Marina Nazarova is a Russian-Canadian artist who lives between Brazil and Canada. She holds a BFA in Painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver BC. As part of the exchange program she studied at L’École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where she developed a true passion for the figurative art. Her practice revolves around painting anonymous female portraits set in abstract environments, primarily using oil on canvas. In her work, Nazarova tends to explore themes of stillness and detachment as she draws her inspirations from yoga philosophy and practice. While dismissing a fixed narrative, she focuses on a pure perception of the familiar as well as the presence of unknown and hidden in her figures. Nazarova’s paintings are in private collections in Canada, US, Europe and Brazil. EDUCATION2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada2010 Exchange studies, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2024 James Baird Gallery, Woman, group show, Pouch Cove, NL2021 Artist Project Art Fair ONLINE, Toronto, ON2020 Artist Project Art Fair, Toronto, ON2020 Art Interiors Gallery, Festival of smalls, group show, Toronto, ON2019 North York Arts, Northbound Gallery, Constructing Liminal Space, group show, Toronto, ON2019 Art Interiors Gallery, Perfect Medium, group show, Toronto, ON2019 Artist Project Art Fair, Toronto, ON2018 Gallery City, Crosstown Art Crawl on Eglinton Ave, Toronto, ON2018 Blue Crow Gallery, Summer Group Show, Toronto, ON2017 Northern Contemporary Gallery, American illustration 36 winners, group show, Toronto, ON 2017 Artist Project Art Fair, Toronto, ON2017 Timeraiser 150, Auction, Vancouver, BC SELECTED PUBLIC ART MURALS AND INSTALLATIONS2020 Yonge Eglinton Centre, Snowflake project, Collaboration with Artbarn, Toronto, ON2019 OTB Mural with StArt at St. Clair W Ave & Hounslow Heath Rd, Toronto, ON2019 Eglinton JPS, "Imagine where you could go" Installation with Artbarn, Toronto, ON2019 The BIT Laneway Project Mural with KJ BIT collective, Toronto, ON2018 Artist Project, Live Mural painting / Installation, Toronto, ON 2018 Laneway Project Mural with KJ BIT collective Palmerston Blvd & College St, Toronto, ON2018 Bell Box Mural Painting Mt Pleasant & Millwood, Toronto ON2018 OTB Mural with StArt Street Art Toronto at Sheppard Ave E and Brimley Rd, Scarborough2018 Oriole Park Junior Public School, Collab with ArtBarn, Mural "Ocean", Toronto, ON RESIDENCIES/VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES/ART RELATED EXPERIENCE2024 Pouch Cove Artist Residency, Pouch Cove, NL, Canada2024 Leña Artist Residency, Galiano Island, BC, Canada2013 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON, Canada GRANTS AND AWARDS2018 American Illustration AI-37 Winner Online AI-AP Archive, New York 2017 American Illustration AI-36 Winner Online AI-AP Archive, New York PUBLICATIONS2024 Canvas Rebel Magazine click here2023 House & Home Magazine click here2021 House & Home Magazine click here