Elena Zolotnitsky

"ART IS THE FORM OF ACTIVE PRAYER" ~ Melissa Pritchard

MA in Fine Art and Creative Animation VGIK,
Moscow State Institute of Cinematography, Russia

AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES:

2022 Artist Residency Chateau Orquevaux, France
2014 Portrait Society of America, 3rd place winner Members Only Competition, Still Life Category
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