Tanya Rudka was born in 1971 in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. As a child, she studied art in the Simferopol Children's art school, followed by 5 years in Crimean Art College named after N. S. Samokish. In 1994, she immigrated to Israel and settled down in a small town in the north of Israel. In the last ten years she decided to devote herself to a full time successful career as an artist. Rudka's artworks took part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel, USA, and the Far East.