Originally she received art education in the private studio of the famous Russian artist Konstantin Yuon, where she studied until 1917.

[4] In the 20s Zhekulina participated in the life of the "Fire-color" Association, which also consisted of Arkhipov, Bogorodskiy, Dobuzhinsky, Petrov-Vodkin, Voloshin, and other major artists of the time.

The main motives of the artist in painting during this period were - "hut buried in the snow, spring, silver gave summer".

[5] In the late 1950s Zhekulina working on a major state order: a series of landscapes of the Red Presnya.

The younger brother Leo was a famous scientist and engineer, author of hundreds of scientific papers.