Elena Figurina

Born in 1955 in Ventspils, Latvia, Elena graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation. The artist currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

Elena Figurina’s paintings draw on the classical early-20th-century German Expressionism in the vein of the world-famous Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter collectives. The artist’s rather expressive style involves wide brushstrokes and local colours. Figurina’s treatment of her bright palette is complex and profound, and the resulting pictorial plane is simultaneously delicate and intense. Expressive imagery, spatial freedom, emotional and chromatic openness are present in each of her works.