Elena Seroff

Elena Iosilevich (also known as Elena Seroff) is a Russian-born American artist whose practice includes abstract painting, drawing, and printmaking. She was born in the Baltic region, in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg). During her formative years in Paldiski, Estonia, she completed secondary education and studied fashion design at LEX University in Tallinn. After the Soviet Union collapsed, she returned to Kaliningrad, where she earned a diploma in Decorative Arts from the Art and Industry College. 

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In 1996, Elena immigrated to the United States and began living in New York City, where the city's energy and diversity profoundly shaped her artistic vision. Immersing herself in New York's dynamic art scene prompted her shift toward Geometric Abstraction, which she identified as most aligned with her artistic philosophy. Elena's creative approach draws on early-twentieth-century European Avant-Garde movements, particularly the legacies of Cubism, Bauhaus, and the Russian Avant-Garde. Artists who have influenced her practice are Juan Gris, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova, and Pavel Filonov, whose explorations of structure, metaphysical space, and abstraction continue to resonate with her work.

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In 2010, Elena undertook figurative drawing studies at the National Academy School of Fine Art in New York, where she studied under established artists including Sharon Sprung and Eric March, and received classical training at the Chelsea Classical Studio under Brandon Soloff. Alongside her studio practice, Elena has been actively engaged in arts education and cultural leadership. In 2015, she founded Clarus Art Studio for children, served as Art Director of the Pushkin Society of America, and established the Pushkin Society Artists Guild, an initiative dedicated to supporting artists from regions of the former Soviet Union. She later founded Artios Gallery, an online platform that promotes contemporary artists and expands access to curated artworks.

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Elena's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Some exhibitions include participation in the Sing for Hope public art project in 2018, during which her painted piano, A Dreamer, inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's theories, was installed in Carl Schurz Park in New York City and later donated to the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School. In 2021, Elena's works were included in the group exhibition Sciarsism at the Kyiv History Museum, where she received the Best Artist in Abstract Award. Later that year, the same collection of her abstract works was shown at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). In 2026, her painting Glacier was exhibited at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, California, as part of the group exhibition Pacific Influence. Also in 2026, one of Elena's works from The Place I Live In series was selected by the U.S. Department of State for installation in the residence of the new U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, Dr. Anjani Sinha, as part of the Art in Embassies program.

Elena Seroff is an elected member of several prominent professional organizations, including the Print Club of New York, Allied Artists of America, and the National Association of Women Artists. Her works are present in private collections throughout the United States and Europe, including Spain, Estonia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom.

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She currently lives and works in New York City, where its cultural complexity continues to inspire her ongoing artistic practice.