Anastasia Komyakova studied at the Repin Academy of Art of Saint Petersburg.

Six years ago, Anastasia Komyakova came to Morocco for the first time. Three years later, she decides to settle in. She takes her sketchbook everywhere with her. On the street, she sketches portraits of very different people, from all origins. In Marrakech and Essaouira, where she is spending most of her time, people she meets are coming from all over the world. A chance for her, as she can meet with a lot of different cultures in just two cities.

In this realm of AI, social media and bitcoins, Anastasia Komyakova underlines the importance of meeting in the real life and of communication between people. When she paints, she needs to feel a deep connection with her models. It is a true meeting. She actually became friend with a lot of her models.