Born 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Mara Mattuschka lives in Vienna since 1976. Her main interest is in film, painting and theater. In 1977 she received the "General Certificate for Education of the University of London." From 1977 till 1983 she studied ethnology and linguistics at the University of Vienna. Mara completed her degree at the College of Applied Arts for painting and animated film in the master class for Experimental Design under Maria Lassnig in 1990. Numerous exhibitions of oil paintings as well as performances and song recitals follwed. In 1991 she received a scholarshipto work in Prague from the Austrian Ministry of Education and Art. Since 1994 she is professor of "free art" at the College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. Mara is member of the Austria Filmmakers Coop and committee member of ASIFA Austria.