Elena Vertikova is an artist based in Poland. Works with non-textual narrative in video art and light installations. The main working medium is light. Inspired by film editing techniques. Explores the narrative of light and how light influences the construction of human relationships. Participant of numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Since 2021 PhD candidate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
Selected solo exhibitions
2021 Mother Water, Old Sobieski Water Reservoir, Gdansk, Poland.
2020 Granice Widzialności / Visibility Boundaries, Peron Gallery (Gdański Archipelag Kultury), Gdansk, Poland.
2020 Interfering With Colour and Form, Brama Nizinna Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 With Closed Eyes, Gdansk Municipal Gallery GGM1, Gdansk, Poland.
Selected solo exhibitions
2021 Mother Water, Old Sobieski Water Reservoir, Gdansk, Poland.
2020 Granice Widzialności / Visibility Boundaries, Peron Gallery (Gdański Archipelag Kultury), Gdansk, Poland.
2020 Interfering With Colour and Form, Brama Nizinna Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 With Closed Eyes, Gdansk Municipal Gallery GGM1, Gdansk, Poland.
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Milan Indie Film Festival, Best Independent Film Award, Milan, Italy.
2024 World Water Film Festival, The Forum at Columbia University, New York, USA.
2024 Diverse Connections group exhibition, Galeria KMWT, Gdańsk, Poland.
2024 The Anthropocene Project, Alphabet Art Centre, The New Museum of Networked Art, Cologne, Germany.
2024 World Water Film Festival, the London Museum of Water and Steam, London, England.
2023 Daydreaming, group exhibition, Numo Foundation, Kamień, Poland.
2023 TIMELESS LIGHT ENTAGLEMENT, Symposium and Exhibition, Ionion Center for the Arts & Culture, Greece.
2023 International painting symposium, Pieniny National Park, Slovakia.
2023 Absence/Brak, group exhibition, Galeria Designu, Zbrojownia Sztuki/Great Armoury, Gdańsk, Poland.
2023 Noc Muzeów/Night of Museums, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
2022 XXV International Encounters Traverse, (Almost) Unlimited Capacity, Cinéma ABC, Toulouse, France.
2022 Young Painters, Great Armoury, group exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2022 RAW incontra MNMF 2021 RAW selection, video-art screenings at the Miami New Media Festival Channel.
2022 The Climate Change Memorial, video-art screenings at Alphabet Art Centre, produced by The New Museum of Networked Art, Cologne, Germany.
2022 LA Art Show, collaborative installation curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum, USA.
2022 BWA Olsztyn, group exhibition of the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2021 XXIVth International Encounters Traverse, Abattoirs, Museum – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, France.
2021 Miami New Media Festival, video-art group exhibition, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, Florida, USA.
2021 Rome Art Week, video-art group exhibition, Rome, Italy.
2021 Pan Damian Odchodzi, WL4, group exhibition in spaces of the historical Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland.
2021 Baltic Young – The Garden of Forking Paths, NCCA-Kaliningrad (Baltic Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts), Russia.
2020 NewMediaFest2020, Corona! Shut Down? - Corona Film Collection, curated by Elizabeth Ross & Dee Hood, Cologne, Germany.
2020 International Forum of Performance Art, Emphasis artcentre, Dráma, Greece.
2020 Rozstaje, Plein-air exhibition, Dzwonnica Gorajec, Poland.
2020 Sprawy Bieżące/Current Affairs, Wystawa Prac Studentów i Absolwentów ASP w Gdańsku, Zbrojownia Sztuki/Great Armoury, Gdansk, Poland.
2020 SZTUKA IZOLACJI, laureatka konkursu III nagroda / on-line show, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2020 #RYSOWAĆ, The International Student Drawing Exhibition / on-line show, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, Poland.
2019 UNDARK#8 | НЕ ТЕМНО #8 festival of light art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Dec 21 to 22.
2019 International exhibition Everything is as it was. Nothing is as it was (Wszystko jest jak było. Nic nie jest jak było),
Contemporary Art Gallery of the North-Masovian Museum in Łomża, Poland.
2019 PRZEGRYS 2, exhibition of the student drawing review competition, Great Armoury, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland.
2019 Young Talent From The Coast (Aukcja Młodzi Zdolni z Wybrzeża), Face To Face Art Auction House, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 International Media Art Biennial SEE DJERBA, Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia.
2019 LICHTCAMPUS, group exhibition in Wismar city space; site Wasserkunst, Wismar, Germany.
2019 Światła Bergera | Berger Lights, Willa Bergera, Sopot, Poland.
2018 UNDARK #7 | НЕ ТЕМНО #7, international festival of contemporary light art, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
2018 An Plein Air exhibition of the Faculty of Painting, Culture has Many Faces Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 INTERFERENCE, International Light Art Project in the Medina of Tunis, Tunisia.
2018 Students-Students. Textile collage, international exhibition, Stacja Kultura, Rumia, Poland.
2018 Light as a Creative Tool, Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 Greetings From There, international exhibition, Chodowiecki & Grass House, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 TS:XD L1V3 4CT, 10 years of Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Gdansk, Poland.
2017 In Thrill and Asceticism, international exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery of the North- Masovian Museum in Łomża, Poland.
2017 Art Change Makers, international exhibition, The Gallery of Modern Art Triptych Art, Kiev, Ukraine.
2017 Greetings From There, art village VITLAND, Kaliningrad, Russia.
2017 Night of Museums, Mała Zbrojownia, Gdansk, Poland.
2014 quadriART, group exhibition, EaglGallery, Berlin, Germany.
Publications
2023 ,,Rocznik Gdański’’ Gdańskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego, Gdańskie badania artystyczne AD 2022.
2022 BWA Olsztyn, group exhibition of the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
2022 Young Painters, Great Armoury, group exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2022 XXV International Encounters Traverse, (Almost) Unlimited Capacity, Cinéma ABC, Toulouse, France, p. 37.
2021 XXIVth International Encounters Traverse, Abattoirs, Museum – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, France, p. 169.
2021 Juliet Art Magazine, In conversation with Elena Vertikova, 31.05.2021
2021 Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie, katalog konkursu, p. 88-93
2020 RYSOWAĆ, katalog wystawy, p. 77
2020 Biuletyn Rzeźby nr 2/2020, Magazyn o sztuce współczesnej wydawany przez Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, p. 74-75
2019 Wszystko jest jak było. Nic nie jest jak było. Exhibition catalog, p. 40-41
2018 ARS PHOTONICA, Bettina Pelz: NE TEMNO Yekaterinburg.ru 2018
2018 Contemporary And (C&), Installation view, INTERFERENCE Tunis 2018
2018 From Here to Eternity, The House of Lovis Corinth, Volume 34
2018 Greetings From There, Volume 20
2018 Painting Department catalog, Academy of Fine Arts, Volume 60, pages 55-56
2018 The Baltic Daily newspaper, page 26. Issue 26.02.2018
2018 Tricity.Wyborcza.pl newspaper, page 4. Issue 26.02.2018
2024 Milan Indie Film Festival, Best Independent Film Award, Milan, Italy.
2024 World Water Film Festival, The Forum at Columbia University, New York, USA.
2024 Diverse Connections group exhibition, Galeria KMWT, Gdańsk, Poland.
2024 The Anthropocene Project, Alphabet Art Centre, The New Museum of Networked Art, Cologne, Germany.
2024 World Water Film Festival, the London Museum of Water and Steam, London, England.
2023 Daydreaming, group exhibition, Numo Foundation, Kamień, Poland.
2023 TIMELESS LIGHT ENTAGLEMENT, Symposium and Exhibition, Ionion Center for the Arts & Culture, Greece.
2023 International painting symposium, Pieniny National Park, Slovakia.
2023 Absence/Brak, group exhibition, Galeria Designu, Zbrojownia Sztuki/Great Armoury, Gdańsk, Poland.
2023 Noc Muzeów/Night of Museums, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
2022 XXV International Encounters Traverse, (Almost) Unlimited Capacity, Cinéma ABC, Toulouse, France.
2022 Young Painters, Great Armoury, group exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2022 RAW incontra MNMF 2021 RAW selection, video-art screenings at the Miami New Media Festival Channel.
2022 The Climate Change Memorial, video-art screenings at Alphabet Art Centre, produced by The New Museum of Networked Art, Cologne, Germany.
2022 LA Art Show, collaborative installation curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum, USA.
2022 BWA Olsztyn, group exhibition of the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2021 XXIVth International Encounters Traverse, Abattoirs, Museum – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, France.
2021 Miami New Media Festival, video-art group exhibition, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, Florida, USA.
2021 Rome Art Week, video-art group exhibition, Rome, Italy.
2021 Pan Damian Odchodzi, WL4, group exhibition in spaces of the historical Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland.
2021 Baltic Young – The Garden of Forking Paths, NCCA-Kaliningrad (Baltic Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts), Russia.
2020 NewMediaFest2020, Corona! Shut Down? - Corona Film Collection, curated by Elizabeth Ross & Dee Hood, Cologne, Germany.
2020 International Forum of Performance Art, Emphasis artcentre, Dráma, Greece.
2020 Rozstaje, Plein-air exhibition, Dzwonnica Gorajec, Poland.
2020 Sprawy Bieżące/Current Affairs, Wystawa Prac Studentów i Absolwentów ASP w Gdańsku, Zbrojownia Sztuki/Great Armoury, Gdansk, Poland.
2020 SZTUKA IZOLACJI, laureatka konkursu III nagroda / on-line show, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2020 #RYSOWAĆ, The International Student Drawing Exhibition / on-line show, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, Poland.
2019 UNDARK#8 | НЕ ТЕМНО #8 festival of light art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Dec 21 to 22.
2019 International exhibition Everything is as it was. Nothing is as it was (Wszystko jest jak było. Nic nie jest jak było),
Contemporary Art Gallery of the North-Masovian Museum in Łomża, Poland.
2019 PRZEGRYS 2, exhibition of the student drawing review competition, Great Armoury, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland.
2019 Young Talent From The Coast (Aukcja Młodzi Zdolni z Wybrzeża), Face To Face Art Auction House, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 International Media Art Biennial SEE DJERBA, Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia.
2019 LICHTCAMPUS, group exhibition in Wismar city space; site Wasserkunst, Wismar, Germany.
2019 Światła Bergera | Berger Lights, Willa Bergera, Sopot, Poland.
2018 UNDARK #7 | НЕ ТЕМНО #7, international festival of contemporary light art, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
2018 An Plein Air exhibition of the Faculty of Painting, Culture has Many Faces Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 INTERFERENCE, International Light Art Project in the Medina of Tunis, Tunisia.
2018 Students-Students. Textile collage, international exhibition, Stacja Kultura, Rumia, Poland.
2018 Light as a Creative Tool, Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 Greetings From There, international exhibition, Chodowiecki & Grass House, Gdansk, Poland.
2018 TS:XD L1V3 4CT, 10 years of Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Gdansk, Poland.
2017 In Thrill and Asceticism, international exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery of the North- Masovian Museum in Łomża, Poland.
2017 Art Change Makers, international exhibition, The Gallery of Modern Art Triptych Art, Kiev, Ukraine.
2017 Greetings From There, art village VITLAND, Kaliningrad, Russia.
2017 Night of Museums, Mała Zbrojownia, Gdansk, Poland.
2014 quadriART, group exhibition, EaglGallery, Berlin, Germany.
Publications
2023 ,,Rocznik Gdański’’ Gdańskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego, Gdańskie badania artystyczne AD 2022.
2022 BWA Olsztyn, group exhibition of the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
2022 Young Painters, Great Armoury, group exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2022 XXV International Encounters Traverse, (Almost) Unlimited Capacity, Cinéma ABC, Toulouse, France, p. 37.
2021 XXIVth International Encounters Traverse, Abattoirs, Museum – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, France, p. 169.
2021 Juliet Art Magazine, In conversation with Elena Vertikova, 31.05.2021
2021 Nowy Obraz / Nowe Spojrzenie, katalog konkursu, p. 88-93
2020 RYSOWAĆ, katalog wystawy, p. 77
2020 Biuletyn Rzeźby nr 2/2020, Magazyn o sztuce współczesnej wydawany przez Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, p. 74-75
2019 Wszystko jest jak było. Nic nie jest jak było. Exhibition catalog, p. 40-41
2018 ARS PHOTONICA, Bettina Pelz: NE TEMNO Yekaterinburg.ru 2018
2018 Contemporary And (C&), Installation view, INTERFERENCE Tunis 2018
2018 From Here to Eternity, The House of Lovis Corinth, Volume 34
2018 Greetings From There, Volume 20
2018 Painting Department catalog, Academy of Fine Arts, Volume 60, pages 55-56
2018 The Baltic Daily newspaper, page 26. Issue 26.02.2018
2018 Tricity.Wyborcza.pl newspaper, page 4. Issue 26.02.2018
Nominations and awards
2024 Best Independent Film Award, Milan Indie Film Festival, Milan, Italy.
2021 Nominated for the Award RED ROSE (Czerwona Róża), Gdansk, Poland.
2021 Nominated for the Artistic Award ART NOBLE, Poland.
2020 Artistic Award New Image/New Vision, (Nowy Obraz/Nowe Spojrzenie), UAP Poznan, Poland.
2020 Sztuka Izolacji, winner of the 3rd prize, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2019 Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdansk, Poland.
Curatorial projects
2018 Greetings From There, GGM, Chodowiecki & Grass House, Gdańsk, Poland.
Education
2021 - 2024 PhD course, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2016 - 2021 MA, Painting Department, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
Gallery education
2018 The Deep Water, educational project for students of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk,
Gdansk Municipal Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
2024 Best Independent Film Award, Milan Indie Film Festival, Milan, Italy.
2021 Nominated for the Award RED ROSE (Czerwona Róża), Gdansk, Poland.
2021 Nominated for the Artistic Award ART NOBLE, Poland.
2020 Artistic Award New Image/New Vision, (Nowy Obraz/Nowe Spojrzenie), UAP Poznan, Poland.
2020 Sztuka Izolacji, winner of the 3rd prize, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2019 Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdansk, Poland.
Curatorial projects
2018 Greetings From There, GGM, Chodowiecki & Grass House, Gdańsk, Poland.
Education
2021 - 2024 PhD course, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
2016 - 2021 MA, Painting Department, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
Gallery education
2018 The Deep Water, educational project for students of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk,
Gdansk Municipal Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.