Artist Bio

Mila was born and raised in Ukraine. After arriving in California around the year 2000 (by the way of the Gulf Coast and the Pacific Northwest) she swapped her Masters degree in Sociology and Anthropology for an art education and worked as an animator in film and videogame industries for over 10 years. Oil painting initially was this fun skill she learned in-between animation projects. As time went by, she spent more and more time painting, eventually deciding to take time off from the animation work to pursue her painting career.

San Francisco became her new home and a constant source of inspiration. Her fascination with people, gestures and facial expressions comes from her background as a character animator.

Mila is now a full-time painter. She lives and works in San Francisco Bay area and continues to study with renown local and East Coast artists every chance she gets.

Mila regularly shows her work at CityArt Gallery in San Francisco. She is available for commissions. Instagram page: instagram.com/milak_art

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA - 2006

Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR - 2000