Elena Mashajeva-Agraphiotis

Art is about life:conception, birth,vision and emotions.Art is more than material it is a great empathy for the world and for life!
Elena was born in USSR.She graduated from the University of V.U.Lenin in St.Petersburg where found her true passion for art.

Elena has been working as a artist for over 20 years across 3 different country-Russia ,Austria,America.

Now she set up her permanent studio in the South of France.

As a contemporary impressionist artist she try to display the multifaceted beauty of nature.Elena work in many different techniques...from classical portraiture, still life, to abstract expressionistic landscapes and compositions.

Elena"s work has been internationaly recognized.

Most recently she has completed most ambitious private commissions to date, which is designing and painting the ceilings of a recently restored Chateau in the South of France.

2003 - 2006
Academy of figurative Art Los Angeles

1996 - 1999
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Austria

1980 - 1986
Ulianov Lenin University in St.Petersburg