Zhuravleva Marina

Biography

My name is Marina Zhuravleva. My main focus is oil painting and acrylics. Additionally, I create playful watercolor
prints for my own t-shirt brand MZ.
In my work, I strive to reinterpret the conventional iconography of consumption that society is accustomed to.
Each painting is a kind of puzzle presented to the viewer, aiming to highlight familiar situations from a new
perspective through distortion of conventional forms, untypical combinations of objects, text graphics, and
attribution of uncharacteristic properties to objects. I seek to emphasize the absurdity of certain situations we find
ourselves in while immersed in an idealized world.
My goal is not merely to entertain or provoke the viewer. I aim to engage them in my games of mind and
emotion, triggering an unconventional interpretation of familiar situations and established images.

Born on January 7, 1987, in Ufa. Currently living and
working in Samara, Russia
2000–2004 — Ufa School of Arts
2004–2009 — Higher education at the Art and Graphics
Department of BSPU named after M. Akmulla