
Elena Istomina
Achievements (awards, articles, exhibitions)
My works were included in the catalog of masters "Christian Art – 2024", with the support of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
I was awarded Letters of appreciation from the Head of the Taganrog City Administration for my active participation in the project "Window to Taganrog: look at the city differently!", the Head of the Novocherkassk City Administration for my high professionalism, creativity and active participation in the project "Ataman Platov – the history and pride of the Don Land".
I was awarded the Diploma of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia (2024).
Exhibition activities:
1st degree diploma holder of the international painting competition "Dali's Mustache", Spain (2022);
Regional exhibitions of the Rostov branch of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Elista, Rostov region (2022-2025);
City exhibitions of the Taganrog branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Taganrog, Russia (2022-2025);
Regional exhibitions of the Rostov Regional branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Novocherkassk (2023-2025);
Winner (diplomas for 1st and 2nd places) in the International Exhibition and Competition of Modern Realistic Art "REALISM 2.0", St. Petersburg (2022);
International Exhibition Art for Real, Boomer Gallery, London (2022);
International Exhibition of Contemporary Art "Talent of Russia", exhibition halls of the Union of Artists of Russia, West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2022);
Winner (diploma for 1st place) International Exhibition of Landscape Art "Landscapes of Russia", exhibition halls of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow (2022);
Russian Art Prize, Central Hall of the Union of Artists of Russia, West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2022);
Art Seasons", international exhibition and competition EXPO, Moscow (2023);
"Landscapes of the World", international exhibition and competition EXPO, Moscow (2023);
"Art-Rostov" Interregional exhibition and sale of art objects, Rostov-on-Don (2023-2025);
"Ataman Platov – 270. The history and pride of the native land", Regional project of the regional branch of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Novocherkassk, Azov, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don (2023);
Interregional art exhibition "From the Don to the Volga: Steppe Freedom", Rep.Kalmykia, Elista (2023);
Personal exhibition "I create beauty!", Avangard Exhibition Hall, Rostov-on-Don (2024);
International exhibition "Silver Rain", Krasnodar (2024);
1st regional exhibition "Geometry of Space", Rostov-on-Do (2024);
Exhibition of the Russian Academy of Sciences Rostov-on-Don "On the edge of Cossack Sabres", House of Officers of the Western Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defense, St. Petersburg (2024);
Curator of the International Art Exhibition "75 years of Friendship Peoples", Taganrog (2024);
Interregional Landscape Art Exhibition "Rainbow of the South", Agricultural Park, Pyatigorsk (2024);
International exhibition "Soul of Russia", Beijing, China (2024);
Regional exhibition of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia "25", Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Rostov-on-Don (2024);
Russian-Chinese International Exhibition "Picturesque Russia", Chengdu, China, Sichuan (2024)
Education
I studied at the Taganrog Art School named after S.I.Blonskaya, and graduated from the Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute. To improve my artistic skills, also studied in the studio of the famous Russian artist Alexei Vladimirovich Adamov.