Sonya Hukaylo (Sofiia Hukailo) was born in 1978 in Kyiv in a family of artists in the third generation. So, there was no hesitation of what she wanted to pursue in her professional life. When she was 11, she entered Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv, Department of Painting. She continued her education at National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv and graduated from the Department of Visual Arts and Crafts with qualification “Graphic Book Artist” in 2003. For many years she was combining her work in a studio illustrating books (in cooperation with several popular Ukrainian publishing houses), doing book binding and creating hand-made book covers as well as painting, with her occupation as a food stylist working at shootings of films and advertisements. Several years ago she has shifted the focus of her occupation exclusively to artistic work, painting, easel and digital graphic art.