Alaeva

My name is Marina Alaeva and I am from Izhevsk, an industrial town in Russia. I’ve been painting from my early childhood, thus my parents sent me to art school. I remember my excitement at the first lesson there; I thought that was like a secret society for very particular and gifted children — but...

My name is Marina Alaeva and I am from Izhevsk, an industrial town in Russia. I’ve been painting from my early childhood, thus my parents sent me to art school. I remember my excitement at the first lesson there; I thought that was like a secret society for very particular and gifted children — but they were just kids and a school like any other. That place sealed my fate and influenced my choice of future profession. I graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Udmurt State University where I studied academic painting and drawing as well as design fundamentals. It must have been the first place where I realised my passion for painting. I then graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering.