Baranova Margarita Magarita Baranova was born in Leningrad in 1983.

In 1994 she entered the St. Petersburg Academic Art Lyceum B.V. Johanson and studied there the basics of painting, drawing and composition until 2001.

From 2003 to 2009, while studying at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I.E. Repin (Academy of Fine Arts). Margarita successfully defended her diplom in easel painting under the guidance of professor Pesikov V.S., where her teachers were also Repin N.N., Lisak N.S., Blokhin N.D. Currently the artist lives and works in St. Petersburg, and participates in various exhibitions and art competitions in Russia and abroad. (Artists Union of Russia, Exhibition Hall Manezh, various galleries of St. Petersburg, and others, as well as international projects, plein air).

Since 2011 is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, the section of painting. The artworks are in private collections around the world. The artist also participated in the creation of animated films.

Margarita teaches painting and drawing in the studios of St. Petersburg.