Marianna Foster was born and educated in Ukraine, relocating to Phoenix, Arizona in 2012. In Ukraine she was classically trained, graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev with a Master of Arts degree. During her early professional life, Marianna took a short detour into art direction, design, and photography. Although Marianna excelled in that work, she now focuses on bringing out her own vision in paintings and drawings. Primarily she uses classical techniques to represent the modern world in her paintings. The artist has a long list of outstanding achievements; her work was selected by Sotheby’s, NY for the first ever, online auction for Important 21st Century Realism hosted on Sothebys.com. A total of 21 works (including Marianna’s) were sold out of 28 lots features a carefully selected group of winners and high-ranking finalists from the largest competition in the world for Representational Art. ARC, where Marianna has been a finalist for many years. An impressive number of Marianna's works are included in The LUNAR CODEX / ARTISTS ON THE MOON [AOTM] launched via NASA's Artemis partners to the Moon in the nickel time capsule. Marianna Foster's artworks are in private collections in the USA, Sweden, Great Britain, Japan, Turkey, Panama, Germany, Czech Republic and Ukraine.