ABOUT

Elena Bria was born on July 4, 1992 in Chisinau, Moldova to a family of biathletes.

At age 11, she began her studies at the School of Fine Arts in Chisinau. There she met her mentor, Master Stanislav Babiuc, who trained her in the basic principals of realist painting in the traditions of the old Russian school. After graduating the School of Fine Arts, she successfully passed her entry exams and continued her studies at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint-Petersburg. Currently she works and lives in her hometown Chisinau, Moldova.

Elena is a figurative artist, painting exclusively from life, she believes that an artist is that person through which nature gives rule to art . She is mainly inspired by such artists as I. E. Repin, V. A. Serov, N. Fechin, John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn and Joaquín Sorolla

2023- Scholarship show, Salmagundi Club, New York, USA

2022- All about winter, Salmagundi Club, New York, USA

2022- Annual open exhibition of painting, sculpture and graphics, Salmagundi Club, New York, USA

2022- Kaleidoscope, Kulterra Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2022- Solo exhibition, Coronation of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria of Romania, National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia, Romania (current exhibition)

2021- Solo exhibition, New Academia, Kulterra Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2021- Solo exhibition, Pursuit of beauty, Arbor Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2019 –Transported:Works from Moldova and Transilvania, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Wetport, MA, USA

2019 - Exhibition, Viprada Studio, Chisinau, Moldova

2019 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition 2019, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2018 - Solo exhibition, Lyceum of Fine Art "Igor Vieru", Chisinau, Moldova

2018 - Diploma Works 2018, Academy of Fine Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2017 - Young Russian Artists, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Wetport, MA, USA

2017 - Isabel Mattia, Elena Bria, Timothy Powers Wilson, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Wetport, MA, USA

2017 - Women Painting Women, Gallery VII, Allenspark, CO, USA

2016 - Summer Works, Academy of Fine Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2015 - Italy, Italian Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2014 - Exhibition, Constantin Brancusi Gallery, Chisinau, Moldova