Gelena Pavlenko (Vorobieva) was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1969. Gelena trained at the Ukrainian Art Academy. Her work has featured in solo and group exhibitions in the Ukraine,Poland,Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Italy, the USA and Canada. Artist's Works is represented in the permanent Сollection of the National Museum of history of Ukraine, Kyiv,Ukraine and in the permanent Collection of Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY.She is based in New York, where she lives with her husband and son. "Gelena's artworks contain something more meaningful than mere descriptions of flourishing nature. Her art offers an allegory of the whole natural world together with its eternal blooming. In her art one could easily discern a connection to magic realism, mainly because her breathtaking diligence and remarkable painting mastery reveal themselves in combination with the poetic perception of reality. Her paintings convey the perfection a la Durer, diligent crafting of poetic images and Renaissance principles of structuring of the universe of art."" D.Korsun, leading Ukrainian fine art expert. AWARDS/HIGHLIGHTS 2018 – Award for painting ""Songs of Spring"" in the category of painting in the 13th International ARC Salon Compettition in USA, the largest and most prestigious competition in the western world for realist artists. Port Reading, NJ, USA 2017 – Special Annual Purchase Prize for painting ""Wheel of Time"", of SCNY Members Annual Show, New York, NY, USA 2017 – Certificate of Merit Award for painting“Last Warmth"" of Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY, USA Since 2017 – The Member of Salmagundi Art Club, NY, USA 2000 – Grant artist International Artists-in-Residence Summer-Fall 2000, Griffis Art Center, New London, CT, U.S.A. Since 1998 – The Member of Artists Union of Ukrainian. EDUCATION 1989-1998 - Ukrainian Art Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting 1986-1988 - St. Petersburg State Academy Art Lyceum, Russia 1982-1986 - Ukrainian Republican School of the Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 – Personal Exhibition, Lotton Gallery, Chicago, USA 2017 – Personal Exhibition, Monasch Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2015 – Personal exhibition "My Ukraine", The Central House of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine 2015 – Personal exhibition “Shores and Flowers”, Gallery ""Mytets”, Kyiv, Ukraine 1998 – Personal exhibition “Kyiv Quatrocento”, National Museum of history of Ukraine, Kyiv,Ukraine 1991 – Personal exhibition in Krakow, Poland. 1991 – Personal exhibition in Prague, Czechia. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 – SCNY Members Annual Show, New York, NY, USA 2018 – Eurantica Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium 2018 – Collective Exhibition, Monasch Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2018 – Art Breda Art Fair, Breda, the Netherlands 2017 – SCNY Members Annual Show, New York, NY, USA 2017 – Exhibition "Landscapes", Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY, USA 2016 – Triennial “Painting - 2016”, Kyiv, Ukraine 2015 – All Ukrainian Exhibition ""Facets of Talent"", The Central House of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine 2012 – II Exhibition Arts. In.Ua, Kyiv, Ukraine 2011 – I Exhibition Arts.In.Ua, Kyiv, Ukraine 2010 – Art week in Spain "International ART Exhibition and Competition"2004 – Exhibition “Moscow International ART Salon”, Moscow, Russia 2003 – Exhibition “Russishe malerei”, Berlin, Germany2002 – Exhibition of Luisenforum, Potsdam, Germany. 2001 – Exhibition “Pupil F. Gumenyuk” gallery NUKMA , Kyiv, Ukraine 2001 – Triennial “Painting - 2001”, Kyiv, Ukraine 2000 – “Christmas” exhibition, Ukrainian fund culture, Kyiv, Ukraine 2000 – Exhibition “Modern Portrait”, Kyiv, Ukraine 2000 – Exhibition “Landscape for your interior”, Gallery “OR”, Kyiv, Ukraine 1999 – “Modern historical painting” National Museum of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 1998 – Exhibition “Portrait - 98”, Gallery of Kyiv Artists’Union1998 – Triennial “Painting - 98”, Kyiv, Ukraine 1998 – III International Art-Festival “Art of Ukraine of XX century”, Center “Ukrainian House” Kyiv, Ukraine 1998 – “60 years of Artists’Union of Ukrainian”, Kyiv, Ukraine 1997 – All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition “The fall Salon”, Kyiv, Ukraine 1996 – Exhibition in the gallery of Staryi Grad, Croatia. 1996 – All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition “The fall -96”, Artists’Union, Kyiv, Ukraine 1992 – Exhibition in Tychina museum, Kyiv of worldwide forum of Ukrainians1991 – Republican Spring Art Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine 1991 – Exhibition of young artists of Kyiv “33” in Lavra, Kyiv, Ukraine" You can visit Gelena's website to view more of her work here.