born in 1988 in Vsevologsk, Russia, graduate The State University of Saint-Petersburg as a conflict management , a Fine Arts graduate at Metz (France) and graduate Le Fresnoy, France.
Marina Smorodinova is interested in social interactions. People in simple situations, close to  Tchekhov's dramaturgie. These scenes are out of a film's plot, but there are always an intrigue. For her, this banal part of life shows the beauty of a human presence, of lighting, of mouvement, of sound. She works mostly on drawing, films, installations and performance. Her work was presented at Erarta Museum at 
Saint-Petersburg, during the Triennale de la Jeune Creation at Luxembourg etc, VidéoClub in Frac Champagne-Ardenne.
She lives between Saint-Petersburg (Russia) and Paris (France).
