Who is Ksenia Eliseeva

An artist from St Petersburg. I paint in relief: texture pastes, epoxy resin, gloss and gold in places. I like what is new and what is layered. I have been exhibiting since 2016 in St Petersburg and Moscow, and works have gone to private collections in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Georgia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka.

What do the paintings cost

From 15,000 to 2,500,000 ₽. The price sits beside the size and technique of every work. Some works carry no price — those have gone to collections or are being painted to commission; ask me about them.

What technique are the works painted in

Mixed media, layer over layer, with relief. Texture pastes, oil, resin, gold; in places I take the surface to a gloss, in places I leave it rough. A photograph only approximates this, which is why every painting is also shot close up, for the texture.

Can I commission a work that is not in the catalogue

Yes, I like working to commission. To a size, to a colour, to a particular wall. It does not stop at canvas: there has been the wall of a building, glass, furniture, a car.

Yes, and it does work. I prepare the export papers myself (it takes between two and ten days). The recipient pays for shipping.

Where can I see the works in person

At the studio in St Petersburg — just write ahead. In person the works are quite different: relief does not read in a photograph, and you want to touch it. Some of the paintings also stand in the WOODDI designer furniture showroom.

Contemporary artist · St Petersburg

Ksenia Eliseeva

Everything begins with the breath of the soul, here and now.

My work is about the emotions of the soul and the aesthetics of feeling.

These paintings hold both the realism of an experiment and something that has no borders.

There is only an instant to feel the depth of inspiration — the moment when you can touch the texture of that energy.

I am a contemporary Russian artist. I live and work in St Petersburg.

I make complex works in a technique of my own: texture pastes and epoxy resin. Few people work this way — it is slow, and the relief has to carry the meaning rather than decorate.

The thread running through everything I make is the inner psychological state of a person coming to know themselves.

A many-sided texture holding scenes of arrested reality — the way awareness settles inside a person.

I work in different techniques, with different materials and on very different surfaces. I like what is new and what is layered, and I like working to commission.

Works have gone to private collections in Prague, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Rome, Georgia, Tatarstan, Germany, Switzerland and Turkey.

Exhibitions and awards

Textured painting “Torsion Geometry of the Present” in a room

“Torsion Geometry of the Present” — surface texture

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Torsion Geometry of the Present

Canvas, 3 × 2.4 m
Mixed media, oil

RUB 2,500,000≈ $28,900 · €24,900

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“Torsion Geometry of the Present” — surface detail, frame 16

Textured painting “Life is a Luxury” in a room

“Life is a Luxury” — surface detail, frame 2

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Life is a Luxury

Canvas, 150 × 150 cm
Mixed media, gloss in places, a tender and heartfelt subject

RUB 1,500,000≈ $17,300 · €14,900

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“Life is a Luxury” — surface detail, frame 10

Add a little colour and a mood is born. Add a little love and a painting is born.

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Gaming

The “Fish in Space” collection
Canvas, 200 × 150 × 3 cm
Mixed textured technique, gloss in places.

RUB 1,400,000≈ $16,200 · €13,900

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Sea for Two

The “The Sea” collection
Canvas, 220 × 150 cm
Multi-layered technique, texture, gloss

RUB 1,300,000≈ $15,000 · €12,900

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I am an artist from the future. Making paintings was never the whole of it — I wanted to make states of being.

Textured painting “Red Peonies” in a room

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Red Peonies

The “Meanings” collection
Canvas, 200 × 150 cm
Texture, mixed multi-layered technique, gloss in places

RUB 1,000,000≈ $11,500 · €9,900

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“Red Peonies” — surface detail, frame 11

Textured painting “The Beginning of the Path” in a room

“The Beginning of the Path” — surface texture

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The Beginning of the Path

Canvas, 300 × 130
Multi-layered application, mixed media, gloss in places

RUB 1,200,000≈ $13,900 · €11,900

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“The Beginning of the Path” — surface detail, frame 12

Enter the catalogue137 works

Knowing yourself is a less charted road than knowing the meaning of life.

What is happening in the studio

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What people ask

Who is Ksenia Eliseeva: An artist from St Petersburg. I paint in relief: texture pastes, epoxy resin, gloss and gold in places. I like what is new and what is layered. I have been exhibiting since 2016 in St Petersburg and Moscow, and works have gone to private collections in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Georgia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka.
What do the paintings cost: From 15,000 to 2,500,000 ₽. The price sits beside the size and technique of every work. Some works carry no price — those have gone to collections or are being painted to commission; ask me about them.
What technique are the works painted in: Mixed media, layer over layer, with relief. Texture pastes, oil, resin, gold; in places I take the surface to a gloss, in places I leave it rough. A photograph only approximates this, which is why every painting is also shot close up, for the texture.
Can I commission a work that is not in the catalogue: Yes, I like working to commission. To a size, to a colour, to a particular wall. It does not stop at canvas: there has been the wall of a building, glass, furniture, a car.
Do you ship abroad: Yes, and it does work. I prepare the export papers myself (it takes between two and ten days). The recipient pays for shipping.
Where can I see the works in person: At the studio in St Petersburg — just write ahead. In person the works are quite different: relief does not read in a photograph, and you want to touch it. Some of the paintings also stand in the WOODDI designer furniture showroom.