Marina Kassianidou is an academic and artist whose work focuses on relationships between mark and surface in visual art. Her current practice combines painting, drawing, collage, installation, site-specific art, and found objects. Her theoretical interests include philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, feminist theory, and art history. She is currently a PhD candidate in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK.

She graduated from Stanford University, where she was a CASP/Fulbright scholar, with degrees in Studio Art and Computer Science (both with Distinction). Upon graduation, she was awarded the Arthur Giese Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting by the Stanford University Department of Art and Art History. She obtained an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK.

She has exhibited her work in the UK, USA, Cyprus, Israel, Germany and France. Group exhibitions include XHIBIT05, an exhibition showcasing selected students of the University of the Arts London, and Chypre 2010, L'art au présent, which featured selected Cypriot artists. She has had solo exhibitions in Nicosia, Cyprus (Gloria Gallery, 2006, 2008) and London, UK (Tenderpixel Gallery, 2009). Her last two solo exhibitions were accompanied by publications containing essays by herself and other artists. Her work is found in several private and public collections, including the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture.

She has participated in conferences in Europe and the USA and her writings have appeared in the journals Arteri (Cyprus, UK) and ArtSEEN (Florence, London, New York).