About the Artist

Elena Mildner ist in der Bucht Provideniya an der Bering Straße in Russland geboren. Sie lebt und arbeitet in Wien seit 1991. Seit 2006 ist die Galerie Burggasse 21 ihr permanenter Ausstellungsraum und Atelier, wo sie ebenfalls als Kuratorin von Ausstellungen anderer Künstler, Galerien und Designer tätig ist. Ausbildung: Narodnij University of Art, Moskau Bauman Moscow State Technical University Gnessin State Musical College (Jazz Vocal, Improvisation), Moskau Einige Ausstellungen der letzen Jahre: 2. Internationale Kunstmesse, 2002, Wien MoMa in Berlin, 2004, Neue Nationalgalerie Museums Quartier, Monat der Fotografie, 2004, Museums Quartier, Wien Landschaften visueller Meditation, 2007, Galerie Artplay, Moskau & Burggasse 21, Wien Millionaire Fair, 2007, Moskau Radikale Alltäglichkeit, in Kooperation mit dem National Center for Contemporary Arts of Moscow, 2008, Wien Liquid Cities, International Video Art Limousine Festival, 2010, London Artmonaco 2010 "Femme fatale", Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, 24.07-30.08.2010 Art Salzburg - International Fine Art Fair 15.08.2010 - 22.08.2010 "Autogeister" Billionaire, Gallery Fotoworld, Monaco, 2010 Saatchi gallery, Artist of the day 27.08.2010 "Self remote control", Burggasse 21, Wien, 24.09-24.10.2010 "Eyes On Visual Drugs", Burggasse 21, Eyes On, Monat der Fotografie, Wien, 3.11-20.11.2010 "Information Milk" 63rd World Newspaper Congress,Wien, 10-15.10.2011

Elena Mildner was born in Provideniya, near Bering sea, Russia.
She lives and works in Vienna since 1991.

Education: Narodnij University of Art in Moscow
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow
Gnessin State Musical College, Vocal, Jazz Improvisation, Moscow
Jewellery apprenticeship, Atelier Sven Boltenstern, Vienna
Specialisation on South Sea Pearls in Australia, Broom

Some of her exhibitions during the last years:

• 2.Internationale Kunstmesse 28.11-1.12.2002, Vienna
• „Prêt á porter“ 24.01-27.01.2003, Paris
• MoMa in Berlin on the 20.02.-19.09.2004, New National Gallery
• „Valuable Links – Jewels from the OSCE countries“ 27.02-16.05.2004, Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna
• MQ Vienna, "Photo Biennale; Month of Photography" 5.10-8.10-2004, Plexi Installation 110 qm
• Designmesse „Blickfang“ 15.-17.10.2004, MAK, Vienna
• yearly at „Prodomo“ since 2003, MQ, Vienna
• „Naschkunst" 27.11.-23.12.2006, Burggasse 21, Vienna
• „Landschaften visueller Meditation“ 05.05-26.05.2007, Artplay, Moscow & Burggasse 21, Vienna
• „Millionaire Fair", Moscow 2007
• Radikale Alltäglichkeit, in Kooperation mit
  dem National Center for Contemporary Arts of Moscow, 2008, Wien
• Liquid Cities, International Video Art Limousine Festival, 2010, London
• Artmonaco 2010
• "Femme fatale", Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, 24.07-30.08.2010
• Art Salzburg - International Fine Art Fair 15.08.2010 - 22.08.2010
  

She hold Seminars in the Hermitage, St.Petersburg, in cooperation with „The Armory“ of Moscow Kreml.
She was in touch with Lacroix and Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Houses.
Since 2006 cooperation with the „National Fashion Institute“ in Moscow.
In project: 20m high sculpture „Rising Red Moon“ with „Waagner Biro”, Italy
sculpture „Lost Pearl“, Vienna

Her works are sold to: Gallery Artmosphere, Gallery V&V, Galerie Artmark,
Kustkollektion Bank Austria, Österreichische Werkstätten, MQ, MAK, Guggenheim Berlin, MoMA Berlin, Centre Pompidou Paris,...
She has design patents for some of her works like Twist Earrings or Eskimo Rings.
One of her present favourite materials is plexi.