Biography
Marina Kotikova was born in 1961.
She showed interest in art from age 7 and studied mosaic, sculpture and art history for 10 years with renowned russian artists. Afterwards she graduated in economic geography and worked for 10 years as chief of department in a museum.
Marina has had over 20 exhibitions both collective exhibitions and solo shows during the last 15 years in Norway.
Her artwork is hard to categorise: dreamlike, act, portraits, minimal, realistic and mystical.
Many of her paintings are in private collections in Russia, USA and Europe.
Expression in painting comes from what her eyes sees, her thoughts and souls desire.
“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted”