Anna Marinova was born in St. Petersburg in 1983 and studied art there from 2000-2004 and then from 2004-2010 at The Repin Art Institute under professor V. V. Sokolov. She began exhibiting her paintings in 2005 and received academic achievement award in 2008 from Repin State Academic Institute. Since 2010, her works have been regularly presented at London auction houses like Christie's.