Maria Who is a painter, artist and designer, living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. Maria was born in Moscow, Russia in 1996. She succeeded her Master in Interior Design at the Stroganov Moscow Academy of Art and Design in 2020.
Composing the special narrative of people acting in art and an idea of soul vitality, Maria creates dreamy, wondering, motion and very real in it’s imperfection, thought not realistic, images of people. Maria aims to find life of the soul and senses in painting, and to find and understand our influence on the creative process of each other. She searches for visual images of spirit movement, working with different mediums, including painting and performance.
Maria was working in art residence Marvila Art District since November 2022 until February 2024 (Lisbon, Portugal). In 2023 Maria co-created “Between us”, trio which creates unique kind of art, performative and based on dialogue. In 2025 Maria joined Cedrus Curated project.
Maria has participated in international exhibitions, such as her personal exhibition “Sotoportego” in MAD Marvila Gallery (2023, Lisbon), Limpezas de Primavera (2023, Lisbon), Venice International Art Fair (2022, Venice), The Secret Garden (2021, Venice), Boomer gallery show (2021, London), Art Russia (2020, Moscow).
Exhibitions:
Solo:
“Sotoportego”, MAD Marvilla Gallery, Lisbon, 2023
A Legitima, Lisbon, 2023
Group:
“Limpezas de Primavera”, Galeria Graca Brandao, Lisbon, 2023
“The Secret garden”, Contemporary Venice, Venice, 2021
Boomer Gallery, London, 2021
Fairs:
Just LX, Lisbon, 2023
Pla Arte, Lisbon, 2022
Venice International Art Fair, Venice 2022
“Art Russia”, Moscow, 2020
Performances:
public:
“Between us”, Galeria Graca Brandao, Lisbon, 2023
“Between us”, MAD Marvilla Gallery, Lisbon, 2023
non-public:
“Do you feel your soul?”, MAD Marvilla Gallery, Lisbon, 2023
“Dance”, Ursa beach, Sintra, 2023
Residencies:
MAD Marvilla, Lisbon, 2022 -2024
Education:
Stroganov Moscow Academy of Art and Design, Moscow, 2014-2020, MA
