VANCOUVER
2023 - present - Teacher at after school art program in various elementary schools
2023 - 2024 - Teaching drawing and watercolour painting at Kitsilano Community center
MONTREAL
2021 – 2023 – Taught drawing, watercolour and acrylic painting classes and camps to kids and adults
2017-2021 – Created and taught “Painting Montreal” workshops at the Marche Des Eclusiers, Old Port, Montreal, QC
2014-2017 – Instructor at PaintNite, Montreal, QC
2017 – March – Live Painting at the Montreal Science Center Foundation Fundraising dinner
2016 – July – September, “MAGNIFIQUE CON(E)STRUCTION” at Sofitel Hotel, Montreal, QC
2015 – December, Holiday Craft sale, St.Henri, Montreal, QC
2015 – November, “Square Affair”, Mclure Gallery, Montreal, QC
2015 – October 20, RAW MERGE, Trocadero Theater, Philadelphia, PA
2015 – August 13 – 30, Possible Dimensions exhibit, C.O.A. gallery, Montreal, QC
2015 – May 7th, EXPOSURE Raw Artists, Montreal, QC
2013 – Square Affair group show, McClure gallery, Montreal, QC
2011 – Unity Art Festival art fair, Calgary, AB
PHILADELPHIA
2010 – “Square Affair” group show, Fleisher museum, Philadelphia, PA
2007 – “Distortion Arts” Group Show, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION
Art Institute of Philadelphia (graphic design major) 1999-2002
Visual Arts Center, Montreal (watercolour, urban sketching, ink painting) 2012-2015
Oil painting (portrait), Moscow school of art, 2021
In the news
Olya’s interview on Breakfast TV Montreal with . We talked about my fascination with construction sites, orange cones and “Maintenance” exhibit curated by Studio Beluga and Faux Cadres Canal at Galerie C.O.A.
