Explore: Yelena Popova

(1978 - )

Yelena Popova (b. 1978, Urals, Russia) lives and works in Nottingham. She studied at Moscow Art Theatre School and Byam Shaw at Central St Martins before graduating from MA Painting at the Royal College of Art in July 2011. She has exhibited internationally since 2011, and has won several prizes including The Outset Prize (2011), The Parallel Prize (2011), The Red Mansion Prize (2011), in addition to being shortlisted for The Arts Foundation Awards: Painting (2013).