Born: 1984, Crimea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Present Sense, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC
2021 Stay a While, Cook Street Collective Gallery, Flinders, VIC
2018 Box Hill Arts Community Centre, Box Hill, VIC
2018 Intermission Gallery, Monash University, VIC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Friday Group Showcase, Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne VIC
2023 Silent Wings Exhibition, Kerri Greens Winery, Red Hill, VIC
2022 Winter Solstice Exhibition, Kerri Greens Winery, Red Hill, VIC
2022 Fifty Squared, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2022 Police Point Retrospective Exhibition, Point Nepean, VIC
2020 True Form, Black Spot Gallery and Studios, Mornington, VIC
2019 Women in Art, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC
2018 MADA NOW Graduation Exhibition, Monash University, VIC
2017 Her-Story, balmainspace, Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Victoria and across Australia.
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2024 Artist in Residence, kellilundberg.art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula VIC
2024 Recipient of Cecilia Beaux Mentorship Program, American Portrait Society, USA
2023 Artist in Residence, The Picklers Hut, Galziers Bay, TAS
2023 Finalist, 40 Under 40 Art Prize, NSW
2023 Finalist, Norma Bull Portrait Prize, Victorian Artists Society, VIC
2022 Finalist, Art Lovers Australia Prize, VIC
2022 Finalist, A.M.E. Bale Traveling Scholarship and Painting Award, VIC
2022 Highly Commended, VAS Spring Select, Summer Select & Portrait Exhibition, VIC
2022 Finalist, Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisition Award, VIC
2021 Tacit Still Life Prize, VIC
2021 Finalist, Art Lovers Australia Prize, VIC
2019 Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize, VIC
2019 Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, NSW
2018 Artist in Residence, Police Point, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2018 Artist in Residence, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, VIC
2010 ADFAS Curatorial Scholarship, VIC
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Maria Captures the Splendour of the Natural World, Mornington Peninsula Magazine
2019 A Raw and Real Representation of Beauty, Sunnefa Hamar Penning, Art Lovers Australia
2019 Reality Show May Change Everything for Model Artist, Keith Platt, Mornington Peninsula News