In 1978 she entered the Moscow higher art-industrial school (Stroganov). She studied with the educators S. Lebedev, K. Ushakov, N. Khristenko, E. Pozhilzova, E. Sokolova, C. Sharipova. She graduated from the Moscow higher art-industrial school in 1983. She has been taking part in international, all-Union, Republican, Moscow exhibitions since 1984. She is a participant of more than 70 exhibitions, including: all-Union youth exhibition in 1988; Zonal exhibition in 1991; 8th Republican exhibition in 1992; "Artists of Russia are in Moscow" in 1997; the exhibition in Moscow, devoted to 850 anniversary of Moscow in 1997; autumn and spring exhibitions of the Moscow Union of artists in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999; the XVI, XIII, XIX, XX Moscow youth exhibitions; the exhibition "Moscow – St.-Petersburg" in 1999; Republican exhibition "Boldino autumn" in 1999; the all-Russia exhibition "To your name" devoted to the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ in 2000; the exhibition "70 years of Moscow Union of artists" in 2002; final exhibition of works of the laureates and prize-winners of creative competitions of women artists of Russia in 2003; the international exhibition "60 years of Victory" in 2005; the Republican exhibition of landscape in 2006 (Vologda); "75 years of Moscow Union of artists" in 2007; "World of painting" in 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010; the exhibition "Moscow – artists – Moscow" in 2008, the group exhibition of the graduates of MHAIS named after G. Stroganov of 1983 "Meeting in 25 years" in 2008. The personal exhibition from 24 November to 5 December 2008 in the Gallery of pictorial Art, (1-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya st., 20). The personal exhibition from 10 to 20 November 2011 at the exhibition hall of Moscow Union of artists "On Begovaya" (Begovaya st., 7/9). In summer she with husband, the artist A. Kanushkin, work in the village of Vypolzovo, which is located between Mozhaisk and Ruza.
Since 1994 – a member of the Moscow Union of artists, section of painting.
Since 2006 – a member of the Moscow section of Union of artists in Russia.
The main genres of her works are landscape, interior, still life.
She held a personal exhibition at the Gallery of pictorial Art in November 2008.
The winner of the Spring salons: jury diploma at the nomination "Painting" in 2002; in 2003 she was awarded with a diploma and a creative trip to Poland, the diploma of the Moscow Union of artists in 2007.
Her works are stored at the museums and private collections in Russia and abroad.
The main publications:
- The catalog of Russian art exhibition devoted to the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ “To your name”. Moscow 2000, (p. 24)
- The catalog "World of painting", Information-publishing Department of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow 2002. (p. 68-69)
- The catalog "Spring salons. Women artists in the modern art of Russia". Decorative art, Moscow 2003.
- The catalog "Painters of Moscow". Moscow, "Painting-info" 2004. (p.140)
- “Women artists of Moscow. Artistic path”. - M.: Decorative arts, 2005. 328 p.
- "Art of Russia" volume 1, "The National Palace of Arts", Moscow 2005
- The catalog "III Russian art exhibition of landscape painting "Image of Motherland", Vologda. 2006.
- "Encyclopedia of artists" volume 1, Publishing company “Painting-info”, Moscow 2007.
- 50 years of the Moscow Union of artists. MUA, Russia, 2008.
- E. Lisenkova, "Paradise on earth by Maria Naumova". "World of painting", the newspaper of Moscow artists Union No. 12(82) December 2008.
- E. Lisenkova, "Paradise on earth by Maria Naumova". "Moscow journal", No. 4(220) April 2009.
- “Russian province. Plein-air painting.”, Moscow 2009.
- “Maria Naumova. Painting. Masters of fine art in Russia.”, the publishing company “Painting-info”. Moscow 2010.
- “Still life”, the publishing company “Painting-info”. Moscow 2010. (page 50)
- M. Naumova "Draw together. Experience of working with the programme “The fabulous world of soul.” Scientific-practical journal "Pedagogical diagnostics" № 5, 2010
- The anthology by Nikolai Kornilov. Moscow "NIKOR" 2011. (p. 82)
