova 'black woman mannequin' chair sparks racism row". The Independent. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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