Alla Bantalidi is a self-taught artist. She was born on 28 March 1972 in Odesa, Ukraine. In 1994, she graduated from the Odesa University of Civil Engineering. She moved to Greece in 1996 and has lived in Cyprus with her family since 2002. Her love of drawing began in childhood, while in recent years she has devoted herself systematically to painting. She continues to develop her artistic skills through self-directed study while also studying drawing at the Evdokimos Educational Group. She works primarily in oil and acrylic, creating portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. Through her paintings, she seeks to express the beauty of nature, emotion, and the harmony of the world around us. During 2024 and 2025, she exhibited her work in several group exhibitions in Cyprus, including Paphos, Limassol, and Larnaca. For her, painting is a means of expression, inspiration, and continuous artistic development.