Elena Figurina

1955  Elena Figurina was born in Ventspils (Latvia)
1976  She started painting
1978  She had her first exhibition
1979  She graduated from the St.-Petersburg Institute of Aircraft Construction.

She was a member of a non-official group of independent artists, called Association of Experimental Art (TEII), where she regularly took part in exhibitions. Also she took part in more then 150 exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Her paintings can be found in private collections in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Australia, Poland and Russia. A book about her art appeared in the “Mir” publishing house.  She lives and works in Saint-Petersburg

EXHIBITIONS
2002 Art Agents Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
'Na Obvodnom', Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2001 'Elena Figurina', Gallery D137, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
1998 Center of Modern Art, University of St.-Petersburg, Russia
1997 Werdermann Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1996  Museum of Anna Akhmatova “Fountain house”, St.-Petersburg, Russia
1995 State Museum of Theater and Music Arts, St.-Petersburg, Russia
1992 Gelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
International Images Gallery, Sewickly, USA
Werdermann Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1991 Lind and Andreasen Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
1990 Exhibit Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Avrora magazine, St.-Petersburg, Russia
1989 Kleine Typografie Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1988 Museum collections
1987 State Russian Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Museum of History of St.-Petersburg, Russia
State museum of Theater and Music Arts, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Far Eastern Museum of Fine Arts, Habarovsk, Russia
Museum of Fine Arts, Sevastopol
Zimmerly Museum, New Jersey, USA
Oregon University Museum of Arts, USA
Museum of Modern Art, University of St.-Petersburg, Russia
Museum of Nonconformist Art, St.-Petersburg, Russia