Masha- Bio

Masha Badinter, imigrating from Russia in 1990, was surrounded by art throughtout her life before making her own. Her home in America was filled with old Russian painting of nostalgic landscapes and figures purchased from the very streets of her own birthcity, St. Petersburg. When she was eight, her father helped Boris Eaptekin, a painter, with the construction of his home in return for drawing and painting lessons for his daughter. Masha had always been more interested in expression and creativity than anything else during her high school years. in 2004 she was introduced to Neighborhood Studios, which was affiliated with the Music and Arts Centerf or Humanity in Bridgeport, Connecticut from a presentation they did during one of her high school art classes. From then on every summer she worked with a group of young artists such as herself, learning different crafts such as glass sculpture, sand casting, painting, drawing, etc. Sometime during those years she discovered photography though a photojournalism she was placed in. It was then that she realized how strongly she felt about the process of capturing life as images. Since then, she has been finding new ways to express her connection to the images that she captures. Recently, she has been working successfully within the limitless boundaries of installation and video.