Olga Beskoff was born in Russia in 1953. She completed her primary and secondary education at the Moscow School of Art for Youth. During this time she participated in a variety of art competitions, winning numerous prizes and garnering favourable reviews in the Soviet press. From 1973 to 1979 she studied and painted in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Moscow with a faculty of only fourteen including fellows Misha Roshal and Maxim Kantor. She immigrated to Canada in 1980, initially residing in Vancouver where she painted and exhibited frequently at Heffel's. In 1987 she moved to Toronto where she met the Chilean-Canadian novelist and scholar Helios Murialdo. They were married in 1997 and now divide their time between Toronto, Santiago and their home in a remote canyon in the Costal Mountain Range in Central Chile where Olga has her studio. Olga Beskoff is represented in North America and the Caribbean by Arch & Company Fine Arts.
