Jola Soares graduated with B.S. degree in Computer Science and she has been working as Database Administrator for over 20 years. During that time she managed to take art classes and workshops and work on paintings during her free time to balance a very stressful and demanding job.Jola is Polish-born and moved to the U.S more than 30 years ago and has lived mostly in Chicago,IL. since then.She works in multiple mediums including oil & cold wax, encaustic, photography and ceramics. She exhibits her work in Chicago and Midwest area galleries.