Valeria Larina was born on April 10, 1926 in Leningrad. In 1953 she graduated from the Repin Institute of Fine Arts, Boris Ioganson's workshop. She was engaged in Petr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, Alexander Zaitsev. Participant of exhibitions since 1953. Member of Leningrad Union of Artists  since 1954. She painted portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, genre and thematic compositions. The works of Valeria Larina are in museums and private collections in Russia, Great Britain, Germany, France and other countries.