Sofiya Mukhachova, born in Belarus, graduated from the College of Arts and later studied art and design at the State Academy of Arts, where she received her BFA degree in 2004. In the following years, Sofiya worked as a graphic designer in Moscow until she and her family moved to Singapore, where she began teaching art. After relocating to Canada in 2017, she continued teaching art classes to children while also exploring her own artistic style through paintings in various forms and mediums. She is currently based in Richmond, B.C., where she lives with her spouse and two daughters. She continues to develop her own visual language, creating beautiful semi-abstract works with an emphasis on themes of the cosmos and the perception of reality.