She was born in Moscow and graduated from the journalism department of Moscow State University (media culture and communications laboratory). She worked at "Esquire" magazine as a manager in New York City with a number of artists and gallery owners. She was also commissioner of the 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. The founders of the biennale are Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Department of Culture, the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) as part of the ROSIZO exhibition space and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). ROSIZO state museum and exhibition center develops and presents exhibition projects in partnership with other museums and cultural institutions. It hosts a collection of more than 40,000 artworks. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) is the first state Russian museum that concentrates exclusively on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. One of the museum's priorities is to promote young and emerging artists, by bringing them into the contemporary artistic process, and to create inclusive projects.