Mariia Emelianenkova

I travel a lot and am interested in different cultures.
I like being immersed in other cultures. Perhaps that is why I lived at one time in Colombia, then in Austria and now I live in Spain. Although, undoubtedly, my native land always calls, and I often come to Russia.
I am a man of the forest. I...

I travel a lot and am interested in different cultures.
I like being immersed in other cultures. Perhaps that is why I lived at one time in Colombia, then in Austria and now I live in Spain. Although, undoubtedly, my native land always calls, and I often come to Russia.
I am a man of the forest. I grew up in a village, and nature for me is the main element of this life. Now I live in a big, undoubtedly beautiful city - Barcelona. But I use every opportunity to go into the mountains, into the forest, into this ringing silence. And walk for a long time, inhale the delicious air filled with miracles. In the future, I want to live outside the city, in a wooden house next to the forest (huh, of course, with all the amenities and close to the city, but not inside it).
And although nature is often not the topic of my work, I convey my love for it, no matter what I paint.

I was born in 1985 in Smolensk, small ancient city in the central European part of Russia.
When my parents saw my addiction to drawing, they sent me to study at an art school, where I held out for a year. Then insomnia began, as I was too diligent a student, and my parents decided to take me out of art school.
In the 10th grade of secondary school, the desire to study art led me to transfer from school to a gymnasium of an esthetic profile, studying in which I could simultaneously attend the College of Arts.
Two years later, after finishing school (and 2 years of college), I move to St. Petersburg and begin to prepare for admission to the St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after I. AL Stieglitz, where I entered the Faculty of Monumental Art in 2003. It was released in 2009.
Further - work as a freelancer. I have participated in the implementation of many interesting projects as a designer of small architectural forms, a designer (branding, identity, printing products, visual organization of events, etc.), a book illustrator.
To this day, I am implementing interesting projects, now I am more inclined towards creating author's graphic works, book illustrations, creating stage decorations.