9522, Shichko

*1976

Europa

Elena

Shichko

9522

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2026 | ARTMUC 2026, Art Fair Munich, Germany

2026 | “Zwischen Sehnsucht und Wirklichkeit”, Gallery ArtEck, Chemnitz, Germany

2025 | Group Exhibition, Garagen Campus, Chemnitz, Germany

2024 | Watercolor Dreams, Solo Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen, Chemnitz, Germany

2024 | Group Exhibition, Markthalle, Chemnitz, Germany

2024 | Offene Blende Gallery, Photography Art Exhibition, “Chemnitz’ verborgene Talente”, Chemnitz, Germany

2021 | Solo Exhibition “Parallel World”, Mastactva Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

2021 | Artminsk 2021, Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus

2020 | Republic Exhibition “Graphic of the Year”, Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus

2019 | “Artvypusk”, Savitski Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

2019 | Republic Exhibition “Graphic of the Year”, Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus

2006 | Solo Exhibition “Aquarelle”, Museum of Modern Art, Minsk, Belarus

2005 | “The Colour, the Line, the Search”, Gallery 2L, Moscow, Russia

2004 | “Art-Manege”, CSC Manege Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2004 | “The Best Art Galleries”, 2nd Salon of Art, International Informational Exhibition Center, Manege Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2004 | “The Flowers of the World”, Crocus City Expo, Manege Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2003 | 11th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, R.O.C. International Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan

2003 | 11th Gieleniak Print Competition, Museum Karkonoskie, Jelenia Góra, Poland

2003 | 7th International Biennial of Graphic Art “Josep de Ribera”, Xàtiva, Spain

2003 | 4th International Ex-libris Exhibition “Man and Fish”, Rijeka, Croatia

2003 | International Ex-libris Competition “Giubileo 2000”, Pescara, Italy

2003 | Republic Exhibition “Drawing 2003”, National Gallery of Fine Art, Minsk, Belarus

2003 | International Mini-Print and Bookplate Exhibition “European Cities”, National Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2003 | 1st International Ex-libris Competition Exhibition, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

2003 | “Digest Manege Gallery”, Manege Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2003 | 14th International Ex-libris Biennial “Mythology”, International Ex-libris Center, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

2003 | International Ex-libris Competition “The Dream of Aphrodite”, Acqui Terme, Italy

2003 | 6th International Biennial of Engraving, Premio Acqui, Acqui Terme, Italy

2003 | “Art-Salon”, Manege Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2003 | International Art Salon, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia

2000 | Solo Exhibition “Graphic”, Nordwalde, Germany

Elena Shichko

Born 1976 in Minsk, Belarus

Lives and works in Chemnitz, Germany

Artist | Painting, Printmaking, Graphics, Photography

Brief Biography

Elena Shichko is a Belarusian-born artist based in Chemnitz, Germany. Born in 1976 in Minsk, she works across painting, printmaking, graphics and photography. Her artistic language can be described as romantic fantasy realism, combining recognizable elements of the visible world with imaginative, symbolically charged spaces.

In her works, reality and fiction enter into dialogue. Nature, human presence and everyday objects are transformed into poetic visual narratives, shaped by decorative structures, luminous colors and a distinctive sense of atmosphere. Her compositions often place realistically rendered motifs within newly imagined environments, where perspective, space and ornament follow their own poetic logic.

Elena Shichko studied at the Graphic Fine Art Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and later continued her artistic development through the Creative Art Studios of Painting and Sculpture of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus. She also completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Art Criticism, Ethnography and Folklore of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and received her PhD in Art Criticism in 2011.

She is a member of the Union of Artists of Belarus and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Her works have received awards and distinctions and are represented in museum and private collections in Belarus and internationally.

Elena Shichko

Born 1976 in Minsk, Belarus

Lives and works in Chemnitz, Germany

Artist | Painting, Printmaking, Graphics, Photography

Brief Biography

Elena Shichko is a Belarusian-born artist based in Chemnitz, Germany. Born in 1976 in Minsk, she works across painting, printmaking, graphics and photography. Her artistic language can be described as romantic fantasy realism, combining recognizable elements of the visible world with imaginative, symbolically charged spaces.

In her works, reality and fiction enter into dialogue. Nature, human presence and everyday objects are transformed into poetic visual narratives, shaped by decorative structures, luminous colors and a distinctive sense of atmosphere. Her compositions often place realistically rendered motifs within newly imagined environments, where perspective, space and ornament follow their own poetic logic.

Elena Shichko studied at the Graphic Fine Art Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and later continued her artistic development through the Creative Art Studios of Painting and Sculpture of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus. She also completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Art Criticism, Ethnography and Folklore of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and received her PhD in Art Criticism in 2011.

She is a member of the Union of Artists of Belarus and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Her works have received awards and distinctions and are represented in museum and private collections in Belarus and internationally.

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Artist Statement

In my artistic practice, I explore the relationship between reality and imagination through the language of symbolic and decorative painting. Working within the framework of romantic fantasy realism, I combine recognizable figurative forms with imagined spaces, where the rules of perspective and composition become intentionally poetic and open to interpretation.

Nature, mythology, memory, and human emotion are central themes in my work. I am interested in the hidden meanings behind visible forms — the symbolic dimension of flowers, animals, objects, and natural phenomena. Through metaphor and visual storytelling, I create paintings that invite the viewer into multilayered narratives shaped by transformation, beauty, fragility, and inner tension.

Color plays a particularly important role in my artistic language. I work with saturated, luminous colors and decorative textures, using them not only to create visual harmony, but also to intensify emotional and symbolic content. Decorative elements in my paintings are never merely ornamental; they form an essential part of the conceptual structure of the work.

Many of my paintings reinterpret myths, philosophical ideas, and cultural symbols from a contemporary perspective. I am interested in how ancient narratives continue to resonate within modern human experience, especially in times marked by uncertainty, ecological anxiety, and the search for identity and inner balance.

My works often move between beauty and inner unrest, harmony and hidden conflict, reality and illusion. Through this tension, I seek to create spaces for reflection, where the viewer may encounter not only the image itself, but also their own associations, memories, and emotional responses.