Elena Alekseeva

Elena is an aspiring artist from Nizhny Novgorod, continuing in her new activity what she has been doing for 14 years as a craft.

Her tools are gestures and letters. Fluid letter codes and ciphers are a topic of constant research in the context of the movement of time flows, visualization of verbal and nonverbal communications, recording of sound reality.

Elena uses letters, lettering, calligraphy, handwriting as the basis of her creative method. Having perfected the techniques of calligraphy, she expands the meaning of the letter and gives it new multi-layered meanings, turning it into a sign, a self-defining symbol of creativity.

The letter in her works goes beyond the usual graphic symbol of phonetic writing – the sign becomes a verbalized concept, integrating into the unique creative ecosystem of the author.

Elena experiences any life experience, contact with the outside world or processes of internal reflection, with the help of verbalization of the concept in the sign. Any person, in her view, consists of thoughts expressed and unspoken. Formulated news feed and modern neologisms characterize time. Verbalized thoughts become words, meaningful combinations of letters.
Unspoken thoughts remain concepts in the auth...

Artist, teacher of calligraphy.

Group shows with calligraphic works:
Permanent exhibition activity from 2018 to 2021 within the framework of the calligraphic craft, which does not make sense to list.

Group shows in the context of contemporary art:

2021 (August 19-October 4) - Arsenal Museum of Modern Art (branch of the Pushkin State Art Institute in Nizhny Novgorod) - participation in the group exhibition "Forgotten Words" dedicated to V. Dahl.

2021 (October 8-December 3) - Louvre Gallery, 1st exhibition hall of the Orenburg Governor's Museum - group exhibition "Live Line". Canvas "Pause" from the series "Instructions of happiness".