Jazz. Moon river... (2020) Painting by Maria Shedrina

My first word was "brush" instead of "mama", my father is an artist - so i had to become an artist!
Born in 1975 in Novorossiysk (small town on the Black Sea). Art school (1988), then Art university (1997), then i was working as a graphic designer for almost 20 years.

As an emotional person, I need to express feelings in my art - so I chose expressionism. I also love experimenting, it's my way of self-development which results in some unusual technics I use. As true romantic, I always seek beauty, and yes, I am sure - beauty is saving the World!

As a texture fan, every artwork is an invention, i make some new graphic experiments and even I don't know what the result will be. So my artworks cannot be copied and repeated even by myself.

My influencers are: my father and a teacher, Sergey Dergun, Mark Chagal, Franz Marc, Lentulov, Miro, Philipe Starck, Pierre Bonnard

Since 2020 (because of pandemic) i am a full-time artist and illustrator and i love it! In 2020 i've sold 126 artworks to Russia, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Israel. 

since 2022 - Member of Professional Artists' Union (Saint-Petersburg)

• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : 1975
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Russian Contemporary Artists