Beginning (Initium, Начало) Painting

"...The sketchy drawing and the pleasure of the simple narration - these are the dowries of the artist Elena Asseeva. The immediacy of these drawings has given to her artworks the "felliniane" atmosphere, oneiric and surreal, full of carnival and allegory. The style of the artist is adulterated and infantile at the same time, fairy and fantastic, full of mirrors and imagination. We can notice an affinity with the paintings of Marc Chagall, especially in the free and dreamy, full of illusions, language they both use..." (Daniele Radini Tedeschi, Professor of Art History, Art Critic, Curator, for the catalog of exhibition "Il Piacere" (Galleria Consorti, Rome, 2010)) Elena Asseeva (born 26.02.1975). Russian Artist and Graphic Designer. Lives both in Russia (Gelendzhik) and in Italy (Rome, Cerveteri). Since 2003 a Teacher of Graphic Design and Compositionl. Member of Professional Union of Designers (Russia). Winner of grant of the G.Soros Center of Contemporary Arts (St. Petersburg), Medal in "Graphics" Nomination of "Premio della Lupa" (Rome), the nominee of several awards in Contemporary Art in Italy. In collection of Krasnodar State Museum of Arts (Russia), Novorossiysk Museum of Visual Arts, Gelendzhik City Museum, Gelenzhik Exhibition Hall, Slavic Foundation (Moscow). Works are in private collections in different countries. Collaborates with gallery IN (Novorossyisk)