Great-granddaughter of Opera singer Lawrence D. Donskogo (1858-1917) the artist Vera Donskaya-Khilko was born on 6 may 1964 in Leningrad. Mom Lobastova Inna - economist, Pope Lobastov Vasily Pavlovich - senior engineer at the Academy of Sciences, released devices for space ships, WWII veteran, maternal grandmother Donskaya Maria Nikolaevna - the teacher of Russian and literature, the maternal grandfather Bushnev Alexander, Director of the village school.
Vera graduated from secondary school and art school with a degree in textile painting and weaving . In 1983 she graduated from the industrial College of building materials and parts, specialty-architect.
With 1983 for 1989 has received fundamental technological preparation at the Deserved artist of RSFSR Yuri Ivanovich Skorikova and artist academic areas, graduate of the Academy of fine Arts and student Skorikova Yu. I. Viktor Pavlovich Korobeynikov. Since 1996 she studied hermeneutics of art with the artist Ivan Stepanovich Solovyov.
She studied at the pedagogical Institute as an artist-teacher.
Husband Gennady Anatolyevich Khilko was born on March 28, 1964. He graduated from secondary and art schools. In 1983 he graduated with honors from The industrial College of building materials and parts, specialty-architect. From 1983 to 1985 he participated in the Afghan war. S1985g. he is a student of the Leningrad Institute of railway transport, specializing in bridge Builder and tunnel Builder. C1987g. student of the pedagogical Institute, specialty artist-teacher. Together with his wife, he received technical and technological training from the painter of the academic direction Yu. I. Skorikova
In 1990, the family of artists had a daughter Lyudmila.Life among books and pictures accustom the little artist to systematic occupations by drawing, to knowledge of secrets of creativity and skill. Lyudmila is a participant of international exhibitions and competitions of children's drawing.Since 2007, Lyudmila is a student of St. Petersburg state University, the faculty of history of the Department of Russian art.
The result of the artist's exhibition activity is a series of vernissages:
1991 - St. Petersburg - Lenexpo,
1992-St. Petersburg-Lenexpo,
1993-Peterhof-Central library
1994-Peterhof-Central library
1994 - St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg state University, Mendeleev centre,
1995 - St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg state University, Mendeleev centre,
1996-St. Petersburg - Union of artists,
1997-St. Petersburg-national library,
1998-Vyborg-Museum of local Lore,
2000 - Petersburg, Gigether,
2002-St. Petersburg-Jupiter club ,
2003 - Peterhof - CBS,
1991 - 2004 - exhibition of the MFA of Russia,
1997-2003-Finland-Helsinki - Russian scientific and cultural center.
2005 Petersburg - Era Erotica
2006 - Moscow-Naked Russia
2006-Petersburg - era of Eroticism
2006 - Moscow-Eros Moscow
2006-St. Petersburg, Manege, gallery Festival
2007-St. Petersburg, apartment exhibition, January-February.
Starred in TV shows:
1. Weather in the house November 1999 5 channel
2. Stories in detail November 13, 2006 STS Channel
3. Let say 13 July 2007 the First canal
Works are stored: in the Museum of the Higher Naval school of Sevastopol, in the Museum of Mendeleev center of St. Petersburg state UNIVERSITY, in the Museum of Vyborg castle, in the Museum of the regional government of Leningrad region, the Russian Embassy in Finland, the collection of the Russian foreign Ministry, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.