Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and raised in a small Siberian city, Anastasia Durasova was fascinated by art from a very young age. She started her artistic education at an art school to get the feeling of colors and shape, as well as drawing and painting skills. After finishing art school she incorporated her techniques onto the body instead of a canvas and made her first body paint work at the age of 15.

Anastasia’s early ambition to become a makeup artist began while she was doing her first body paints. Her training began at the age of 17 when she attended the Make Up Atelier Paris School.

In 2000, Anastasia moved to Moscow and started working with a number of established Russian photographers. In time, she collaborated on photo commercials, music videos and eventually beauty and fashion photography.

Anastasia developed her own makeup and body art studio with a strong team of make up artists, hair stylists and body painters to handle large-scale projects. One of them was “We are living on one planet,” a charitable project that involved 53 top Russian celebrities that were body painted into wild animals by Anastasia. Since then she has worked with a distinguished list of clients, including Ecco shoes and L’Oreal.

In addition, Anastasia has appeared on several Russian TV make-over specials and acted as a makeup/body paint professional guest.

She has served as a beauty advisor and judged body paint competitions. She now writes her own blog about makeup and body art.

Her editorial work can be seen in PF (Ukraine), DISfunktion (U.S.), Health (U.S.), Illusion (UK) and Going Out (France), to name a few. Her body paint work can be seen on the covers and pages of various books and CDs.

Anastasia’s passion for art and painting along with her love for fashion and beauty photography led her to her current home base, New York City, in 2008. Fascinated by the city’s vibrant colors and sounds, she looks forward to her most expression creations.