Nina Murashkina was born in 1985 Donetsk, Ukraine. Although her parents were both engineers, during their spare time, her father was a rock musician whilst her mother was involved in fashion. This influenced her into expressing herself creatively, particularly through art, as she found that the slow and individual process of drawing and painting suited her.
When she was five years old, she saw her parents watching a film which contained a nude scene. Murashkina then started gifting drawings of nude men and women to her parents, who were embarrassed initially but soon enjoyed receiving these amusing gifts. It could be said that, even from such a young age, Murashkina started developing her interest in the naked body, an important aspect of her artworks now.
At six years old, she started going to a cultural centre to learn about art and continued her education in the Kharkiv academy of design and arts and then to the National academy of fine art and architecture in Kyiv. She never had any doubt that she wanted to be an artist. She spent the first few years after university working as a graphic designer, but found the work to be dull and soon moved on to creating her own artworks. In 2012, she finally began her work as an independent artist. She has since moved to Barcelona where she lives with her husband, who works as a sculptor.
Some of her vases can be found in Petr Aven's collection, one of the largest art collections in the world. Her art has also been collected by Nickolas Treadwell in Austria and Dr. Joachim Belbe in Germany. Her pieces have in museums such as the Collection of Korsak Ukrainian Contemporary art museum and the Odessa Fine Art museum. In October 2023 Murashkina vases will present in Design Museum Barcelona. Just after Picasso ceramic exhibition.