Oil Paintings By Mari’na Ma’rina
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Mari’na Ma’rina was born in 1970 in Tambov in rural Russia. She began playing piano at an early age and was accepted in a special school for musically gifted children at age 7.
In 1990, Mari’na enrolled into the art and graphic department of the State University in Kostroma. She graduated with honors in 1996 and worked for several years as a designer and fine artist.
In 1990, Mari’na began taking part in art shows across the country. The Kostroma Chapter of the Union of Artists of Russia took her paintings on tour, and she exhibited in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In 1997, she received Grand Prize at the Kostroma Regional Fine Art Show, and in 2000 she received 1st Prize at the National Juried Show of Portrait Art.
In 2001 and 2005, Mari’na was selected to represent her region on the All-Russia fine art show “Best Young Talent” in the Central Palace of Art in Moscow, Russia.
In 2009 she took part in an exhibition “Artists of Russia to Watch” and was elected “The Artist to Watch” of 2009. Her “Nude” was made the face of the new “Portal Nu” of Russian art on the Internet and acquired by the Fine Art Museum in Kostroma.
As a result of this success in 2010, Mari’na she was approached by representatives of Christie’s Auctions of London. Her work is now successfully sold at Christie’s and in St. Petersburg’s galleries. She and her family moved to St. Petersburg, where they currently reside.
Mari’na is married to a fellow artist Aydemir Saidov and has a daughter.
