Maria Zaitseva was born in Moscow, where she lives and works. She graduated from the Faculty of Art and Graphic Design at Sholokhov Moscow State University for the Humanities. The artist has exhibited in Russia and Europe since 1999. She is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. She has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. She is a multiple prize-winner at Russian Art Week in Moscow. Maria is the founder and director of the Maria Zaitseva Art Studio. Her works are held in private, municipal, and corporate collections in Russia and Europe.
The works of the graphic series “Venetian Collage of Memory” are devoted to past journeys, unrealized projects, a present point of silence, and the hope of a soon reunion. Venice has known times of abundance and of hardship, yet it is in our own day that the city finds itself in a strangely vulnerable position.
“The hope of returning to this city is banal, and yet so personal!” – says the artist.
Maria invites the viewer to look at the work “Dedication to Venice” as one looked into a kaleidoscope in childhood: in a circle, turning it clockwise. In the second work, a boat sailing across the sky becomes a symbol of hope for renewal.