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Elena Shmatko (born 1969) is a famous Ukranian-Russian artist. In 1987 she graduated from Taras Shevchenko Art School, Ukraine specializing in fine arts. In 1995 she advanced her artistic skills graduating from the College of Graphics of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, Kiyev, Ukraine (now National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture). In 1990-2000 she worked predominately in easel graphics technique. Her ex libris prints won numerous international competitions, acquired by museums in Italy, Taiwan, Lithuania, France, as well as treasured by private collectors. In 2006 Elena has tried herself in conceptual art performance genre creating ManageX, an actionism exhibition in NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow (http://kunstaspekte.art/event/exhibition-of-living-managers-2006-03?fbclid=IwAR1JwJP2yg8vX5wW6ENrwDXFIVT30WtmpQbtnM_-fvTeOLht8fyrzhgCnGk). She is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Elena also teaches pictorial art and drawing at schools in Moscow successfully using her own method of applied drawing. Elena currently lives and works in Moscow, Russia.