Yuliya is a Berkshire (UK) based contemporary artist
After leaving law for art over a decade ago, she became known for working across multiple collections simultaneously, fostering continual experimentation and growth.
Yuliya is known for turning celestial realms and large-scale linear abstracts into conversations about Uncertain Trajectory (Migration), Shortlived Grace (La Femme Nuage), and Finding Your Own Hideaway (Blue Bay) from an ever-changing world overburdened with information.
In her work, the artist delights the viewer with an elegant use of lead media: whether it's the unusual drying pattern left by watercolour on canvas, a stroke of oil pastel adding texture, or sweeping brushstrokes perfected with hours of practice.
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Born in Soviet Kazakhstan to a family of civil engineers, Yuliya shone as a talented young artist from an early age. Yet amid the uncertainty of a nation in transition, she was steered towards legal studies. Following a corporate career in London after relocating to the UK in 2005, she made the decisive return to her creative roots, becoming a full-time artist in 2015.
Yuliya's starting point was experimenting on large paper and canvas with watercolors and heavily diluted oils, with a strong focus on rhythmic patterns. Over time, she has developed an unmistakable visual language, pairing a rough and tender approach with a focus on interplay of traditional media on various surfaces and scales.
Her work has been named as best display with Rivers & Rowing Museum of Henley-upon-Thames in 2025, acquired by Crown Estate and displayed in landmark London buildings in 2026, world-leading law firms for UK offices, Dubai prestigious developments with art curation (H&H Development), featured in filming (Doctor Strange, Marvel, Scandal, ABC, Wild Cherry, BBC), landmark hospitality, cruise liners and health facilities in the US and Mediterranean, held in private and corporate collections worldwide.
