User:Olia Lialina

Born 1971 in Moscow.

Finished Moscow State University in 1993 as journalist, film critic.

In mid 90s one of the organizers of Moscow experimental film club CINE FANTOM.

Net Artist, one of net.art pioneers.

Writes on New Media, Digital Folklore and Vernacular Web.

Since 1999 Professorat Merz Akademie, (New Media Pathway), Stuttgart

Animated Gif Model. Wife of Rockstar. Mother of three. Junior blogger. (taken from: http://art.teleportacia.org/olia.html )