Haystacks, 2024

Elena Sokolova  

Artist Statement:

Elena Sokolova was born in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia and now lives in Schiedam, the Netherlands.
Her interest in art developed from an early age, as a student she did many decorative works for the school and university where she studied.

She graduated from ITMO University. Elena has worked as an optical designer (in Russia and the Netherlands) and a university lecturer (in Portugal), including teaching the physics of color and making art holograms.

To further develop her artistic skills, she took classes and workshops. Elena took regular online classes at the Painting Club of Richard Robinson. A number of his study works are published in Australian and international artist magazines.
In September 2015 and September 2016, she participated in clean air workshops in Italy and Spain under the direction of Richard Robinson. In 2018, she participated in clean air workshops in Paris, supervised by Qiang Huang.

His work is published in the summer 2016 edition of Studio Visit magazine.
A number of his works are in private collections in different countries around the world.

Education:

ITMO University

Exhibitions:

May 2010 - Rotterdam
March 2011 - Rotterdam
July 2012 Hellevoetsluis
May 2014 Venlo
July 2014 Budapest
May 2016 Lelystad
July 2019 Zaandam

Artistic influences:

Richard Robinson, Qiang Huang

Key words:

landscape, seascape, city scene, ballet, beach scene, pets