NATALIIA BURMAKA graduated from the National Studio of Fine Arts of Boris Danchenko (Sumy, Ukraine) in 1999 and worked as a designer from 1999 to 2005. Later, she earned a master’s degree in philology and had a postgraduate course in accounting. Although she worked as an accountant, she didn’t stop drawing and painting. Together with her husband she makes illustrations for books and murals (private commissions). In 2022, she moved to Finland to escape the war in Ukraine. Her works were shown in exhibitions in Finland and were featured in magazines such as Welter, Quibble.lit, Rednoisecollective, Flare, Santa Clara Review,etc.