Prudnikova Elena Sergeevna
Born on July 27th, 1978 in Chita. In 1997 graduated from Chita college of music, majoring in fine arts. In 2000-2007 studied in St-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after I.E.Repin, at the faculty of painting (department chaired by S.D.Kichko, V.V.Zagonek), graduated with honours, was marked by a praize from the State Examination Board.
Member of the Russian Artists’ Union from 2008, National Pastel Union of Russia, signature member of PSA (Pastel Society of America).
2007 – Golden medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
2010 – Prize-winner of the All-Russia Youth Exhibition in Moscow
2010 – Diploma of the winner of the youth exhibition “Hope 8” Russian Union of Artists, Saint-Petersburg
2020 – 1st Prize – International online-exhibition of Russian National Pastel Society, Russia
2020 – 2nd Place – International online-exhibition “Marks of Distinction 2020”, СMPS Central Mass Pastel Society, US
2020 – Silver award, International online-exhibitionк “GLPS 2020 National show award”, Great Lake Pastel Society, US
2020 – Robert and Patricia Suggs Award of Distinction, online-exhibition “Pastels USA 2020 online”, Pastel Society of the West Coast, US
2020 – Best in show, First place, online-exhibition “20th International juried exhibition. Pastels only!”, PSME Pastel Society of Maine, US.
2020 – Gift of Anonymous Donor, award “Next Generation of Pastelists”, Pastel Society of America, US
2020 – 1st Place – International online-exhibition “Spirit of Pastel”, Pastels Artists of Oregon (PAO), US
2020 – 3rd Place – International online-exhibition “Adventures in Pastel”, MidAmerica Pastel Society, US
2020 – Terry Ludwig Pastels Award of Excellence – International online-exhibition “28th National Pastel Painting Exhibition “, Pastel Society of New Mexico, US
2020 – 1st Place – International online-exhibition “Art of Pastel 2020”, Pastel Society of Southeast Texas, US
2021 – 1st Place – International online-exhibition «Pastels in Paradise», Left Coast Pastel Painters Society.
2021 – Honorable mention in the online exhibition competition organized by Dakota Art Pastels.
2021 – Golden prize – 1st Place – “6th NSP exhibition, summer online-project”.
2021 – Sponsorship award from the “Blick” store in the international online and offline exhibition by Pastel Society of New Mexico 29th National Pastel Painting Exhibition “Hybrid”.
2021 – 1st place in the international online exhibition by Pastel Society of West Coast PASTEL USA: 99 VOISES IN PASTEL at category “Modern Realism”, august.
2021 – 6th exhibition of the NSP (National Union of Pastelists of Russia) Summer Online project
2021 – II All-Russian exhibition “Pastel of Russia”, Omsk, September.
2022 – Irresistible Impact Award LCPPS (Left Coast Pastel Painters Society) in the international online exhibition Pastels in Paradise, February.
2023 – 1st Prize at the exhibition “How I represent Nigeria”, dedicated to the Russia-Africa summit
Exhibitions:
2001 — Exhibition at the Memorial estate of A.S.Pushkin in the Pushkin Mountains
2003 — Exhibition dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg. Switzerland, Lugano
2003 — Exhibition of drawings. Lebanon
2004 — Exhibition of drawings. Korea, Seoul
2005 — 2022 — “Autumn-Spring” exhibition of the Union of Artists. St-Petersburg
2003-2005 — Exhibition “From avant-garde to the present day” of the Union of Artists. St-Petersburg
2004 — Exhibition “St. Petersburg Days in Italy”. Fudzhi
2004 — Exhibition “First visit”. Stockholm, the Royal Academy of Arts
2005 — Exhibition “New Names”. Latvia, Riga
2006 — Exhibition “The Art of St. Petersburg”, the Netherlands, Delft
2007 — Exhibition of diploma works. Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
2007 — Exhibition of diplomas devoted to the 250th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow Manege
2007 — Member of the “Youth Exhibition” at the Union of Artists of Russia. Moscow
2008 — Exhibition “My Motherland”. Moscow, Central House of Artists
2008 — Exhibition “Russian Landscape”. China, Beijing
2008 — The traveling exhibition “Big Volga”
2009 — All-Russia Exhibition “Russia 11”. Moscow, Central House of Artists
2010 — All-Russia exhibition dedicated to 65th anniversary of the Second World War “Victory”. Moscow, Central House of Artists
2010 — Exhibition “Mother and Child”, St. Petersburg Chapel
2010 — Exhibition devoted to I.E.Repin at Penates (Manor Repin) 28.10. — 28.11
2010 — All-Russia Youth Exhibition. Moscow, Central House of Artists, 10.10-27.10
2010 — Exhibition of young artists “Hope 8” CX Saint-Petersburg
2011 — “Christmas Exhibition” in the gallery “Easel”, St. Petersburg
2011 — Exhibition “Spring mood” 01.03.- 27.04. Gallery “Easel”, St. Petersburg
2011 — Exhibition “Zoocluture”, Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
2011, 2012 — Exhibition dedicated to the Victory Day in the St. Petersburg Union of Artist
2011 — Exhibition “Painting of Russia Artists”. Italy, Bulgari, June.
Exhibition “Painting of Russian artists”. Italy, Pardenone, September
2012 — Exhibition “Journey to Italy”. Italy in the art of contemporary St. Petersburg artists. Museum and Exhibition Center “Hermitage-Vyborg” January-March. (The exhibition “Italian painting and sculpture of the Baroque” in the Hermitage).
2012 — Exhibition of portraits at the gallery “Moss 18”, February and March. St. Petersburg
2012 — Jubilee exhibition “80 years of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists” at the Manege of Saint-Petersburg. June-July.
2012 — Exhibition “Impression”, Gallery “Art Hall”. Vyborg. 11.07.- 12.08
2013 — All-Russian exhibition “Russian North”. Syktyvkar, October-November
2013 — Exhibition devoted to V.N.Thelin in the Russian Union of Artists. Moscow, Pokrovka 3
2014 — All-Russia Exhibition “Russia 12”. Moscow, Central House of Artists
2015 — International exhibition “Victory”. Moscow, Central House of Artists
2015 — All-Russian exhibition “For the Motherland!”. Nizhny Novgorod
2017 — All-Russian exhibition “Liki Rossii”, Arkhangelsk.
2017 — Jubilee exhibition “85 years of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists”, Saint-Petersburg.
2017 — Exhibition “Solovki”, Saint-Petersburg.
2017 — Exhibition “Window to Croatia”, Saint-Petersburg.
2017 — Exhibition “Russian mosaic”, Zagreb, Croatia.
2017 — 12th All-Russian plein air, Kirov.
2018 — Art project “Balkan bridges”, Vyborg.
2018 — Exhibition “Cat portrait”, Saint-Petersburg.
2018 — Exhibition “Our Petersburg”, Vyborg.
2019 — Exhibition “Drawing of St. Petersburg artists”, Saint-Petersburg.
2019 — Exhibition “The magic of white nights”, Saint-Petersburg.
2019 — All-Russian Exhibition “From the Great War to the Great Troubles”, Ekaterinburg
2019 — All-Russian Exhibition “Our world. New reality”, Moscow
2019 — Participant-winner of a major competitive exhibition project in honor of the Rembrandt Year ‘Lang Leve Rembrandt’, organized by Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, Amsterdam
2019 — Participation in the All-Russian traveling exhibition ’Picturesque Russia’ Moscow, Kirov.
2019 – NPU (National Pastelist’s Union of Russia), Exposed gallery, 13.12 – 16.12., Russia
2020 – Saint-Petersburg art-fair , Expopforum, 15.02 – 23.02, Russia
2020 – Exhibition “For the Russian Land!” 23.02 – 10.03, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2020 – Exhibition “Summer”, 20.08- 5.09, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2020 – Exhibition “Not About the War”, 3.09.2020 – 22.02.2021, Moscow, Russia
2020 – Exhibition NPU and MAU “From Deep”, Moscow, Russia
2020 – Exhibition NPU “Intersections”, Exposed gallery, 3-6.12, Moscow, Russia
2020 – International online exhibition “3rd NPU Exhibition”, National Pastelist’s Union of Russia
2020 – International online exhibition “Marks of Distinction 2020”, СMPS Central Mass Pastel Society, US
2020 – International online exhibition “GLPS 2020 National show award”, Great Lake Pastel Society, US
2020 – International online exhibition “Pastels USA 2020 online”, Pastel Society of the West Coast, US
2020 – International online exhibition “20th International juried exhibition. Pastels only!”, PSME Pastel Society of Maine, US
2020 – 48th International online exhibition of Pastel society of America “Enduring Brilliance”, US
2020 – International online exhibition “Spirit of Pastel”, Pastels Artists of Oregon (PAO), US
2020 – International online exhibition “Adventures in Pastel”, MidAmerica Pastel Society, US
2020 – International online exhibition “28th National Pastel Painting Exhibition”, Pastel Society of New Mexico, US
2020 – International online exhibition “Art of Pastel 2020”, Pastel Society of Southeast Texas, US
2020 – Exhibition “Portrait of a cat”, Saint-Petersburg, October.
2021 – Exhibition of portraits in London Mall Galleries, Royal Society Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2021, 5.05-16.05.
2021 – International Exhibition of Pastels – IAPS 38th Open Division Juried Exhibition, Сhicago. 17.06 – 19.07
2021 – Exhibition “Family-the Soul of Russia” Moscow, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve June 24- August 15
2021 – Exhibition “The Art of Pastels”, Penza Regional Art Gallery named after K.A. Savitsky, October 1 – November 14
2021 – Exhibition “I’m in a Cube”, Rumyantsev Mansion, State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. Curator Olga Prozherova, November 10
2021 – Exhibition “Portrait of a cat”, Saint-Petersburg, 5.11 – 19.11
2021 – Exhibition of NSP “Intersections” Moscow, Exposed Gallery, December 3-5
2022 – Exhibition “Moscow, St. Petersburg – to Peter the Great 350”, Moscow, 28.01 – 23.02.
2022 – Exhibition of graphic works by teachers of the Department of easel and book graphics and participants of the project “Bridges” (Belarus, Ukraine, Russia). February 9-20. The White and Gothic Hall of the Educational Museum of Applied Arts of the A.L. Stiglitz, Saint-Petersburg.
2022 – Exhibition “St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin today. Diploma works”, Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery, Minsk, Belarus, 07.04 – 29.05
2022 – The 90th Anniversary exhibition of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. St. Petersburg
2022 – 265 years since the foundation of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, “Academy of the Three most Noble Arts”, 20.09 -14.10, Kronstadt, M.K. Anikushin Art School, 57 Lenin Ave
. 2022 – Annual exhibition of the National Union of Pastelists of Russia (NSP) “Intersections” 01.12-04.12 Moscow, gallery “Exposed”
2022 – “Moscow – St. Petersburg. Peter the Great -350” The West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Krymsky Val , 10. 29.01-23.02
2022 – St. Petersburg – Moscow St. Petersburg , Bolshaya Morskaya 38 ,December 1-18
2023 – Mobile pastel exhibition “Chalk” of the National Union of Pastelists of Russia, Novgorod — NCSI – 03.02.- 26.02; Ryazan – Exhibition Hall of the Ryazan State Regional Art Museum named after I.P. Zhalostin – 03.03. – 02.04; Pless – Pless Museum-Reserve Hall of the Levitanov Cultural Center – 06.04. – 06.05.
2023 G. – Exhibition “On the sunny side” 07.03 – 19.03, St. Petersburg. The Union of artist, Great Hall
2023 – Pastel portrait exhibition “A tone lighter”, 03.04 – 14.04, St. Petersburg, Exhibition halls Wednesday, Konnogvardeysky Boulevard, 4.
2023 – Exhibition “Towards the Sun” , 22.04 – 20.05, Petrozavodsk, Museum of Fine Arts of Karelia.
2023 – “Petersburg. Who are we?” The Union of artist, St. Petersburg. Great Hall, June.
2023 – “How I represent Nigeria” — exhibition dedicated to the Russia-Africa summit at the House of the Architect of St. Petersburg, Bolshaya Morskaya 52, July 27-29
2023 – “Dreams of Nigeria” , Art Muse St. Petersburg, 18.08 – 10.09
2023 – Exhibition “Art Fauna” St. Petersburg, The Union of artist, 03.08 -03.09
2023 – Regional art exhibition “St. Petersburg” CX, St. Petersburg. 16.11-03.12
2023-2024. – Exhibition “Christmas kaleidoscope” in the gallery of paintings of the 20th century, 17.12. 2023 – 20.01.2024
2023-2024 – Annual exhibition of the National Union of Pastelists of Russia “Intersections” 20.12 – 07.01. 2024 Moscow, Savvinskaya embankment 23, page 1
2024 – All-Russian exhibition “Russia 14” Moscow, West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery, 06.02–25.02.
2024 – “A tone lighter. Women’s view” exhibition of pastels. 06.03-31.03, St. Petersburg, Zarenkov Gallery.
2024 – Exhibition project of ROSIZO and The Union of artist of Russia “Communication of generations” 02.03- 15.04, Moscow, gallery “Here on Taganka”
2024 – Exhibition project of ROSIZO and CX of Russia “Communication of generations” 05.03-05-05 , Izborsk, State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve “Izborsk”
2024 – “The feast. Russian Tradition” Merchant Lapin’s Space, Pskov, 03/31/31/05
2024 – Annual international exhibition “Realisms” Exhibition space “ART Box”
Personal exhibitions:
2008 — Exhibition “Russian Spring” (with Makarov A.V.) May-September, Moscow Mayor’s Office
2009 — Exhibition “Reflection” (with Makarov A.V.) in the Art Café, Griboyedov Canal 22
2009 — Exhibition “Harmony of life” in the gallery “Art object” (with Makarov A.V.)
2009 — Exhibition “Harmony of life” (with A.V.Makarov) in Novocheboksarsk Art Museum
2009 — Exhibition in the St. Petersburg Union of Artists in White Hall, October (with Makarov A.V.)
2009 — Exhibition dedicated to the singer Pelageya in Oktyabrsky Concert Hall on November 14, the day of her concert
2010 — Exhibition (with Makarov A.V.) at the Geological Research Institute “VSEGEI”, February, Saint-Petersburg
2012 — Exhibition of the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, in the White Hall in the painting section. April
2012 — Exhibition in the Moscow City Hall, dedicated to the Day of Moscow. September 1 — December 29
2013 — Exhibition “Face, profile, three quarters …” with Alexandra Nedzvetskaya, 5 — 17 February, Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
2013 — Exhibition in the framework of the project “Women’s Vision” in the gallery of the Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg. 5-18 March.
2014 — Exhibition “Bright days” in the exhibition center Hermitage-Vyborg, 06.03. — 10. 04
2015 — Exhibition “Rus, Russia, Motherland”. Theater-exhibition complex “Gostinka —Art” of the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor. 12-30 September, St. Petersburg (together with Daria Antipina, Anna Kajal, Daria Kollegova, Natalia Pushnina, Yury Vasiliev, Rostislav Ivanov).
2016 — exhibition “Shores” at the Russian Union of Artists 29.06 — 15.07, Moscow, ul. Pokrovka 37 (together with I. Pyankov, A.Nedzvetskaya, K. Grachev, E. Gracheva.)
2016 — Exhibition “Listening to the silence …” at the Exhibition Center “Hermitage” 01.10 — 01.11, Vyborg (with I. Pyankov)
2016 — 2017 — Exhibition “Shores”, Saint-Petersburg.
2019 — Exhibition “Through time” (with works by Prudnikov S.E.), Vladivostok, Russia
2019 — Exhibition “1650 shades of crayon”, Saint-Petersburg.
2020 – Exhibition “Through time” (with works by Prudnikov S.E.), 16.10 – 15.11, Chita, Russia
2023 – Personal exhibition (together with S.E. Prudnikov) “Through Time”, “Historical and Art Museum Complex” Novocheboksarsk, Chuvash Republic, 13.01 – 19.02
2023 – A small personal exhibition at the office of NMG – National Media Group, Moscow, October.
2023 – Personal exhibition (together with S.E. Prudnikov) “Through Time” Surgut, Sterkh Gallery October 27-December 17.
2023-2024 – Personal exhibition of the children’s portrait “To be continued” together with Chuvasheva T., Lapygina A., Selivanov D., Pavlova M., Burkov E., Vostretsova A., Milashevich N., curator Olga Prozherova, Rumyantsev Mansion – State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, 11/30/2023 – 30.01.2024
2024 – Personal exhibition at the Union of Artists, White Hall of the painting section, April-May.
Publications:
“Arts Council”, July-August 2009. “The family of artists. Face to face or back to back”. “Russian gallery of 21st century”, 1-2, 2009. “Harmony and joy of life”.
Petrogradskaya Perspektiva newspaper “Harmony healing Forces” , author of the article Elena Zakharchenko No. 5 (463) March 22, 2021
The magazine “Secreta Artis” of the Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts of Sergei Andriyaki. “Not about the war” “New curatorial view”, the author of the article Vera Lagutenkova
French magazine “Pratigue des Arts” Special Pastel 64/ 2021 article by Laurent Benoist Rencontre: Elena Prudnikov L’artiste russe peint des pastels méticuleux qui laissent transparaître l’âme de ses modèles. “Au plus près De l’âme” – interview with the author.
Magazine “Young artist” 10/2021 Article “St. Petersburg artists”, author Galina Bogdanov.
Elena’s works are in private collections in Russia and abroad as well as in the museums: Novocheboksarsk Art Museum, Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum, the exhibition center Hermitage-Vyborg, Penza Regional Art Gallery named after K.A. Savitsky, in the Ozerov House Art Gallery, Kolomna.