Yulia Bekhova was born in St. Petersburg in 1964. She studied at the Repin Academy of Art in the studios of Professor and Academicia Andrei Mylnikov, graduating in 1995. Her diploma work is now in the Museum of the Repin Academy. For two years after her graduation she worked as an assistant to professor Mylnikov at the Academy. She has been a member of the Artists’ Union of Russia since 1996. That same year she took first prize in an art competition entitled "St. Petrsburg Muses". In 1999 she became a member of the President�s Union of Artists. In 1999 she participated in the decoration of the Cathedral of Christ Saviour in Moscow. In 2000 she began teaching at the I.E. Repin Academy of Art. She has been a regular participant in expositions of the St. Petersburg branch of the Artists’ Union.

"Resurrection morning. Maria Magdalina", oil on canvas
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