Elen Alien is GlogauAIR resident
from July, 2023 to September, 2023
Ukraine
Meet the Artist
Coming soon
Statement
Elen Alien explores the points of contact between nature and humans, delving into timeless questions. Her expression converges the sacred, natural, and aesthetic, driven by a shared purpose. Capturing life’s ambivalence, Elen Alien juxtaposes tender flowers with hard epoxy resin, revealing complexity. Seeking artistic preservation, she captures fleeting beauty, contrasting impermanence with digital immortality. Inspired by her nomadic lifestyle and Scandinavian sustainability, Elen Alien provokes introspection on technology and celebrates nature’s allure. Her journey transcends boundaries, inviting transformative exploration of interconnectedness in our ever-changing world.
GlogauAIR Project
“The Garden of Transcendence” explores the balance between digital and natural realms. Elen Alien combines digital sketches and oil paintings with dry flowers, creating a mesmerizing interplay. Her style blends realism and surrealism, inviting contemplation of flow and transformation. Inspired by post-human theories, she challenges conventions, delving into the essence of organisms. Elen Alien’s nomadic lifestyle and connection with nature fuel her exploration. With a modest color palette and glitch elements, she creates a powerful visual impact. This immersive exhibition prompts reflection on digital habits, nature, and technological progress. Enter “The Garden of Transcendence” and explore the captivating merging of digital and natural realms.
Collage, Installation, and Painting
CV Summary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 – “The Garden of Transcendence” solo show, Vulkan, Oslo (upcoming)
- 2022 – “Mono no aware” solo show, Brännkyrka church, Stockholm
- 2022 – “Mono no aware” solo show, Gallery K45, Stockholm
ART FAIRS
- 2023 – Affordable Art Fair Stockholm (upcoming)
- 2021 – ”Art Nordic”, Copenhagen
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 – Summer show, Gallery M35, Oslo (upcoming)
- 2023 – Kobe 6 – Untitled, Mela, Oslo
- 2023 – Borderless, Verse Gallery, Oslo
- 2022 – Autumn show, Gallery M35, Oslo
- 2022 – Summer show, Gallery M35, Oslo
- 2022 – Varutstallning 2022, Gallery K45, Stockholm
- 2022 – Spring salon, Nata Watts Gallery, Copenhagen
- 2021 – “Nymph”, Monday studio, Copenhagen
- 2021 – ”Kvinnliga Linjer”, Park, Stockholm
- 2021 – “The Earth. Version 2021. What was next?”, Darwin Museum, Moscow
- 2021 – “Art dialogue”, [format] gallery, Moscow
- 2018 – Next Station Sokol, Moscow
- 2012 – “OK. WATCH!”, Nina Romanova, Novosibirsk
EDUCATION
- 2021-2022 ”Project Konst”, Folkuniversitetet Konstskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2021-2022 “Art, architecture and visual culture in Sweden”, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2007 – 2013 MA, Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Art, Novosibirsk, Russia
- 1997 – 2007 Art school №2, Novokuznetsk, Russia
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
- 2023 – “ART RADAR” interview
- 2022 – “Journalen”
- 2021 – “Metropolis” interview
- 2021 – Bored Panda
- 2013 – Lamente #2
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