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Elena Koneff was born in 1939 in Moscow, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Art School (today Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum) and subsequently at the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Design, graduating in 1965. Elena Konef entered the Moscow art scene in the early 1970s with a series of pioneering abstract woven gobelins and fiber objects and rapidly became one of the most noted artists in Russia within this field.
In 1979, she emigrated to Austria with her husband, sculptor Vadim Kosmatschof, and daughter Mascha Veech-Kosmatschof. From 1980 -1983 she lived and worked in Vienna and between 1984 - 2010 in Germany.
Since 2010, Elena resides in Austria where she collaborating with Vadim Kosmatschof in their studios located in Vienna and in the Hohe Wand region in Lower Austria.
Works by Elena Koneff are included in the following noted collections: Albertina - Vienna, Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, City of Wiesbaden, and Dresdner Bank, as well as, in numerous private collections in Germany, Austria, Russia and the USA.
Selected large-scale fibre Objects and public Art Works:
1970 "Birds"
Gobelin for the Reception Hall of the Yugoslav Embassy; Moscow, Russia
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
4,8 x 2,2 m
1971 “Composition in Blue”
Ministry of Culture; Moscow, Russia
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
4,8 x 2,2 m
1971 “Composition in Blue & Gray”
Gobelin for cruise ship / Shipyard Korneuburg AG, Austria
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
2,2 x 2,0 m
1973 Theatre curtain for Theater "Sowremennik"; Moscow, Russia
Natural Fiber: Wool and leash rope
12,0 x 20,0 m
1974 “Instruments”
Gobelin for Gnessin State Academy of Music; Moscow, Russia
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
5,0 x 2,0 m
1974 “Red Flower”
Gobelin for Gnessin State Academy of Music; Moscow, Russia
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
5,0 x 2,0 m
1976 Gobelin for Reception Hall, Hotel "Moskwa"; Moscow, Russia
Gobelin for the reception hall,
4,0 x 2,4 m
1976 “Composition in Brown”
Natural fiber: wool, leash rope
3,0 x 3,2 m
1977 “Composition in Green”
Natural fiber: wool, sisal fibre, leash rope
1,8 x 1,8 m
1978 “Composition in Red”
Natural fiber: wool, sisal fibre, leash rope
5,0 x 2,0 m
1978 “Composition in Blue II”
Natural fiber: wool, sisal fibre, leash rope
5,0 x 2,0 m
1978 -1979 “Black in Black” Series
Sculptural fiber reliefs.
Mixed media: cord, rubber, sisal, paint, rasin
1987 “Composition in Green and Violet”
Gobelin for the Foyer of the German State Philharmonic of Rhineland- Palatinate;
Ludwigshafen, Germany; Natural fiber: wool, leash
5,0 x 2,0 m
1987 Gobelin for the Court Building; Grünstadt, Germany
Natural fiber: wool, leash
5,0 x 2,0 m
Group Exhibitions
Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, A; Frances Aronson Fine Art, Atlanta Ga, USA;
Ann Jacob Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta Ga, USA; Louisa McIntosh Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta Ga, USA; Ann Jacob Gallery, New York and Palm Beach, FL, USA; Virginia Miller Fine Art Gallery, Miami FL, USA; Gallery Rosemarie Bassi, Rolandseck, Germany; Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta Ga, USA Gertsev International Gallery, Atlanta Ga, USA
