Yelena Dyumin is a professional artist and teacher who have spent decades perfecting her craft and her unique style.

 

Born and raised in Omsk, Russia, she is currently living and working in Sydney, Australia. Yelena aims to blend her eclectic background into her art by combining her European experiences and art classics with the fresh Australian colours of life and nature.

 

Yelena has had a passion for painting and drawing since she was a young child. She especially loves the creative experience of loosing herself in her thoughts and diving into her imagination to create one of a kind artwork.

 

Her clients love her art because of her uncanny ability to illustrate the exceptional beauty of every day life. She always aims to impart a deep emotional connection between objects and human beings and to illustrate the synthesis between Eastern and Western art, the figurative and the abstract, the real and the imaginary.

 

However, what truly sets Yelena apart as an artist is her vast repertoire of artistic techniques that conveys this message in so many forms, where the result is simply unforgettable.

 

Yelena's finely tuned mix media techniques encompass numerous art forms like acrylic, oil, watercolour, pastel, pencil, pen and ink, graphite, charcoal, etching, lithography, and xylography.

 

She is highly educated and experienced artist and is an accomplished lecturer specialising in painting, graphics and art history/theory.

 

1982 - Graduated with First Class Honours, Master of Fine Arts (Painting), State University, Omsk. Russia

 

1983 - 1997 - Lecturer in Fine Arts, specialising in Painting, Graphics, Art History/Theory - State University, Omsk, Russia

 

1992 - 1994 - Advanced Master Course, Fine Arts - I. E. Repin State Academic Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg, Russia

 

1995 - 1996 - Professional Fine Arts Master Class, V. I. Surikov State Academic Art Institute, Moscow, Russia

 

While living in Russia, Yelena has been involved in a number of professional organizations like the Russian Association of painters and sculptors and the Russian Academy of the Arts. At present Yelena is an active member of Australian Multicultural Arts & Media Association.

 

Her work has been featured in prominent art galleries and exhibitions in Russia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.

 

Above all, Yelena is passionate about the quality rather than the quantity of her artwork and aims to impart a bit of her artistic self in each piece she creates.