Elena Gantchikova

Elegantchikova (Elena Gantchikova Mathiesen) is a Paris-based French synesthetic multidisciplinary artist and interdisciplinary creator | Pianist & Audiovisual Composer | Creator of Artist Jewelry (unique pieces) | Art & Music Critic | Pedagogue.

Trained at the Moscow School of Fine Arts, the Moscow and Paris Conservatories, EHESS/CNRS, IRCAM/Centre Pompidou, and TU Berlin, she emerges from a deeply rooted artistic lineage. Her authority is further reinforced through residencies at the Akademie der Künste Berlin, IMEB, and the Paul Sacher Stiftung.

A synesthetic artist and creator of audiovisual immersive worlds, she develops a unified artistic language grounded in live piano performance as a primary source of emotional energy. Around this core unfolds a total synthesis of the arts, where visual compositions, surreal imagery, collectible panels and assemblages interact with sound art and sound design, forming immersive environments and spatial installations.

Rooted in a profound knowledge of art history and perceptual systems, her work bridges classical heritage and cutting-edge technologies. Rather than rejecting tradition, she extends it — positioning herself as a continuator of a long artistic evolution into the techn...

• Moscow School of Fine Arts | Academic Painting & Fine Arts
• Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory | Piano, Theory, and Composition
• Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) | Contemporary Composition (under Gérard Grisey)
• IRCAM / Centre Pompidou | Sound Synthesis & Programming (under Pierre Boulez & Brian Ferneyhough)
• Sorbonne University | Art History Studies, Maîtrise (under Manfred Kelkel)
• EHESS & CNRS (Paris) | DEA (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies) in Art History & Technology (under Hugues Dufourt)
• Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | Digital Technology & Electroacoustic Composition
Residencies & Foundations
• Akademie der Künste Berlin | Artist Residency
• IMEB (Bourges) | Electroacoustic Studio Residency
• Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel) | Research Residency

Residencies & Foundations
• Akademie der Künste Berlin | Artist Residency
• IMEB (Bourges) | Electroacoustic Studio Residency
• Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel) | Research Residency