Maria Titova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1988, where she still lives and works as an illustrator, printmaker and teacher. She graduated in 2012 from the Moscow State Academy of Applied Arts and Design (BA in Visual Arts). In 2011 she was granted a Presidential scholarship to study abroad and spent her last year of academic training at the Prague Academy of Architecture, Art and Design. In 2015 she obtained a MA in Visual Arts from the Boris Trofimov Graphic Design Studio.