Marta Shpak

Marta Shpak was born in Perehinske (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Ukraine. Music was her main interest and hobby during her childhood. She attended the children's school of arts, tours with the folk ensemble "Malenki Boiky" (Маленькі бойки). Her mother Nataliya Shpak, played an important part in giving her music lessons and provided inspiration. At the age of 5, Marta and her sister Ann, first started performing and winning competitions at All-Ukrainian and International folk festivals.In 1999 she entered the State College of Arts in Chernivtsi, where she studied Choreography and began her career as a solo singer, collaborating with composer and teacher of vocals Oksana Kyrylyuk. Her first studio tracks "Rainbow Paradise" and Bukovina were written by Valeriy Syrotiuk (Ukrainian priest) and became very popular in that region of Ukraine.

From 2003 to 2008 Marta Shpak attended the National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts in Kyiv where she obtained her master's degree in Modern choreography and Management of organizations and Performing Arts; become a Soloist/Singer of the State Ensemble of songs and dance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and an Actress of the poetic theatre "Mushlya" ("The Shell", director – Sergiy Arkhypchuk). In 2019 Shpak became an MA candidate at York University, Toronto, Canada, working within Theatre and Performance Program at the Faculty of Fine Arts, TV and Media.

Marta Shpak holds a master's degree in Arts from York University Canada (Theater and Performance Studies Program; 2020; supervised by Magdalena Kazubowski) and a master's degree in Choreography and in Management from National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts (Kyiv, Ukraine).