Latvian-Russian painter born in Russia in 1892. Studies in Penza city art school which she graduated in 1917. While in Penza she met several Latvian painters who studied there as refugees, among them Romans Suta. In 1917 she went to Petrograd and studied in State Free Art Workshop under Nathan Altman. It was in Petrograd where her first solo exhibition was held in 1919. Just after the exhibition she and Suta moved to Latvia and became members of the Riga Artists Group. The couple married in 1922 in Riga and after marriage visited Paris, Berlin and Dresden.

Worked at Baltars studio in Riga (1924-1929) creating designs for decorative plates, vases and china sets. Together with Romans Suta she brought to Baltars the motifs and themes in which they were interested in easel-painting: country life, the hustle and bustle of the big city, theatre and carnival motifs. Belcova’s special touch was bright, saturated colors and work in the cubism / constructivism style, which was later replaced by a return to realistic forms and precision in drawing.