Artist Margarita Smirnova, pseudonym QUINTESSA. Born in 1989 in the Kostroma region. She received her education at the Krasnoselsky Art Theater school. Graduated from KUKHOM in 2008 with a specialty "Decorative arts and folk crafts - jeweler artist." In 2014 she graduated from Kostroma State University technological university by specialty "Technology of artistic processing of materials." In 2023 she received additional education Art- therapist at St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work. Experiments with different materials. Since 2020, actively working in oil technology painting, in St. Petersburg.
2024 World Art Dubai, UAE 2024 ART Shopping in Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France 2023 BOOMER GALLERY “The new artist” sixth edition London, UK 2023 RA ART gallery exhibition "Gusto do agosto" St. St. Petersburg, Russia 2023 gallery Here at Taganka exhibition "WOW! 2.0 Moscow, Russia