Olga Polyanskaya

My art says infinitely more than these words can communicate. I am a multi-discipline, mixed-media artist and interior designer. No matter the medium, my art has always been a manifestation of my personal spiritual and physical journey though ideas, continents, and epochs.
A Londoner, I was born in Moscow, Russia in a family of architects, and had a pen, a chalk or a brush in my hand as long as I remember myself. To sketch is as natural as breathing to me. I qualified with a Masters’ Degree from the Moscow Architectural Institute (Academy), although kept my loyalty to drawings. These architectural school is famous for a wide range of subjects including different courses of sketching and drawing. My knowledge of anatomy, architecture and classical composition is coming from the years in the university although the choice of mediums is less traditional.
If we talk about inspiration, I find beauty in obscure objects, places and events, like weathered buildings, rusted metal, graffitied walls or even garbage on a city sidewalks, and so much more. My artistic influences count different artists and movements among them: we can start from Pieter Bruegel the Elder through Ukiyo-e to Aubrey Beardsley. But being inspired for me is more th...

Being a fully-qualified architect with a Masters’ Degree from the Moscow Architectural Institute (Academy), I am still faithful to drawings.