Alexandra Diachenko Kochman received her MFA from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She has received numerous awards, including the First Award and Governor’s Purchase Award from the Illinois State Professional Exhibition. Her work has been exhibited at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale Arizona and in the Biennale of Ukrainian Fine Arts at the Lviv Fine Arts Gallery in Lviv, Ukraine. Her works can be found in the collections of the State of Illinois Art Collection, the State of Illinois Center in Chicago, the Illinois State Museum, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and the Anderson Consulting Collection.