Elen Alien (b. 1990, Ukraine) is a staunch cosmopolitan. In her works, she combines elements of different times and cultural communities, thus pointing to the absence of the need for separation, and labeling, to the fact that together all people and nature form a common organism. The art of Elen Alien expresses the unity of the sacred, natural and aesthetic, in their striving for a common goal. Her research unfolds at the points of contact between nature and humans, again addressing questions that people have tried in vain for centuries to find answers to with the help of science and technology. In her artistic practice, the artist tries to "preserve forever" the elusive beauty of the moment. Combining the tenderness of flowers and the hardness of epoxy resin, she reveals the ambivalence of glorifying the beauty of imperfection and contrasts art with digital immortality.

Utbildning
2024 - Idea Generation, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2021-2022 - Project Konst, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm, Sweden
2021-2022 - Art, architecture and visual culture in Sweden, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
2007-2013 - MA, Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Art, Novosibirsk, Russia

Medlem i konstnärsförening
Fria konstnärers sällskap

Utställningar
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 – “BREATH. MATTER. CODE.”, Not For Sale Gallery, London
2023 – “Garden of Transcendence”, Kunstmatrix, online
2022 – “Mono no aware” solo show, Brännkyrka church, Stockholm
2022 – “Mono no aware” solo show, Gallery K45, Stockholm

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 – London Contemporary 14th edition, Elements Art Space, London
2025 – Under The Ice, 54 The Gallery, London
2024 – Drawing Down The Moon, 54 The Gallery, London
2024 – LBWA, Chelsea Old Town City Hall, London
2024 – Summer Show, Bow Arts, London
2024 – ARTLAB, Benjamin Eck, Munich
2023 – Objects of Care, Backhaus Projects, Berlin
2023 – Kobe 6 - Untitled, Mela, Oslo
2023 – Borderless, Verse Gallery, Oslo
2022 – Autumn show, Gallery M35, Oslo
2022 – Summer show, Gallery M35, Oslo
2022 – Varutstallning 2022, Gallery K45, Stockholm
2022 – Spring salon, Nata Watts Gallery, Copenhagen
2021 – Nymph, Monday studio, Copenhagen
2021 – Kvinnliga Linjer, Park, Stockholm

ART FAIRS:
2021 – Art Nordic, Copenhagen

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS:
2025 – Artist of the Year 2024 Award by Itsliquid Group,
2024 – Woman In Art, Excellence Award by Artio Gallery
2024 – Nominated artist, ArtLab, Benjamin Eck, Munich
2023 – Glogauair residency, Berlin

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA:
2025 – L.O.U.D. with Sandrine on Riverside Radio
2025 – “It's liquid” Interview
2024 – “Create!” Magazine #45
2024 – “Suboart” Magazine #23
2023 – “GlogauAir” video interview
2023 – “Art by Artists” video interview
2023 – “Art Radar” interview
2022 – “Journalen” video interview
2021 – “Metropolis” interview