Saturday, 7 March, 2009

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction Spring 2009

Sale Catalogue

Lot 222

Lot 222 Description

Elena Kourenkova
Love Me Tender
oil on canvas
18in x 22in (46cm x 56cm)
Usual gallery price £1490

Estimate: £900 - 1,300

Condition Report or Notes

Born in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), Russia, in 1966. Graduated from an Architectural Institute in 1989 and moved to Moscow, where worked as an architect until the beginning of Perestroika, then worked as an interior designer. Moved to Glasgow, UK, in 1996. Exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute, Paisley Art Institute and Aspect Prize Annual exhibitions. Was represented by established Scottish and British galleries at the Art Fairs in London, Battersea, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Chelsea, Birmingham, etc; and have works in private and corporate collections throughout the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Russia. There were a number of articles in local and national press (The Herald, Evening Times, Uptown, Home &Interiors Scotland, Home Style, Home Plus, N01, Grand Designs, etc) concerning my work and images had appeared in the TV Channel 4's Grand Design.

Selected galleries and exhibitions:

Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art
RGI Kelly Gallery
Paisley Art Institute and Aspect Prize
Home and Interiors Exhibition, Glasgow
Affordable Art Fairs London, Battersea, Glasgow, Chelsea, Birmingham, and Ireland First Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh
Macmillans Cancer Relief Charity Exhibition and Auction, Glasgow and Edinburgh
Retail Trust Charity Exhibition, Glasgow
Marie Curie Cancer Relief Charity Auction
The Order Of St.John
The Preshal Trust Charity Auction
Children's First Charity Exhibition
Maclaurin Galleries Save The Children Charity Exhibition
University Of Glasgow Cancer Research and CHAS Charity Exhibition & Auction
Karen Tailor Contemporary Fine Art, Twickenham, London
Enid Lawson Gallery, London
Christo's Gallery, Glasgow
The Annan Gallery, Glasgow
Arteries Gallery, Glasgow
Scotlandart.com, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Tartan Gallery, Edinburgh
Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh
Rowan Gallery, Drymen, Loch Lomond and Helensborough
Tolquhon gallery, Aberdeenshire
Westminster Gallery, London
The Jerdan Gallery, Crail
Castle Gallery, Inverness
Frames Gallery, Artesan Gallery, Perth, and Perth Festival
Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow
The Queens Road Gallery, Aberdeen
e-gallery, Bearsden
Art Fair, Sweden
North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition
The Gallery, Troon
Joint show with Francis Boag, the Annan Gallery, April 2008
Solo Show at the Rowan Gallery Drymen/Helensbourgh-June 2008

Awards:

First-prize award in Daler-Rowney front page competition (April 2005).
First prize at the 9-th North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition (July 2005).
Runner-up prize at Maclaurin Galleries Save The Children Charity Show (October 2007)