Still Life with Paper Dart Painting

Olga Yukhtina - Geoghegan was born in Ukhta in the far North of Russia in 1965. At the age of ten she was offered a place at the Leningrad Academy of Art's special art school. On leaving school she immediately won a place at the prestigious Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Academy of Art where she began a lengthy, formal training in painting and theatrical decoration under Professor Kochergin, the Chief Artistic Designer at the Maly Theatre, St. Petersburg, which regularly tours to London and other European cities. She worked for a spell in the Kirov (Mariinsky) and Maly theatres as a scene painter before exhibiting throughout Europe. In 1998 she moved to London where she has participated in a number of joint and solo exhibitions. Her works can be found in private collections all round the world.