Elen&ART

I am a Ukrainian artist working primarily in the medium of oil
painting within the style of esoteric realism. My art explores the
connection between the soul and the human body, where gesture and facial expression become conduits into the realm of myth and ancient legend.
I was born in Kyiv  and pursued my artistic path from the
Children’s Art School No. 9 to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where I studied under distinguished masters of the realist tradition — Vasyl Magalás, Yuriy Khymych, and Viktor
Kryzhanivskyi. My work has been deeply influenced by two great
artists: Michelangelo Buonarroti, who examined the body as a mirror of the psyche, and Mikhail Vrubel, who gave life to impossible,
metaphysical beings.
In my painting, anatomical precision intertwines with mystical
symbolism, transforming the canvas into a space where reality and
myth converge. For me, the image is not only a study of form but also an attempt to capture the movement of the soul revealed through
gesture and expression.