Yuliya is a contemporary artist living in Berkshire UK
After leaving a career in law to pursue art over a decade ago, Yuliya became known for developing multiple collections simultaneously.
Through celestial semi-abstracts and large-scale linear abstractions, she explores themes of Uncertain Trajectory (Migration), Short-Lived Grace (La Femme Nuage), and Finding Your Own Hideaway (Blue Bay). Her work reflects on how we navigate an ever-changing, information-saturated world, inviting moments of pause, reflection, and discovery.
The artist delights in the expressive possibilities of mixed media: the unexpected drying patterns left by watercolour on canvas, the tactile richness of oil pastel, and sweeping, gestural brushstrokes honed through years of practice. Each element contributes to a visual language that balances spontaneity with control, atmosphere with structure.
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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.
