About the Artist
About the Artist
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Olga Shiller is a Los Angeles based artist working in Fine Arts and the mural form of art. Olga also has 20+ years experience of work in Photography (photojournalism and commercial photography), as well as 15+ years in the design field. For over a decade, she has been an art director for a few US fashion brands.
But Olga's most profound and preferred statement of art is through Oil Painting.
Olga Shiller is a third generation professional artist, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, and a winner of the Young Art Specialists' competition. This award was signed by the governor of Saint-Petersburg in 2003. Her work has been published and is displayed in several museums, galleries and private collections all over the world.
Olga was born in cold Siberia where her grandparents were exiled by Stalin during World War II. From early childhood, Olga exhibited exceptional talent in drawing and painting. She participated in her first exhibit when she was only two years old.
Later, while attending public school she also studied at the Youth School of Art for six years in the small Siberian town of Barnaul. She was recognized there as one of the school’s best students.
In addition, Olga studied the art of photography, participated in several competitions, won prizes, and earned jury recognition.
At the age of seventeen, in post Soviet Siberia, Olga won a competition and was selected to create and produce a TV show about art for children and teenagers.
Olga received her education in the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She graduated with the highest level of diploma and received a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. Her diploma work was honored by the State Certification Board which consisted of world class Russian Federation artists and the professors at the Russian Academy of Art.
In 2003 Olga was selected by St.Petersburg to participate in a large-scale municipal architectural project. She worked as a team member with the chair of the Art Department of the city and together they successfully designed a significantly large mural project for non commercial city decoration, in the central location of St-Petersburg.
Shortly after moving to California, Olga Shiller was granted US residency in 2006 based on her talents in the field of art. She has been recognized by multiple US institutions, including the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, as an internationally known artist.
Awards, diplomas, exhibitions and projects list:
SELECTED PARTICIPANT in Exhibition of Countrywide Creative Visual Arts in Main Exhibition Hall Manezh of St. Petersburg, RU, organized by Canon, Inc. (2002)
The Diploma and SPECIAL PRIZE AWARD in the competition between professional photographers 'North Palmira 2002' organized by Union of Journalists
of St. Petersburg, RU
Series of PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 'St. Petersburg in Holland' (2003, Leiden, The Hague, Netherlands)
The DIPLOMA OF HONOR for the participation in the competition 'The Muses of St.-Petersburg, GRANT RECIPIENT (2003)
COUNTRY-WIDE Art Institutions Diploma Exhibition (2003) St Petersburg, RU
Exhibition in the UNION OF ARTISTS at St. Petersburg, RU. Becoming a MEMBER of Union of Artists of Russia (2003)
COMPETITION WINNER between young art specialists signed by the Governor in St. Petersburg (2004)
Co-operation in PUBLISHING St. Petersburg Anniversary Album 'Petersburg Ingot' (3 Volumes) 'Russian Collections' Publishing House (2004)
Completed MURAL PROJECT “Classic Album” for St. Petersburg City Hall Non Profit Architectural Foundation (2004)
Completed MURAL PAINTING for Chinese Restaurant in Leiden, Netherlands (2005) in collaboration with chairman of regional architecture, the Netherlands
RESTORATION of HISTORICAL (18th century) DUTCH MURAL Painting in private residence in Leiden, Netherlands (2006)
Cooperation in Completing UNIQUE ROOF MURAL for KAISER-PERMANENTE Hospital in Riverside, California (2010)
FEATURED ARTIST and photographer in MTV series House of Jazmin, Los Angeles, CA (2010)
ART EXHIBITION in Montecito Fine Arts College of Design, Monrovia, CA (2010?)
Official JURY MEMBER of World Championships of Performing Arts 2013, Los Angeles (2013)
Participating in a GROUP ART SHOW, and performing artist / painter, live painting, at the Asian American Expo, Pomona, CA (2015)
SOLO EXHIBITION in Olga’s hometown, hosted by Youth Art Center, Barnaul, RU (2016)
GROUP ARTISTS (teacher and students) seasonal EXHIBITION at Sinaloa Art Studio, Pasadena CA (2016)
Participation in GROUP ARTISTS SHOW Asian American Heritage Culture / Visual arts, hosted in Asian American Expo at Fairplex, Pomona CA (2018)
ART SHOW participant, Mission Federal Art walk, San Diego, CA (2018)
SELECTED PARTICIPANT IN EXHIBITION “Live. Create. Dare”, hosted by Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, RU. (2018)
SELECTED EXPERT PAINTER for participation in the international development team of the newly created unique Robotic Painter as an EXPERT ARTIST PERFORMING IN COLLABORATION of the robotic painter Hosted by Robohood, Inc, Miami FL, Los Angeles CA, Chino CA, ( 2023 - 2024)
“Southwest” Painting Exhibition, jury selected group art show. Fallbrook, CA, Fallbrook Art Center. Sep 2025
“Autumn Views”, jury selected group art show, Santa Clarita City Hall Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA Oct - Dec 2025
“Searching for Serenity”, Juried Art Show, Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, November 2025 - January 2026
“Chroma Frost” Juried Exhibition, California Creative Arts at Colony Theatre Gallery, Burbank, CA, December 2025
“Travel and Adventure”, juried exhibition at City Hall Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA Dec 2025 - January 2025
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