Kristina Smorodova was born on April 15, 1978 in Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Russia.
In 1992 she moved to Petrozavodsk, Karelia.
In 1997 she graduated from Petrozavodsk State University with a degree in primary education.
In 2002 she graduated from the Karelian State Pedagogical Academy with a degree of a biology teacher.
She worked as a methodologist, sales manager, advertising designer.
Kristina discovered oil painting in 2010 in the
Tengiz Gigolashvilis's studio. A year later she bought an easel, and after some time picked a palette knife as the main painting tool. This is how her journey as an artist began.
Over the last 10 years more than a 1000 paintings have been created.