Elena Anikst was born in Moscow and has lived in London since 1990. 

Career Highlights

2015 - Portraits (oil, charcoal)

2014 – ‘Trees’ (charcoal)

2013 – Portraits (charcoal)
‘Orchard corner’ – Landscape (oil)
‘Hampstead Heath’ – Landscapes (oil)
‘My Studio in Hampstead’ (oil)

2011 – Portraits (charcoal)

2010 – ‘London Tube’ –  28 drawings (charcoal, 50 x 50 cm)

2007–2009 – ‘Still life’s’ (oil on canvas)
‘My family’ – Portraits (oil, charcoal)

1995–2007 – Worked as a graphic designer with Anikst Design, London

1990–1995 – Contract with 'Morosstudio Originals', Los Angeles, CA, USA. 
Still life’s, landscapes, silkscreens

1984–1990 – Worked as an illustrator for several Moscow publishing houses and magazines

1985–1988 – Worked as an art teacher in a private school

1974–1985 – Worked as a designer for the Advertising department of 'Ministry of Textile'

1970–1972 – Worked as art director in the Cinema Studio ‘Maxim Gorky’

Education  

1964–1970 – Cinema Institute of Moscow, Art Department – Undergraduate diploma with honors

1957–1964 – Studied painting and drawing at the ‘Moscow Art School’, the leading secondary school under the patronage of the Surikov Art Institute

Exhibitions

2014 - Solo Exhibition "Trees", Arcadia Cerry Fine Art, London, UK

1993 – Exhibition of Contemporary Russian art, Ocean Village and Town Hall, Southampton, UK

1992 – Russian Artists, Royal Academy of Art, Bristol, UK

1992 – Roy Miles Gallery, Bruton St., London, UK

1992 – Morosstudio Art Gallery, Japan and Taiwan

1991 – Morosstudio Art Gallery, Hong Kong

1991 – Artexpo California, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA, USA

1991 – Morosstudio Art Gallery, joint exhibition ‘Helen Anikst and Jan Parker’, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1991 – Morosstudio Art Gallery, New York

1990 – ‘Artexpo California’, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA, USA

1988 – Exhibition of Book Illustrators, Moscow, Russia

1987 – Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow, Russia

1986 – Autumn Exhibition of Moscow graphic artists.