Ellen Sheidlin
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Ellen Sheidlin (née Elena Viktorovna Lyalina; born June 30, 1994), also known as Elena Sheidlina, is a Russian photoblogger and painter.[1]
Early life and education
Ellen was born on June 30, 1994, in Saratov. After graduating from the 9th grade of secondary school, in 2010 she entered the Saratov State College of Book Business and Information Technology. After graduation in 2013 she moved to St. Petersburg, where she began her creative career in the genre of art photography.[2] In 2016 she graduated from the Faculty of Advertising and Public Relations of Synergy University in Moscow.[3]
Career
Ellen creates digital photographs and videos, works in the genres of sculpture and painting.[4] Since 2021, she has been actively using technology NFT.[5]
Ellen herself calls the method developed by her — survirtualism, implying a mixture of digital and physical components in the works. Most often, she uses her own image to create works.[6][7][8]
In July 2017 her first solo exhibition, “Sheidlin`s Universe” took place in St. Petersburg.[9] Subsequently, Ellen's exhibitions were held in many countries around the world, in cities such as Tokyo, Florence, London, Paris and New York.[10]
In February 2018 she was (together with Kate Adushkina, Herman Chernykh, Room Factory and Sasha Ice) nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the category "Favorite Internet star of Russian viewers", but at the March ceremony the prize got Herman Chernykh.[11] In April of the same year, she won the Glamour Influencers Award in the nomination #glam_artproject.[12]
In 2021–2022 years she studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.[13]
Since the beginning of her creative career, Ellen has been using social networks as the main platform for demonstrating her work. Since 2012, she has been running the main blog @sheidlina in Instagram. In 2017, she created a profile @sheidlinart dedicated to her own art works made by the method of painting.[14]
Critics often compare her work with the work of Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramović and Andy Warhol.[15]
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 — Scheidlin's Universe.Artmuza, Saint Petersburg.[16]
- 2020 — Transformations. Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo.[17]
- 2021 — Spinning in Mirrors. Palazzo Imperatore, Palermo.[18][19]
- 2021 — Comprehended by Fantasy. TSH Gallery, Florence.[20]
- 2022 — Materialization of Sensual ideas. Art in space gallery, Dubai.[21]
Private life
On June 1, 2018, she announced that she had married Yevgeny Sheidlin.[22]
On March 30, 2020, she announced about the fact that she change her name on her Twitter account.[23]
Bibliography
- Ellen Sheidlin. Ellen in Sheidlinland. 2020. ISBN 978-4-86152-780-7.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | INSTA Awards | INSTA of the world | Won | [24] |
| Pudra Blogger Awards | Instagram Blogger of the Year | Won | [25] | |
| 2017 | Neforum Awards | Fashion Blog | Won | [26] |
| Creative project | Won | |||
| 2018 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Internet star of Russian viewers | Nominated | [11] |
| Glamour Influencers Awards | Glam Art Project | Won | [12] | |
| 2020 | Shorty Awards | Instagrammer | Nominated | [27] |
| 2022 | World Influencers and Bloggers Awards | The NFT Influencer | Won | [28] |
References
- ^ Stewart, Jessica (19 July 2020). "This Artist's Surreal Photos Have Earned Her Nearly 5 Million Instagram Followers". My Modern Met. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Лена Шейдлина: "Я не хочу, чтобы люди считали меня блогером. Я — художник"". The Symbol. November 14, 2019.
- ^ "Елена Шейдлина". srsly.ru.
- ^ "Диджитал-художница и NFT-пионер Эллен Шейдлин: "Новая этика — не панацея. Это как демократия — работает не с каждым и не везде"". sobaka.ru. February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Елена Шейдлина создала арт-объект для NFT-выставки о будущем бренда Gucci". rbc.ru. August 4, 2022.
- ^ "Sheidlina was born on the internet and has been reincarnated as a surrealist NFT". SuperRare Magazine. November 11, 2021.
- ^ "L'éclosion numérique du "Baiser" de Klimt". Beaux Arts Magazine. April 29, 2022.
- ^ "Ellen Sheidlin: "Social Networks Have Changed The Lives Of All People On The Planet, Their Aesthetics, Relationships, And Traditions"". Forbes Monaco. May 11, 2022. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Блогер-миллионник открыла выставку инсталляций к своим фото в Петербурге". Komsomolskaya Pravda. July 7, 2017.
- ^ "Юрий Дудь взял интервью у петербургской художницы Елены Шейдлиной". Север.Реалии (in Russian). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Kids Choice Awards 2018 объявили номинантов". InterMedia. February 26, 2018.
- ^ a b "Glamour Influencers Awards 2018: победители в номинации #glam_artпроект". Glamour.ru. 2019-03-01.
- ^ "Диджитал-художница и NFT-пионер Эллен Шейдлин: "Новая этика — не панацея. Это как демократия — работает не с каждым и не везде"". sobaka.ru. February 7, 2022.
- ^ "NAOMeets Fashionista. Ellen Sheidlin". NHK Naomi Watanabe Show. June 20, 2019.
- ^ "Знакомьтесь, Лена Шейдлина — художник из Петербурга с аудиторией больше, чем у Первого канала". sobaka.ru. September 4, 2017.
- ^ "Фото на миллион лайков: 10 digital art работ Лены Шейдлиной". sobaka.ru. June 29, 2017.
- ^ "渡辺直美も絶賛！ エレン・シェイドリンの初作品集". Numéro Tokyo. October 15, 2020.
- ^ "The Immortality Of Imagination". Nasty Magazine. 2021.
- ^ "Palermo, a Palazzo Imperatore le "residenze internazionali" di Sheidlin e Cicconi". La Repubblica. May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Ellen Sheidlin inaugura il nuovo spazio espositivo di TSH Firenze". Nove da Firenze. September 23, 2021.
- ^ "Viral Celebrity Digital Artist Ellen Sheidlin Arrives In Dubai To Host First-Ever Nft Art Exhibition". Arte & Lusso. November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Художница и блогер Лена Шейдлина вышла замуж". sobaka.ru. June 1, 2018.
- ^ "My name is Ellen Sheidlin". March 30, 2020.
- ^ "В Москве впервые вручили премию за лучшие звёздные "инстаграмы"". Life.ru. October 28, 2016.
- ^ "Объявлены победители премии для бьюти-блогеров Pudra.ru". Wonderzine. November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Актриса Настасья Самбурская получила премию за "Лучший Instagram России"". The Voice. January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Ellen Sheidlin". Shorty Awards.
- ^ "World Influencers and Bloggers Awards 2022". World Influencers and Bloggers Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-12-16.