Elena Gorn

I work at the intersection of abstract painting and spatial form, examining the present through the context of place. My projects are grounded in observation, material experimentation, and embodied action, and develop through interaction with the physical and social environments of the places where I live and visit.

My practice includes performative engagement with the body and materials, as well as experiments conducted outdoors, where environmental conditions become part of the artistic process. Medium and form emerge through research and interaction with the environment.

I am interested in memory, belonging, migration, and the fragility of identity. Personal experience serves as a point of departure, while the social context provides a framework for reading the work. The structural principles of graphic design help me shape the internal logic and organization of the artistic process.

2025–2026 — Moscow School of Contemporary Art (MSCA),
Continuing Professional Development Programme in Art Practices, Moscow
Programme Curator: Ivan Novikov
2026 — SHOV School of Contemporary Art, 4th Cohort, Moscow
2000–2005 — Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law (MIEMP), Degree in Law, Moscow

Professional Experience
2005–2023 — Professional practice in graphic design and visual communication

2026 — OPEN WoL, Shortlisted Artist (Object Design), 3L Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2026 — Open House, Herzl 107, Tel Aviv, Israel
2026 — Practices of Everyday Life, curated by Maxim Minenko, Tatiana Muravyeva, Ekaterina Polyakova,
U Contemporary, ARTPLAY, Moscow
2025 — The Art and Soul of Tel Aviv, curated by Fiammetta Martegani, Tel Aviv
2025 — 25 Years of Bauhaus Center, Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
2025 — Contrast! Issue 4, Meta Space Gallery (Online), United Kingdom
2025 — Abstractus, Juried International Smart Exhibition, Selected Artist, Exhibizone / Biafarin (Online)
2025 — Home: SDG 3.4 Mental Health Arts Advocacy, Selected Artist, The 34 Gallery (Online)