Picasso, Michelangelo, Van Gough, Sasha Pivovarova. This artist turned model hails from Moscow, where she studied art at Moscow University. It was not until close confidant and photographer Igor Vishnyakov took pictures of her in 2005 and sent them to IMG that she would soar to the top of their women's board. That same year she met the model-maker herself —Miuccia Prada—and the rest is history. Sasha has been the face of Prada campaigns for six consecutive seasons—the only model to ever do so.

Since her introduction on Prada's catwalk, this model has become anything but a struggling artist. She has graced the covers of top international publications like Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Vogue Nippon, Numéro, and i-D. In May 2007, Sasha was featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the World's Next Top Ten Models. Besides her continuous reign at Prada, Sasha has also landed top advertising campaigns such as Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Galliano, Longchamp, and Tiffany & Co.

In March 2007, a collection of Sasha's artwork, including portraits of model friends Vlada Roslyakova and Snejana Onopka, were displayed in Paris. Sasha had her second exhibit in February 2008 in New York City, where pieces were created with unusual materials such as wine and coffee; she says she draws inspiration from her travels, memories, friends—practically anything. Always one to think out of the box, Sasha creates her pieces on anything she can get her hands on—hotel stationery, contracts, maps. Her drawings have been featured in Vogue, Vogue Paris, and Teen Vogue. And both Miuccia Prada and Karl Lagerfeld—two of Sasha's fashion idols—have commissioned Sasha to create illustrated books for them.

Sasha now calls Brooklyn, New York, her home, where she lives in a loft with her now husband Igor Vishnyakov. When off the runway, Sasha spends her time drawing or painting at home, visiting cafés and bookshops in her favorite neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and reading Russian literature.