In the mid-80s, during the years of Perestroika, she began to work as an independent artist. In the early 90s, she was a member of the first female art group in post-Soviet Russia, “I Love You, Life!”, which focused its activities on the artistic aspects of everyday life. The group organized picnics, parties, installations in apartments and in the urban environment.

In the mid-90s, she organized the women's group "Favorite People", which used the traditions of folk art in contemporary art.

In the mid-90s-2000s she worked as an art journalist and art critic.

Curator of numerous art projects, including: exhibitions "In Search of the Lost Icon", "I Love Money", "St. Petersburg Neo-Expressionism", "Gold for the People", "ChB", research projects "The Female Face of St. Petersburg Art", "Bitch of the Century", Hand Made, video programs "Something about Power", "Time and Place", Art Media Forum festival, since 2004 the exhibition and educational program "Contemporary Art in the Hermitage"