Marina Chisty is a Russian-born, New York-based abstract artist whose large-scale paintings explore the tension between permanence and impermanence, control and surrender. Working primarily with water, pigment, acrylic, and charcoal, she creates compositions that reflect the slow unfolding of time and the emotional weight of transformation. Influenced by New Materialism, Eastern philosophy, and a process-oriented perspective, Marina approaches painting as a collaborative act, where materials think, move, and respond. Her work often evokes geological forms, eroded surfaces, and inner landscapes, capturing the fragile balance between fluidity and form. Marina has shown her work both nationally and internationally. She earned an MA in Economics from Fordham University and is currently pursuing an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.