Olga Geoghegan

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.

EXHIBITIONS

2012 Collection Red, Framers Gallery, 36 Windmill St., London W1T 2JT

2011 Claremont Studio, 66 Claremont St., Aberdeen, Scotland

2011 The Scotland-Russia Forum, 9 South College St., Edinburgh,

2011 Galerie Ruine, Geneva, Switzerland

2011 Pushkin House, Bloomsbury Square, London

2010 Silvana Gallery, Glendale, California, USA

2010 Marbella International Art Festival, Marbella, Spain

2010 The Russian, Eastern and Oriental Art Fair, Park Lane Hotel, Picadilly, London

2008 The Scotland-Russia Forum, 9 South College St., Edinburgh, Scotland

2006 Artist’s Kew. The Royal Botanical Society, Kew Gardens, London.

2006 Artists’ Kew. Messum’s Gallery, Cork Street and Kew Gardens.

2005 Annual Exhibition, Prince Charles’ Drawing School, London

2005 Exhibition of Contemporary Russian Artists, Solana Art Gallery, GazProm House, Kingston, London

2004 Annual Exhibition. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Gallery, London.

2002 The View Exhibition. Waterstone’s Bookshop, Picadilly, London.

2001 Summer Exhibition. John Martin Gallery, Albermarle St., Picadilly, London.

2000 Solo Exhibition. Lauderdale House,...