Masha Psilocybe

Masha Psilocybe is a contemporary artist who deals with the complex facets of human nature and the exploration of socio-cultural stereotypes. Born in Russia, she began her artistic training in 2017 at the Institute of Business and Design B&D in the field of illustration and animation. She then continued her studies from 2019 to 2022 at the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, where she graduated from the Graphic Design Department.
Her works reflect a unique fusion of innocent imagery with a cold reality and often show a nihilistic mood. In her work, Psilocybe combines visual and verbal elements to create new meanings and interpretations. Texts and words that she detaches from their original context open up new narrative dimensions and lend her static works a dynamic movement.
Thematically, her drawings and sculptures are strongly anchored in a childlike visual world in which there is no clear distinction between “good” and “evil”. Childlike, harmless images are reproduced in new narrative contexts and appear partly metaphorical and partly as everyday banality. Masha Psilocybe is a contemporary artist who deals with the complex facets of human nature and the exploration of socio-cultural stereotypes. Born in Russia, she began her artistic training in 2017 at the Institute of Business and Design B&D in the field of illustration and animation. She then continued her studies from 2019 to 2022 at the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, where she graduated from the Graphic Design Department.
Her works reflect a unique fusion of innocent imagery with a cold reality and often show a nihilistic mood. Psilocybe combines visual and verbal elements to create new meanings and interpretations. Texts and words that she detaches from their original context open up new narrative dimensions and lend her static works a dynamic movement.
Thematically, her drawings and sculptures are strongly anchored in a childlike visual world in which there is no clear distinction between “good” and “evil”. Childlike, harmless images are reproduced in new narrative contexts and appear partly metaphorical and partly as everyday banality.

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