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“From prehistoric wall drawings to aerosol can paintings, I seek inspiration without judgment or criticism, guided only by love.”

Yelena Tylkina was born in 1965, in the City of Orsha, Vitebsk Province, Belarus. She had her first exhibition at the age of 13. She completed all her Art education in Belarus and Russia with honors. Her studies in art included oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel painting, graphics, sculpture, murals, and portraiture.

Each and every one of her works is a philosophical, social and psychoanalytical essay which is contemporary yet timeless, emotionally deep and always professionally executed. Yelena Tylkina creates a poetic world which is real, sublime and spiritual. Her style of work includes Figurative Symbolism, Surrealism, Imaginary Realism, Graffiti and Erotica.

In 1989, she immigrated to United States and lives in New York City.
Yelena Tylkina has won several awards and honors for her contribution to the art world nationally and internationally and her work is included in many private and corporate collections all over the globe, including:

Donald Kuspit, USA
Anastasios Sarikas, USA- Greece
Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia
Evgeny Leonov, Russia.
Allan Wigren Art, Inc., USA
Salvatore Ferregamo, Inc., Italy
Van Cleef & Arpels, Inc.,USA
King's Fine Arts, Inc., USA- Spain
The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, USA
The City University of New York, Queens-borough College Art Museum, USA
NAWA- National Association of Women Artists, Millennium Collection, USA
The McDonald House, Inc.,USA
The Princess Lucie Jadot Parvas Foundation, USA and many others.

Yelena Tylkina has had six solo exhibitions, five T.V. and radio appearances to her credit, and over twenty articles in numerous art magazines and newspapers such as the “Noticias de Arte” Spanish language art newspaper, “Manhattan Art International” magazine, “Russian Bazaar”, “Metro”, “Forward”' “Evening New York”, “Hellas News”, and others. Her work has been exhibited in several museums in the United States, including:

The Belarus Museum, Brooklyn, New York
The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Jersey City, New Jersey
The City University of New York, Queens Borough College Art Museum, Queens, New York
The Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, Washington
The Jemison- Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, Alabama
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
The Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Coral Spring City Center, Florida
The Ann Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida

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