Eleanor Mill

I am the daughter of my time.
I was born into an atheistic society. The special significance of the concepts of sex, age, profession, religion, nationality, race, sexual orientation was not imposed on me, so these things do not matter to me even now.
I grew up in a troubled period when people in my country experimented with lawlessness. Those who chose to do what was right became the losers, while winners were the ones who took the easy way.
I live in a world where Art has ceased to be Artful, it has become Artificial. Enlightenment is not profitable. Marketing is the most valuable of the professions.

I was lucky to be born in St. Petersburg, one of the best cities in Russia. Although the pages of its grave history are quite dark, it has retained some real treasures. In rare hours of sunlight, this city can inspire. A trip to the Hermitage museum is like is an antidote for me, as it helps not to lose faith that people are capable of greatness.
My work is a balance on “the edge of a coin with two sides”. This is the search for harmony between nature and man. Is nature against man or man against nature?
I use traditional techniques. When studying space, I do a lot of road sketches as artists did in their Grand Tour. I look ...

2000-2003 – Elementary Art Education at St. Petersburg Children’s Art School “Alexandrino”

2003-2006 – Secondary education at
St. Petersburg BV Johansson State Academy Art Lyceum at the Russian Academy of Arts. Architecture department

2006-2012 – Higher Education: honours degree in Graphic design at Baltic Institute of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Cooperation, Department of Design. Thesis: “Presentation of the French Institute in St. Petersburg and its Information and graphics software.” Thesis defense - “excellent, with the approval of the State Commission.”

25 – 27 May 2020
FabrianoinAcquarello
Fabriano, Italy. Online festival because of COVID-19 crisis

25 January – 8 February 2020
4th edition of International Watercolor Contest
Galleria Esdé di Daniela Sonedda. Vico I dei Genovesi 6, Cagliari, Italy

15 November – 10 December 2019
The X International Biennale “Art-Bridge-Watercolor”
Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg / Museum «Universe of water», St. Petersburg, Russia

04 October – 04 November 2019
Final exhibition «ArchiGraphicArts 6»
Catacomba gallery, Maliy Vlasyevsky per. 5/2, Moscow, Russia

20 July – 24 August 2018
Solo exhibition “1&1000 touch” Graphic arts
Fossart Gallery and Hotel Domina, Moika River Emb., 99, St. Petersburg

03 – 17 May 2018
Solo exhibition “Eleanor Mill. Immersion. Watercolor portraits of cities"
Fossart Gallery, St. Petersburg

01 – 25 February 2018
Group exhibition «The Masters of Watercolor»
Exhibition Center Saint-Petersburg Union of Artist, Bolshaya Morskaya st., 38, St. Petersburg

18.11 – 18.12.2017
The IX International Biennale “Art-Bridge-Watercolor2017” Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg

04 – 07 May 2017
1st International Watercolour Festival IWS PORTUGAL
Torres Vedras – Galeria Municipal, Paços do Concelho, Port...