Previous to her architectural decoration, she worked as a ceramicist at the Kyiv Experimental Ceramic Art Factory, where she was known for her delicate figurines as well as her paintings on china and dishware.

Olga Peretsіvna Markіsh was born on 1 August 1929 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, to Zinaida Joffe and Peretz Markish.

Joffe took Olga to live in the Jewish settlement in Zaporizhzhia with her grandparents in 1930 and went to work as a nurse and translator for the Red Army.

Because Olga was not Tkachenko's daughter, she was sent to Moscow to live with her father and his new wife, Esther, with their sons Shimon and David.

In 1949, the Soviet Union began a wave of Jewish purges, wherein the NKVD arrested members of the Anti-Fascist Committee, including her father.

[2] Peretz was executed in 1952 on charges of "Jewish nationalism", and his family was exiled to Kazakhstan[3] to serve a ten-year sentence as enemies of the people.

[4] Rapay-Markish began working as a sculptor at the Kyiv Experimental Ceramic Art Factory (Ukrainian: Київський експериментальний кераміко-художній завод) (KEKHZ).

Her work was known for its feminine qualities, which represented images of famous artists and porcelain figurines of women in the Ukrainian national costumes.

Over 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) of handmade porcelain tiles decorate the building with bright depictions like children's drawings of animals, birds, flowers, and trees.

The National Creative Collectives House located at 50–52 Shevchenko Boulevard, features her ceramics on the façades of the building.