Lyudmila Konstantiovana Strelchenko:, A bronze fountain figure of a naked girl seated on a tortoise, Russian, circa 1980

Lyudmila Konstantiovana Strelchenko was born in 1941 in Bashkiriya (South Western Russia).  After entering the Kiev Arts Institute in 1960 her work proved controversial and was deemed non socialist, however she still won the Institute competition in 1963.  She graduated from the Institute in 1965 exhibiting Young Man and the Sun at the show of graduation works.  Other exhibitions and shows followed including Exhibition of the works by Young Artists of Ukraine in 1966 The Memory Lenin's 100^th Anniversary Exhibition of the works by Young Artists in 1974 - Woman with Baby.  The All-Union Exhibition of small forms in 1978 - The Trio.  Her works are now in a number of museums in the Ukraine.