Maria Makarevich was born in Kyiv on December 12, 1970. She studied at the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, graduating with a diploma in 1997. As a professional architect, Maria has contributed to the design of buildings and structures across Kiev and the Ukraine.

Maria's first encounter with icon painting occurred in 2001 in the studio of restoration artist, Alexander Vislobodov. This experience drew her towards the spiritual depth and technical mastery of icons. Thereafter, she became a student of the Radruzh Icon Painting Schol in Lviv, and completed an internship under Father Anthony Gunin. Maria uses the ancient technique of egg tempera and mixes the egg yolk with a variety of natural pigments, including ocher, cinnabar, azurite, lapis lazuli, malachite, vivianite and indigo.

Maria sees the icon as the most uplifting of the symbolic arts; it transforms the spiritual, hidden, invisible world into an intelligible language.

Maria's works can be found in private collections in the Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France, Holland, the U.S., and Canada. In 2013, she took part in painting the Church of All Saints in the city of Maryinka, Donetsk region. Sadly, this church has now been destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Maria has been a member of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine since 2007 and is also a member of the National Union of Icon Painters of Ukraine (2018-present). Her painting draws inspiration from her own passions and interests, such as nature and traveling. In her spare time, she participates in equestrian sports and has a great love of horses.