Mari likes fly when she sleeping Collage

Maria Snegireva was born in 1985 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Together with her father, she developed photographs from a darkroom and has always loved to explore the mysterious world of photography. In 2004, Maria acquired her first digital camera and literally became an extension of her hand. In 2006, the first exhibition of photographs was held. In 2007, Maria moved to Kiev and began to actively cooperate with Ukrainian and international publishing houses. Works began to be published in the best magazines in the world Elle, Marie Claire, JOY. Created works for Hewlett Packard, DURU, Code D'Azure, Chelentano restaurant. She has worked for the covers of books published in many languages. Since 2010, Maria realized that it was not enough to take only photographs, and began to create artistic collages. She began to make whole worlds and universes from photographs, to which people reacted with great enthusiasm. Everyone dreamed of getting into Mary's lens to get an artwork with them in the lead role. Maria couldn't travel as much as she wanted, so she got into travel through her works. The theme of the works is dreams of travel and endless happiness. The works reflect the main message of everything that Maria does - the main thing in life - to be able to relate easily to everything. In Maria's works, the flowers are brighter, life is easier than it really is. Retro style works create an atmosphere of fairy tale and surrealism. But in fact, the author sees the world just like that, brighter and richer. Photos are created in a photo studio using a digital camera, after which Maria complements the image - additionally photographs the sky, flowers, clouds, so that the picture is the same as in her own reality. In 2011, Cosmopolitan Ukraine magazine wrote about Maria. In 2012, the opening of the art studio proper, where Maria conducts master classes, stores her works and arranges small exhibitions and meetings for friends. In 2015, Maria took part in the Book Arsenal, this event is the best authors and artists of Ukraine. Since 2016 she has taken part in Atrbookmania art tours around the world. Received an Artist of The Year award in 2019 from aristocrats.fm