Alla Viksne was born in Moscow. She graduated from Moscow Academy of Art in 1976. That same year she started exhibiting her work as part of group shows in the most prestigious Moscow show-rooms such as Manege, Kuznetsky Most, Begovaja, Scientists Club. In 1977 she became a member of prestigious Youth Section of Soviet Artists League. In 1991 her works were exhibited at one of the first private galleries in Moscow. The first time she showed her works in California was in 1993 in San Jose. Subsequently she exhibited her paintings in San Francisco, San Mateo, Stanford, Palo Alto Medical Center, Koret Gallery, Vidman Art Gallery in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Carmel galleries and gallery in Moscow. Her works are pride of many private collections in USA, Russia, Israel, Germany and Italy. In 2001 one of her works was sold on the Russian-American Society auction. In 2006 Alla became a member of Oil Painters of America accosiation.

On the San Mateo Art Expo Competition three of Alla's students got the first prizes in different age groups and two students got the second prizes.

Her latest shows include:

2009 "La Vernissage" Gallery , Carmel, CA
2009 American Art Gallery, Carmel, CA
2008 Gallery "Art Production", San Francisco, CA
2008 Gallery "Food for Thought", San Francisco, CA
2008 Gallery "About Face", San Francisco, CA
2007 Show in Moving Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2007 Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show Museum of Los Gatos, CA
2007 The Look of Love Object Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2007 Congress of Russian Americans, San Francisco, CA
2007 Jewish Art Center, Solo, Los Altos, CA
2007 Private Exhibition, Solo, Redwood City, CA
2006 Cubberly Center, Palo Alto, CA
2006 Moscow Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2006 Accent Art, Solo, Palo Alto, CA
2005 Allied Art, Solo, Menlo Park, CA
2005 Cohanna Art Gallery, Solo, Cupertino, CA
2005 Rock Gallery, Jerome Jerome, AZ
2004 San Francisco Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
2004 Hovik’s Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA