Poygina Elena

Biography

Born in Yekaterinburg in 1984. She began her creative path in 2008, since 2017 she has been working in watercolor technique.

Education:
2001-2006 – Graduated from the Faculty of Art History and Cultural Studies of the Ural State University (now Ural Federal University), specializing in art history, Yekaterinburg
2002-2003 - took an annual drawing course at the art school. P.P. Khozhateleva, Yekaterinburg
2016 - took a course of Chinese painting at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2017 - watercolor painting course at Kalacheva school
2017 - to the present - numerous master classes with masters of watercolor painting Sergey Kurbatov, Ilya Ibryaev, Veronika Kalacheva, Konstantin Sterkhov, Yulia Barminova and others.

Exhibitions and events:
2009 - exhibition "Insalata Italiano" - Ural State University
2010 - exhibition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama), Yekaterinburg.
2020 - 2nd exhibition of Russian watercolor artists "Dreams come true" IWS SARE GALLERY, Moscow
2020 - participation in the creative festival "Art for planet"
2022 - participation in the competition "Creative 2022" from Art Nagrada

Works are in private collections in Russia, Great Britain, France, Australia and the USA.

To take up brushes and paints, Elena is prompted by the beauty of the world around her - when something makes her heart beat faster and jump with delight. It can be beautiful architecture from different countries, flowers, animals, nature. And she strives to create paintings that will evoke the same joyful emotions in the audience - delight, inspiration, peace, a sense of happiness.