[ Russian Moscow based contemporary artist ]

About artist

“I always had a passion for art, I knew this was my gift yet my career took me away from my passion. It was only in 2019 that I knew that I could no longer live a lie so I swapped a career in business for a profession as a full-time artist, a job that in my heart I was always meant to do.”



Elena Kurochko (ex. Elena K.Smith) is an award-winning artist currently based in Moscow, Russia. She completed a master's degree in cartography and the design of geographic maps. Since 2012 Elena has been running her business in geodesy and cartography, cadastre, and topography. In 2013 she graduated with a master's degree in management. In 2019 she left her business to fully pursue her career in art.

Through her works, Elena explores the concept of escaping from the stress of the city to the "luxurious sea horizon". Creating in a distinctive style that fuses realism with pop art, Elena endeavors to capture the imprint of time, space, mood, and emotions.

Her artworks are are in the collection of the Museum of the Faculty of Arts of the RSSU and in private collections across the world mostly in the Europe, USA, UK, South Korea, Australia, Russia. Her paintings are regularly noted by art curators at leading galleries and appear in special curatorial selections.



Exhibitions

2024 Arbuzz Gallery The Green Ray group exhibition Moscow, Russia

2024 New Tretyakov Gallery exhibition of works by finalists of the All-Russian competition "Russia. Horizons 2024", Moscow

2024 Ars Visio Project Eternal Summer Exhibition, Moscow

2024 Art&Brut Gallery group exhibition "Flicker", Moscow

2024 VLADEY contemporary art auction: curated "Realism" May, June, "Everything for 100+" May, Moscow

2024 VLADEY auction of contemporary art "All for 100" March, Moscow

2023 VLADEY curatorial auction "Realism" October, Moscow

2023 ELOHOVSKIY GALLERY pre-auction exhibition and auction of contemporary art, Moscow

2023 Gallery "Here on Taganka" group exhibition "Wow 2.0"

2023 VLADEY contemporary art auction "Realism" May, "Everything is 100" May, Moscow

2023 MYXA Gallery group exhibition "Yachting is...", Moscow

2023 VLADEY auction of contemporary art "Realism" March, Moscow

2023 Artplay gallery "Apartment S" group exhibition "Old and New", Moscow

2022 Urbanside Gallery / Zurich Switzerland - Zurich, Switzerland

2021 SWISS ART EXPO / Art Expo Zurich, Switzerland


Recognitions

  • Finalist of the All-Russian competition "Russia. Horizons 2024" with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives
  • Best of January 2022 Artfinder.com
  • Semi-finalist for the ARTBOX.PROJECT WORLD 2.0, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Semi-finalist for the ARTBOX.PROJECT Zurich 3.0
  • Best of March 2021 | Saatchi Art


Education

MA 2013 | Lomonosov Moscow State University

MA 2009 | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography