In 1946, Valeria Larina entered the first course of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin.

In 1953, Valeria Larina graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as a painter in Boris Ioganson's workshop.

Her peers included Mark Klionsky, Leonid Kabachek, Izzat Klychev, Konstantin Molteninov, Vladimir Seleznev, Nikolai Galakhov, and other young artists.

One of Larina's final works prior to her graduation was a genre painting named "Young Shipbuilders".

Her paintings are located in museums and private collections in Russia, England, Germany, France, Italy, the U.S., and other nations.