Annamaria Russo is of Samnite origin, in fact she was born in San Salvatore Telesino, Benevento. She studied in Naples, first at the Art Institute, in the painting section, then at the Academy of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Rome.
"Annamaria Russo focusses her attention on those materials that our society accumulates and produces at an ever-increasing pace, but at the same time her view is often also directed back to antiquity. Through symbology the artist retrieves evidence of our past." Simonetta Panciera