Elena Kostenko ( born in 1983 in Kazakhstan, USSR), currently based in Paris, France 

Projects, and exhibitions:

2024, A.i.R. at Nieuwe Vide Artspace ( Haarlem, The Netherlands);
2024, Solid impressions, solo exhibition at A.i.R Vyksa ( Vyksa, Russia);
2023, publication at New Feathers Anthology (Denver, USA);
2022, – screening of a video essay Grounding during the ZINE CAMP festival at WORM with N.o.H. Collective and PrintRoom (Rotterdam, NL);
2022, The ephemeral English exhibition, group show at L’institut national supérieur de l’education artistique et culturalle (Guingamp, France);
2020, Towards a Foreword, by N.o.H. Collective in collaboration with PrintRoom/Art Bar (Rotterdam, The Netherlands);
2020, 15 03 20, publication by N. o. H., contributor ( International);
2020, The other side, 16 mm film, ROOTS Film Festival, ( The Hague, The Netherlands);
2019, Self, group exhibition, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen (The Hague, The Netherlands);
2017 – 2018,  #onehourinstallation, Instagram-based project ( location varies);
2016 – Holy Patterns, paintings and prints at Rotterdam International Art Fair ( Rotterdam, The Netherlands);
2015 – Woest, Zomer Expo 2015, group show, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague ( The Netherlands);
2015 – The Moon, digital animation, Art Video Israel ( AVI), a participant (Netanya, Israel);
2015 – Wolf in sheep’s clothing, multimedia project, Iris Art Centre (Athens, Greece);

Awards:

2023 – Grounding, New Feathers Award, Denver, USA
2022 – reserch grant form A.i.R. Vyksa, Vyksa, Russia

Other activities:

2019 – ongoing, co-founder of an artistic collective Notes on Hapticity ( The Netherlands);
2017- 2020, coordinator of Philosophy evenings at Haagweg4, ( Leiden, The Netherlands);
2016 – 2019, Guest tutor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, printmaking department ( GAFA, Guangzhou, China);

Education:

Leiden University, Art History Department. Arts, Media and Society track (Leiden, The Netherlands);The Royal Academy of Fine Art The Hague. Fine Arts department, sculpture (The Hague, The Netherlands);
Rietveld Academy. O-Yaar program (Amsterdam, The Netherlands);
The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Fine Arts Department, sculpture (Saint-Petersburg, Russia);