Shumikhina is a practising architect with more than 15 years of experience in architectural design and 10 years of academic teaching. She has completed a post-graduate course at the Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Shumikhina is a participant of a number of international scientific conferences, specializing in the theory of architecture and urbanism and architectural criticism. She is a co-owner of architectural offices in Belgium and Great Britain.
Shumikhina took part in the KhSA academic process as a tutor.