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Masha Neverova was born in 1985, in Leningrad, USSR. Her father is an artist, so art was a major part of her upbringing. She attended the Children’s Art School before continuing her studies at the N. K. Roerich Secondary art school, and finally at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her studies were in the field of classical art. Rather recently, she has become interested in contemporary art, thanks to her career which has led her to become a graphic designer and an art director. Her search for vocation lasted for a considerable amount of time until she accidentally arrived at a contemporary art exhibition, wherein she realized that all her skills were applicable in this field. She enjoyes creating aesthetically pleasing art that is based on new ideas. While working as an art director, her main focus was the generation of ideas as her department was responsible for the designing of corporate gifts. Her passion was the creation of products that can induce emotions while fitting into the context created by the brand. She enjoyed this role. During this work, she learned how to lead a team of creative people, how to manage brainstorming sessions and how to organize work in a department. In this role, her leadership skills, responsibility, flexibility and other related personal qualities were demonstrated.
After finishing her studies at the university (but before being inspired to persue Contemporary Art) she began to study academic vocal and attended a theatre school. She enjoys singing and has regularly practiced over the last 7 years. She also loves walking, the outdoors and therefore camping trips too. She is an experienced canoe pilot and has been hiking in Karelia (Russia), the Himalayas (Nepal), and in Galilee (Israel). She travels a lot and has visited a lot of contemporary art museums all over the world. One of her favourite experiences was a visit to MOMA in New York. She sometimes appreciates not being the most experienced authority in contemporary art, as every new museum feels like a wonderful new book, filled with unread treasures.
Between 2018 and 2019, she finished a free course in contemporary art at MMOMA (Moscow Museum of Modern Art). She really enjoyed this experience. She met a lot of young artists and curators and began to participate in contemporary art exhibitions. She has also attended intensive illustration courses at the British Higher School of Art and Design. Contemporary illustration is her second greatest passion. She has completed a lot of projects in her first three years, starting from a state in which she used the performance and installation mediums, drawing and painting work.
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Yesterday was Monday, which means I was in Soma's studio sketching. It's not every week that you get to draw a real model, but when you do, it's a great happiness. The model was wonderful, did not chase difficult poses, and therefore held the pose very well.
