Elena Zolotnitsky

selected group exhibitions:

2006 SFMOMA Artists Gallery: Figurative Exhibition
2005 20th Annual Conservatory Art Classic, juried by Tony Eubans, Clifton, TX
Micaela Gallery: “Salon d’Ete 2005”, San Francisco, CA
“Dimensions 2005” 40th National Exhibition juried by Phillip Koch,Winston-Salem, NC
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Visual Aid at 16, San Francisco, CA
San Diego Art Institute: 48th International Exhibition, juried by Derrick C. Cartwright, Director of the San Diego Museum of Art
Market Street Gallery: “Erotic Art Show”, San Francisco, CA
2004 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Barbara Anderson Gallery: “Works on Paper”, Berkeley, CA
ARTWALK at the Embarcadero Center, curated by ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2003 Catharine Clark Gallery: SPICE Visual Aid Artists, San Francisco, CA
San Diego Art Institute: 46th International Exhibition, San Diego, CA
2002 Vorpal Gallery: “Beaux & Eros”, San Francisco, CA
2001 SFMOMA Artists Gallery 4 Artist Show, San Francisco, CA
Vorpal Gallery: “The Year 2001- Art Odyssey”, San Francisco, CA
1999 Museum of American Illustration: SPD Gala Annual, New York, NY
Art Expo: Finalists of the Art Calendar Magazine’s Competition, New York, NY
James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Sloane Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 Springfield Art Museum: Watercolor USA Honor Society, 6th Biennial Exhibition
“Maryland Artists” Government House, Annapolis, MD
Lancaster Museum of Art: “Creating Women”, Lancaster, PA
1995 Regional Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
1994 Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C.
1993 New York City Public Library: SPD Gala Annual, New York, NY
Galerie Francoise, Green Spring, MD
1992 Zimmerly Art Museum: Norton Dodge’s Collection of Soviet Art, Rutgers University, NJ

awards, grants, residencies:

2005 1st Prize: “Dimensions 2005” 40th National Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
Excellence Award, SDAI 48th International Exhibition, San Diego, CA
2003 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship Residency
1997 Foundation Valparaiso, Spain Residency with Grant from the Paul Beckett Foundation, Denmark
1995 Gold Medal: Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
1994 Society of Illustrators Merit Award: 36th Annual Publication, New York, NY
1993 Society of Publication Design Merit Award: 27th Annual Publication, New York, NY

selected publications:

2005 46th Annual Communication Arts, p.107
2004 Green Mountain Review: Cover, Vol. XVII, No.2
2003 Baltimore Magazine: “A Selection of Contemporary Russian Artwork” by John Lewis, February Issue pp.122-123
2001 BOA Editions Limited: Cover for Parphenope by Michael Waters
2000 NY Times Book Review Cover: “Thus Spake Beowulf” February 27th
1999 BOA Editions Limited: Cover for Dusty Angel by Michael Blumenthal
1997 “Painting Composition” Rockport Publishers: Award of Distinction
“The Best of Watercolor 2” Rockport Publishers: Award of Distinction
Intelligencer Journal “Happenings”, March Issue: “Bold or Fractured, Images From Women’s Selves” by Jennifer Knopf.
Cover Story on “Creating Women”, Lancaster Museum of Art, PA
1996 Frederick Gazette: “Six Very Good Reasons To See ‘Made in the USA’” by Richard Lebhers on the Exhibition of Selected
Former Russian Artists
1995 The Artist’s Magazine: “Rising Watercolor Stars” by Bebe Raupe, October Issue pp.60-65. An Art Review featuring the
top winners from 10 of North America’s most prominent Watercolor Societies
1993 The Baltimore Sun March 11: “Zolotnitskys Blend Humor and Grimness, Go Figure” by John Dorsey.
Art Review on the two-person exhibition at Galerie Francoise, Baltimore, MD
1992 The Columbia Flier December 17th: “Two Russians make their points at CAC” by Mark Giuliano on a two-person exhibition
at Columbia Arts Center, Washington D.C.

born: 1961, Moscow, Russia

education: MFA in Fine Art from the Moscow University of Cinematography, 1987

Has been residing in the United States since 1991.

selected publications:
2005 46th Annual Communication Arts, p.107
2004 Green Mountain Review: Cover, Vol. XVII, No.2
2003 Baltimore Magazine: “A Selection of Contemporary Russian Artwork” by John Lewis, February Issue pp.122-123
2001 BOA Editions Limited: Cover for Parphenope by Michael Waters
2000 NY Times Book Review Cover: “Thus Spake Beowulf” February 27th
1999 BOA Editions Limited: Cover for Dusty Angel by Michael Blumenthal
1997 “Painting Composition” Rockport Publishers: Award of Distinction
“The Best of Watercolor 2” Rockport Publishers: Award of Distinction
Intelligencer Journal “Happenings”, March Issue: “Bold or Fractured, Images From Women’s Selves” by Jennifer Knopf. Cover Story on “Creating Women”, Lancaster Museum of Art, PA
1996 Frederick Gazette: “Six Very Good Reasons To See ‘Made in the USA’” by Richard Lebhers on the Exhibition of Selected Former Russian Artists
1995 The Artist’s Magazine: “Rising Watercolor Stars” by Bebe Raupe, October Issue pp.60-65. An Art Review featuring the top winners from 10 of North America’s most prominent Watercolor Societies
1993 The Baltimore Sun March 11: “Zolotnitskys Blend Humor and Grimness, Go Figure” by John Dorsey. Art Review on the two-person exhibition at Galerie Francoise, Baltimore, MD
1992 The Columbia Flier December 17th: “Two Russians make their points at CAC” by Mark Giuliano on a two-person exhibition at Columbia Arts Center, Washington D.C.

solo exhibitions:

2005 Barbara Anderson Gallery: “Closer”, Berkeley, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
Skye Salon, Oakland, CA
2004 Rockridge Salon, Oakland, CA
Open Studios, ArtSpan San Francisco, CA
2003 Bucci’s, Emeryville, CA
2002 East Bay Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
2001 Addison Street Windows, Sponsored by the Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, CA
2000 Albatross, Berkeley, CA
1998 Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, ME
1997 Russian Embassy, Washington D.C., curated by Diane Beal