For several years I have been immersed in the process of research and experimenting in my creative work. Also, I have taught different art classes, including painting and Life drawing. Finding myself in new family circumstances when my mother fell ill with Alzheimer's disease, I developed an Art programme for Alzheimer patients. I would like to continue developing this topic during my course.
I have participated in International exhibitions such as Saatchi Art and Art majeure. In 2021 I was awarded Second and Third place in the International Competition in the Eurasian Art Week. Since 2021 I have been a member of the Eurasian Art Union.
For several years I have been studying the technique of batik painting. I attended sessions and master classes on Batik with such prominent teachers as Sergey Davydov and Yulia Smirnova.
Batik is a traditional technique which became widely known because of its use in the costume design for royal and aristocratic families in Java. The tradition of this art has a history of many centuries and it is still used today. Originally, the Javanese Batik technique was considered a skill that could only be practised in a royal court and it became a symbol of Javanese feudalism. Any batik design is unique, because it is created by hand according to an original inimitable sketch. Any sample of it has a high price, because it takes a lot of time to create the pattern on fabric, and expensive natural dyes and fabrics are used.
The peculiarity of my creative work is the complex combination clashing the opposites of the material, technique and the depicted subject matters. The material is natural silk, which at all times was expensive and still is a symbol of wealth and luxury. The technique Batik known for its its use in royal costumes also gained its popularity in exclusive modern day accessories like Hermes scarves. The subject matters of my batik art work became even more relevant in the context of the global pandemic. They are poverty, need, loneliness and grief. I use material and techniques that are juxtaposed to the subject matters and create artistic irony.
I had a classical education in the USSR including training in Architecture University, drawing and painting. I have Visual Art diploma of Salford University Manchester, I learn classical Italian paintings manner in Italy Mazerata Art Academy. I like to work in different manner in detailed, realistic manner to characteristics that in themselves might reveal the people that I portray, and absolutely different way to introduction as abstract and combination digital work whit classical canvas and oil material. I create my images using mixed media in sculptures, paintings and photographs. I do run Life drawing classes in Heaton Mour community centre as well and Batik classes at Islington Mill studio in Manchester .You can see recent examples of my works on my web site:- elenaart.co.uk
Since 2008 I have taken part in such exhibitions as
from 2015 Saatchi Gallery
from 2015 Artmajeur Gallery
2017-2023 Great Sheffield Art Show
2013-2020 St Gemma’s Hospice, the annual Leeds Art Exhibition
2012 Didsbury Pasonage Trust, Personal Art Exhibition
2012 Stockport Art Gallery
2011 Sheffield Open Art Exhibition
2010 Comalford Gallery ‘Brit Art’ group exhibition, Photograph.
2010 Russian Centre, ‘Russian with Love’, Painting.
2010 Museum, ‘Narrative Salford’
2009 Macerate Art Academy Italy, ‘ Terra Crutta-Terra Cotta’, Painting and Sculpture.
2009 Cow Gallery Manchester, Painting and Sculpture.
2008 Emerging Artists Series, group exhibition. Salford Museun
