Elena Mishina

Elena Mishina is a contemporary artist, working in a variety of mediums, focusing on gestural art/action painting.

Being especially interested in contemporary mediums and conceptual styles, she derives her inspiration from avant-guard influences, asymmetry and imperfection, textures, largely focusing on wabi-sabi aesthetics and an unexpected fusion of quite often uncongenial elements.

After continuous experimentation she has arrived at a gestural/action painting approach as a work of art is a story, being told during the process of creation, and, therefore, all the elements such as markings and strokes, layers of paint, revealing underneath layers, are all parts of that story. She always experiments with different media as it allows to add variety and texture to her work. All constituents of a painting blend together in one abstract image and at the same time are juxtapositioned randomly in order to evoke unexpected associations and sensations, allowing them to interact with the viewer…