Olga Geoghegan

At the age of ten, Olga Yukhtina-Geoghegan 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. She worked for a spell in the Kirov (Mariinsky) and Maly theatres as a scene painter before exhibiting throughout Europe and America. In 1998 she moved to London. In 2004, she was awarded a place on The Drawing Year at The Prince's Drawing School (now the Royal Drawing School) where she developed her interest in printing. Her works can be found in private collections all round the world.