M A R I N A      R I C H T E R O V Á

Biography

 

Born 21st June 1962 in Moscow.

Her father was academic painter and professor Oleg Pavlovič Filatov; he headed the Studio of Monumental Painting at Academy of Arts and Crafts (Stroganov) in Moscow; he died in 1998.

Her mother was Ljubov Fjodorovna Kurilo, DrSC, doctor in genetics and female member of Academy of Science. 

1970–1978 Marina attended the French lyceum in Moscow

1978–1982 Marina studied miniature and icon painting at College of Arts and Crafts in Moscow

1982–1983 Marina studied book culture and illustration at Academy of Arts and Crafts in Moscow

1983 after getting married to a doctor, Jan Tesařík, Marina moved to Jihlava (Czech republic); the couple got divorced in 1992

1983–1990 Marina attended Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, more specifically the Studio of Illustration and Graphics

 

She has a daughter called Dana (born 1984) and a son called Filip (1990)

Her husband Ivan Richter, an actor, died in 2000

From 1990 she has been working independently on prints and illustrations