Before the Start Print

Elena Erős was born in Moscow, Russia. Her first art teacher was internationally known artist A. Motovilov. In 1971 she competed with thousands of other talented young people and after series of entry exams won a coveted place at the Faculty of Applied Art, Moscow University of Design and Technology, where she studied under renowned Russian Artists. In 1973 Erős was awarded an ‘Outstanding Student International Scholarship’, enabling her to continue her education at the Hungarian University of Art & Design in Budapest, Hungary, from where Elena Erős earned MFA in Men's and Women' Fashion Design. In 1980 Erős was invited to work as a professor assistant at Moscow University of Design and Technology. Later Elena Erős moved back to Budapest , where she worked as a Fashion Trend Coordinator, Fashion Designer, Lecturer and Illustrator for Hungarian Fashion Institute, Portrait Artist in Residence for Hungarian Medical Society, background painter for “Pannonia Film Studios” and was a freelance Artist and an Art Instructor. Elena Erős moved to Great Britain in 1996, where she became interested in horses and started to paint at Windsor & Ascot Race Courses, emphasizing decorative aspects of those spectacular events. Her popular “Hats” series have become her signature paintings with unique perspective and stylized impressionistic interpretation of spectators and horses. Ms Eros's paintings are in Corporate & Private Collections in Russia, Hungary, Germany, UK and the USA & in the Art Galleries. Elena Erős came to the USA in 2006 and won International Drawing Competition for American Artist Magazine with a Portrait Study of her Father, which was published in winter 2006 issue. She is a member of Arizona Artist Guild, Portrait Artists of Arizona, Arizona Pastel Artists Association, Oil Painters of America, American Academy of Equine Art, American Impressionist Society and International Guild of Realism. Elena Erős has been teaching Drawing & Painting in Schools, Colleges, Community and Art Centers. Erős is a numerous awards winner, she exhibits Nationally & Internationally. Her paintings are in private, corporate Collections, Museums and Art Galleries Nationally and Internationally.