Marina Venediktova (born in 1974).

She graduated from the Art School (1989), the ArtMir School of Arts at the Academy of Arts (2012), the State Economic Academy (2000), the Academy of Astrology (2014).
In 2010 - 2013 practiced in the workshops of contemporary artists.
In 2012 she opened her own drawing school for teaching adults and children.
“My father is a professional artist-designer and I have always learned from him. After graduating from art school, I practiced for many years in private workshops with artists from the Art Academy of St. Petersburg. As a second education, I graduated from the Academy of Astrology, and it was astrology that gave me that very unique accent in my paintings, inspired me to a new stage in my work. Now I do not just look at the world, at people, I see them with my own eyes, I see the peculiarity of each person, each soul. But words are too sparing to describe it, so I chose my language - the language of canvas and paint. I experience insane pleasure from the time spent drawing. I am talking to my inner self, and this conversation can last for hours. My work is not a static picture, it is meditation, it is a life flow, it is an experience that opens up in a new way every time.”