school for children for five years, from the age of ten. She then spent four

years at art college in Cheliabinsk.

Her first job was working for the government administration, creating

artwork for municipal factories and this continued for five years until she

moved to Ukraine, to the captital Kyiv. Olga subsequently went freelance,

working in a variety of media from portraits to decorative work, using

oils, watercolours, pastels and charcoal. She also had a successful

exhibition in Kyiv in 1995.

In 1997-2002, Olga undertook further studies at the Humanitarian

Institute, also in Kyiv.

After this she worked for a French animation company, creating cartoon

characters for children using IT.

Now Olga has moved to England and continues with her creative work