Masha was born in Chukotka, Russia in 1982. She completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Culture and graduated from Pro Arte Institute in Saint Petersburg. She then received an MFA in Media Studies from the University at Buffalo, NY as a Fulbright Scholar. Her continued curiosity in the moving image lead her to complete The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation in Rochester, NY. She primarily works in the mediums of drawing and video.