1985 | Megion | Russian Federation
Masha GorodiLova was born in Siberia, where she trained artistically, attending art school and developing a visual sensitivity closely tied to the observation of the human body and emotion.
After moving to Italy, she combined her artistic path with extensive experience in fashion, shaping an aesthetic approach attentive to detail, gesture, and materials, always guided by subtle emotional tension.
She lives and works in Rome, in an attic-studio, creating immersed in urban silence with the constant presence of her two Jack Russell dogs, Zaika and Yoshi, recurring figures in her pictorial imagination.
Her research focuses on the relationship between humans and animals, the vulnerability of imperfect bodies, and the emotional unease hidden behind delicate forms. She mainly works with mixed media on canvas and paper, using a pastel palette contrasted with the psychological depth of her compositions.
Her solo and group exhibitions have been hosted in galleries and independent spaces in Italy and abroad. Her work has been recognized for its ability to evoke genuine emotions, giving dignity and depth to the animal world in contemporary art.
She currently lives and works in Rome.
25-31 Oct 2025
Vernissage
Saturday 25 Oct 18:30-21:30
In Masha GorodiLova’s figurative world, human and animal bodies coexist in a suspended, fragile, and deeply empathetic dimension. Her canvases, inhabited by nude and solid figures, seem to emerge from a dense silence, as if painting were the means to make visible an inner dialogue between vulnerability and tenderness.
In these works, the artist transforms corporeality into an emotional language: bodies are not idealized, but convey the toil of existence, the heaviness and at the same time the grace of living. Lightly layered color creates a delicate contrast with the psychological density of the figures, where each gesture—a hand resting on a dog, a gaze toward the sky, a gathered posture—becomes an act of intimacy and revelation.
Animals, companions and mirrors of humans, are not merely accessory presences. They become an integral part of the pictorial narrative, symbols of loyalty and attentiveness, creatures inhabiting the same emotional dimension as their owners. In their soft lines and quiet tones, a form of purity is reflected, recognized by the artist as necessary—a threshold of contact with nature and the deeper self.
The human & animal relationship in GorodiLova’s work is not limited to an affectionate representation: it is an existential reflection on the balance between fragility and survival, between solitude and closeness. Human and animal bodies share the same pictorial space filled with essential signs, everyday objects, enigmatic symbols evoking memory, anticipation, and hope.
Each canvas thus becomes a microcosm where painting, stripped of all rhetoric, restores the dignity of living in its most authentic form: imperfect, tender, and moving.
