Ellen Sheidlin ( Elena Viktorovna Lyalina; born June 30, 1994), also known as Elena Sheidlina, is a

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photoblogger and painter.

Early life and education

Ellen was born on June 30, 1994, in

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. 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

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, where she began her creative career in the genre of

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. In 2016 she graduated from the Faculty of Advertising and

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of Synergy University in

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. In 2021–2022 years she studied at the

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Career

Ellen creates digital photographs and videos, works in the genres of sculpture and painting. Since 2021, she has been actively using technology

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. 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. In July 2017 her first solo exhibition, “Sheidlin`s Universe” took place in St. Petersburg. Subsequently, Ellen's exhibitions were held in

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and

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. In February 2018 she was (together with Kate Adushkina, Herman Chernykh, Room Factory and Sasha Ice) nominated for a

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in the category "Favorite Internet star of Russian viewers", but at the March ceremony the prize got Herman Chernykh. In April of the same year, she won the Glamour Influencers Award in the nomination #glam_artproject. Since the beginning of her creative career, Ellen has been using

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as the main platform for demonstrating her work. Since 2012, she has been running the main blog @sheidlina in

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. In 2017, she created a profile @sheidlinart dedicated to her own art works made by the method of painting. In 2023, Sheidlin was a juror for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2023 in the Photography category. Critics often compare her work with the work of

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and

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. By Ellen's own admission, she has been influenced by artists such as

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and

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Solo exhibitions

*2017 — Scheidlin's Universe.Artmuza, Saint Petersburg. *2020 — Transformations. Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo. *2021 — Spinning in Mirrors. Palazzo Imperatore,

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. *2021 — Comprehended by Fantasy. TSH Gallery, Florence. *2022 — Materialization of Sensual ideas. Art in space gallery,

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. *2024 — NOISE. Beinart Gallery. Melbourne

Private life

On June 1, 2018, she announced that she had married Yevgeny Sheidlin. On March 30, 2020, she announced her name change on her

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account. On March 9, 2025, she announced her divorce from Sheidlin in an Instagram post. In the caption, she mentions that her divorce took place on September 9, 2024, and in the comments, in response to a user, she mentions that she will still keep "Sheidlin" as a nickname.

Bibliography

* Ellen Sheidlin. Ellen in Sheidlinland. 2020. ISBN 978-4-86152-780-7.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Ellen Sheidlin on Youtube

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