Oxana Babkina

and working in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Ever since she was a little girl her
favorite toys were coloured pencils, markers, paint and paper! Back then all she
wanted to do was creating colorful images. Oxana is highly grateful now to her
mother who couldn’t help noticing her daughter’s interests and taking her further
along this artistic path providing her with opportunities to develop her skills. After
graduating high school in 2004 Oxana continued her education in Fine Arts. She
spent five years at University of Kazakhstan studying, as she recalls it, very
interesting subjects and areas of artistic world, including painting, drawing,
architecture and elements of interior designing. Needless to say for a determined
artist all this knowledge was a great asset, but not satisfying enough, too technical
almost. Oxana kept searching and exploring different mediums and styles trying to
feel and find what would inspire her work. She had been working with a few local
artists before moving to Canada who helped her boost her confidence and
professionalism. Oxana has participated in a group Exhibition “Art!Vancouver” in
Vancouver, BC, presenting her most recent art projects. Since 2017 she is a FCA
member, asso...

Almaty State University after Abai,
Bachelor of Design
2004-2009

Arts Commons, Emerging Artist programm, Window Gallery
2019