About
Elena Papernaya is a ccontemporary artist born in Ufa, Russia. She currently live and work between Monaco and France.
Papernaya’s works are the part of private collections in New York, London, Zurich, Paris, Stockholm, Brussell, Moscow, Monaco, Buenos Aires.
She is a member of the National Committee of A.I.A.P./UNESCO in Monaco.
Rooted in a personal search for lightness as a lived necessity, her practice reflects an ongoing movement away from inner tension toward clarity, openness, and trust. Painting becomes a way of navigating uncertainty, allowing weight and density to gradually give way to a more spacious sense of presence.
The series Horizons of Lightness emerged from this process. In Papernaya’s work, the horizon is not a geographical line, but a perceptual threshold — a point where memory, emotion, and the present moment converge. Existing between landscape and inner space, the paintings unfold through colour and rhythm, forming a quiet, fluid visual language.
Papernaya approaches painting as an act of contemplation. Her works do not impose meaning, but offer a pause — an open space inviting the viewer to slow down, sense, and reconnect with their own experience of lightness.
Artist Member
Comite National Monegasque de L’A.I.A.P. aupres de L’UNESCO
Represented
C.L.A.P. gallery I Cannes, France
Comite National Monegasque de L’A.I.A.P. aupres de L’UNESCO
Selected exhibitions:
2026 — Group Exhibition, Monaco–Japan, 16e Rencontre Artistique,
Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco (Organised by Comité National Monégasque de l’A.I.A.P. – UNESCO) & REIJSHNA gallery Osaka, Japan
2025 — Group Exhibition, Salon 2025, 70th Anniversary of the National Committee of A.I.A.P. (UNESCO), Salle d’Exposition du Quai Antoine Ier, Monaco
2025 — Curated Projects (4), ESPACE 22, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2024 — Solo Presentation, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, France
2024 — Solo Exhibition, ESPACE 22 Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2024 — Group Exhibition, “Monaco–Japan”, A.I.A.P. U.N.E.S.C.O, Auditorium Reinier III, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2023 — Group Exhibition, Accademia Fine Art Monaco , Auction House, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2023 — Group Exhibition, Ricarda Montani Gallery, Saint-Tropez, France
2023 — Group Exhibition “Talents of Russia”, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2020 — Group Exhibition “COVID Art Monaco”, L’Entrepôt Gallery, Monaco
2019 — Group Exhibition,International Fine Art Biennale, Art Basel Week, Basel (represented by MAMAG Modern Art Museum)
2019 — Group Exhibition, GEMLUC ART, Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2016 — Group Exhibition, Columbus Hotel, Monaco (Akilah Institute for Woman)
2019 — Group Exhibition, Château de la Terrasse, Cap-d’Ail, France
2018 — Group Exhibition, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2016 — Group Exhibition, Rejishna Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2016 — Group Exhibition, Art Monaco, Espace Chapiteau de Fontvieille, Monaco
2016 — Group Exhibition, A.I.A.P. U.N.E.S.C.O Monaco Committee, Monaco
2016 — Solo Presentation, Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monte-Carlo Monaco, Yacht club de Monaco
2015 — Group Exhibition, Art Monaco, Espace Chapiteau de Fontvieille, Monaco
2015 — Solo Exhibition ,“Clouds”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ufa
Selected projects:
Since 2016 — Annual artistic participation, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Prestige, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
2023–2025 — Artistic presentations, Top Marques Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
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