Svetlana Ivannikova motto in life is – "Go on!", her dream is about happiness in life and in her paintings Artist tries to depict man and his surrounding.

Svetlana Ivannikova was born on the 12th of September 1941 in village Znamenka in Russia.

1961 - 1966 she studied at Lugansk State Art School, 1966 - 1973 at Kiev State Art Institute.

Since 1973 Svetlana Ivannikova has worked as a teacher at Lugansk College of Culture and Arts. In 1977 artist became a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists.

Artist paints portraits, landscapes, flower, still lives.