PUMP Painting

Elena Sharbur is a Moscow-based multi-disciplinary artist exploring the clash of finance and culture. She has been active on the local and international scene, selling to private collections since her graduation from the MGOU in Graphic Design with a major in automotive design, as well as taking part in Zurab Tsereteli’s workshop where she was called one of the most promising painters of modern Russia. (Zurab Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments. Tsereteli has served as the President of the Russian Academy of Arts since 1997) Between exhibition across Russia and abroad, Elena works with well-known clients such as as MTS (one of the largest phone telephony providers in Russia), Rostelecom (Rostelecom is Russia's leading long-distance telephony provider) and ERGO Insurance (ERGO Groups a group of insurance companies owned by Munich Re. ERGO is one of the largest insurance groups in Europe). Lately, she collaborated with Nikita Mikhalkov's Academy of Cinema to rebrand the prestigious institution with a new design. (Nikita Mikhalkov a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union). Through a classical approach inspired by the technique of the great masters, painting portraits and landscapes, Elena aims to open a discussion about the fluidity of money and the way it affects mainstream culture. Elena is a member of the Russian Creative Union and IFA since 2012.