Biography

Born in Moscow in 1987, Masha Gusova emigrated to the United Kingdom during her early childhood. In 2013, she completed her Bachelor in History of Art at SOAS, University of London. Since 2011, she has exhibited at various shows both nationally and internationally, including London, New York, California and France. Gusova’s work is primarily inspired by her background in art history. She uses various historical images, which she manipulates and adapts, to create new narratives that deal with the human condition and the various challenges we face, both collectively and individually. Irrespective of time and place, the fundamental struggles of mankind remain the same. Gusova places particular importance on the acts of introspection and retrospection; processes that are vital to our ability to understand ourselves more deeply. More recently, she has been interested in the ways in which the rapid advancement of technological tools are affecting our emotions, behaviour and communication. From an aesthetic perspective, she is interested in embracing and reconciling the mastery of the past with the innovation of the present.​ Gusova currently lives and works in Bristol, UK.