Elena Zolotnitsky

San Francisco, CA, United States

About Elena Zolotnitsky

"Beauty always offers its own form of seduction" ~ Elizabeth George. I was born in Moscow in 1961. Graduated from Moscow Cinema Academy in 1986 with the MA in Fine Art and Animation. Until 1989, when I left Russia, I worked as a creative director in animation production, a freelance illustrator and a poster designer. I also started my career as a painter. For the last 23 years I was professionally recognized by major American Art Institutions like Communication Arts, American Society of Publication Design and Society of Illustrators. My art appeared on the cover of New York Times Book Review, 7x7 San Francisco Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Architectural Digest, American Art Collector and numerous editorial publications across America and in Russia. I was granted Awards of Excellence and the title of the "Best in the Show" from Loyola, Nicolet and San Diego Art Colleges juried competitions. And I was awarded residencies and fellowships here in America and in Europe for my achievements and artistic endeavors.

Education:

VGIK, Moscow State Institute of Cinematography, Russia

Exhibitions:

Awards, Grants, Residencies:
2013 Full Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2008 Visual Aid’s Jerome Caja Terrible Beauty Award, San Francisco, CA 2007 Award of Excellence, Cash Prize at Northern National Art
Competition, Nicolet College, WI
Best in the Show, Cash Prize at Loyola National Works on Paper, Chicago, IL 2005 Award of Excellence: 48th Communication Arts Annual Illustration Exhibition, CA
Full Fellowship from Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico Best in the Show and Purchase Award “Dimensions 2005”, 40th National Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
2004 Award of Excellence: SDAI 46th International Exhibition, San Diego, CA 2003 Full Fellowship Award for Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 1997 Grant from the Paul Beckett Foundation, Denmark / Spain 1993 Gold Medal: Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore, MD 1992 Merit Award: 36th Annual Illustration Exhibition, Society of Illustrators, NY 1991 Merit Award: 27th Annual Illustration Exhibition, Society of Publication Design, NY
Selected Exhibitions:
2014 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 “Moderm Masters of Contrast, Composition and Form” Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
“Seen” Visual Aid presents MONCA: Works by David Park, Nathan Oliveira, Richard Diebenkorn, Mel Ramos, Elena Zolotnitsky, San Francisco, CA
“Sin and Redemption” SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Berkeley Civic Center” in conjunction with Berkeley Art Center and KALA, CA “Scapes” Solo Show, Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Introductions 2012 - CA Realists” Statewide Juried Competition (Juror’s 5 top picks)
ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Introductions” Group Show at Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe NM “Painting Only” Juried State Competition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2011 “Introductions” Group Show at Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta GA “Zolotnitsky@Bucci’s” Emeryville, CA
“Holiday Show” Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010 “Cimmerian Muse: Exploring The Gestures Of The Mind”,
Nieto Fine Art, San Francisco CA “The Figure Now”, Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St.Louis, MO Juried by Sofie Jodoin, Alex Kanevsky and Nicholas Uribe
2009 Paul Mahder Gallery: “Basic”, San Francisco, CA 2008 Two Artists Show, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Franklin Bowles Gallery, San Francisco 2007 Loyola National Works on Paper, Crown Center Gallery Loyola University of Chicago
Northern National Art Competition, juried by Allan Peterson, Nicolett College, WI
Micaela Gallery: “Salon d’Ete 2007”, San Francisco, CA Rotunda Gallery, USF School of Law, curated by Saiko Matsumaru. San Francisco, CA Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, CA FranklinBowles Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Franklin Bowles Gallery, San Francisco, CA B. Boeltz Gallery, Denver, CO
SFMOMA Artists Gallery: “Finding the Figure”, San Francisco, CA 2005 Micaela Gallery: “Salon d’Ete 2005”, San Francisco, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Visual Aid at 16, San Francisco, CA San Diego Art Institute: 48th International Exhibition, juried by Derrick C. Cartwright, Director of the San Diego Museum of Art Barbara Anderson Gallery: “Closer”, Berkeley, CA
2004 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA Barbara Anderson Gallery: “Works on Paper”, Berkeley, CA
ARTWALK at the Embarcadero Center, curated by ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA 2003 Catharine Clark Gallery: SPICE Visual Aid Artists, San Francisco, CA
San Diego Art Institute: 46th International Exhibition, San Diego, CA 2002 Vorpal Gallery: “Beaux & Eros”, San Francisco, CA 2001 SFMOMA Artists Gallery 4 Artist Show, San Francisco, CA
Vorpal Gallery: “The Year 2001- Art Odyssey”, San Francisco, CA 1999 Museum of American Illustration: SPD Gala Annual, New York, NY
Art Expo: Finalists of the Art Calendar Magazine’s Competition, New York, NY James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD Sloane Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 Springfield Art Museum: Watercolor USA Honor Society, 6th Biennial Exhibition “Maryland Artists” Government House, Annapolis, MD
Lancaster Museum of Art: “Creating Women”, Lancaster, PA Russian Embassy, Washington D.C. curated by Diane Beal Hodson Gallery: “Made in the USA”, Hood College, Frederick, MD
1995 Regional Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore, MD 1994 Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C.L. 1993 New York City Public Library: SPD Gala Annual, New York, NY
Galerie Francoise, Green Spring, MD 1992 Zimmerly Art Museum: Norton Dodge’s Collection of Soviet Art,
Rutgers University, NJ
Selected Publications:
2013 Architectural Digest July Issue 2012 The Ritz - Carlton Magazine October Issue, page 40
Lilith Magazine Summer Issue, page 16 American Art Collector May Issue, pages 23, 85 Art & Antiques May Issue, page 19 Southwest Art Magazine January Issue, “Art of the Figure”
2011 Great River Review Cover Art for