At Nõmme Hiiu Primary School, she struggled with bad marks from teachers because her notebooks were full of drawings.

In 1942, she received an invitation from the sculptor Anton Starkopf to study at the Higher Visual Arts Courses in Tartu.

Lember-Bogatkina was employed to create public works of art for the city of Tallinn[6][7] and also traveled as part of a contingent of artists for the Soviet Estonian government.

The artist's exhibitions included the Embassy of Copenhagen, Finland's Jyväskylä University, Tallinn Art Hall and Nõmme Museum.

On November 3, 2012, Tõnismäe Gallery was opened with Valli Lember-Bogatkina's exhibition "Music / Dance", which featured her final theses at State Art School: three mosaics that represent three pillars of the Estonian economy through three beautiful girls.