Ellen Sheidlin
{{Short description|Russian photoblogger and painter (born 1994)}}
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| birth_name = Elena Viktorovna Lyalina
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| birth_place = Saratov, Russia
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| other_names = {{Hlist|Elena Sheidlina|Lena Terry}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Photoblogger|painter}}
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| years_active = 2012–present
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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.{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Jessica |title=This Artist's Surreal Photos Have Earned Her Nearly 5 Million Instagram Followers |url=https://mymodernmet.com/surreal-photography-ellen-sheidlin/ |website=My Modern Met |access-date=7 March 2024 |language=en |date=19 July 2020}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.thesymbol.ru/heroes/mnenie/lena-sheydlina-ya-ne-hochu-chtoby-lyudi-schitali-menya-blogerom-ya-hudozhnik/ |title=Лена Шейдлина: "Я не хочу, чтобы люди считали меня блогером. Я — художник" |website=The Symbol |date=November 14, 2019}} In 2016 she graduated from the Faculty of Advertising and Public Relations of Synergy University in Moscow.{{cite web |url=https://srsly.ru/person/show/1091/|title=Елена Шейдлина |website=srsly.ru}} In 2021–2022 years she studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.{{cite web |url=https://www.sobaka.ru/fashion/heroes/144072 |title=Диджитал-художница и NFT-пионер Эллен Шейдлин: "Новая этика — не панацея. Это как демократия — работает не с каждым и не везде" |website=sobaka.ru |date=February 7, 2022}}
Career
Ellen creates digital photographs and videos, works in the genres of sculpture and painting.{{cite web |url=https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/finance/159892 |title=Диджитал-художница и NFT-пионер Эллен Шейдлин: "Новая этика — не панацея. Это как демократия — работает не с каждым и не везде" |website=sobaka.ru |date=February 7, 2022}} Since 2021, she has been actively using technology NFT.{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/62eb780a9a7947991664cf5b |title=Елена Шейдлина создала арт-объект для NFT-выставки о будущем бренда Gucci |website=rbc.ru |date=August 4, 2022}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://superrare.com/magazine/2021/11/11/sheidlina-was-born-on-the-internet-and-has-been-reincarnated-as-a-surrealist-nft/ |title=Sheidlina was born on the internet and has been reincarnated as a surrealist NFT |website=SuperRare Magazine |date=November 11, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.beauxarts.com/vu/leclosion-numerique-du-baiser-de-klimt/ |title=L’éclosion numérique du "Baiser" de Klimt |website=Beaux Arts Magazine|date=April 29, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://forbes.mc/article/ellen-sheidlin-social-networks-have-changed-the-lives-of-all-people-on-the-planet-their-aesthetics-relationships-and-traditions |title=Ellen Sheidlin: "Social Networks Have Changed The Lives Of All People On The Planet, Their Aesthetics, Relationships, And Traditions" |website=Forbes Monaco |date=May 11, 2022 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211090819/https://forbes.mc/article/ellen-sheidlin-social-networks-have-changed-the-lives-of-all-people-on-the-planet-their-aesthetics-relationships-and-traditions |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Ellen Sheidlin per Istituto Marangoni Firenze {{!}} Artribune |url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2021/07/ellen-sheidlin-davanti-a-santa-maria-del-fiore-per-istituto-marangoni-firenze/ |website=ARTRIBUNE |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=it-IT |date=3 July 2021}}
In July 2017 her first solo exhibition, “Sheidlin`s Universe” took place in St. Petersburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.spb.kp.ru/daily/26702.7/3726524/ |title=Блогер-миллионник открыла выставку инсталляций к своим фото в Петербурге |website=Komsomolskaya Pravda|date=July 7, 2017}} Subsequently, Ellen's exhibitions were held in Tokyo, Florence, London, Paris, New York and Melbourne.{{cite web |title=Юрий Дудь взял интервью у петербургской художницы Елены Шейдлиной |url=https://www.severreal.org/a/yuriy-dud-ellin-sheydlin/32580933.html |website=Север.Реалии |access-date=11 January 2024 |language=ru |date=6 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Ellen Sheidlin: my exhibition is a documentary observation of how an idea can be embodied in positive duplicity |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/russian/en/podcast-episode/ellen-sheidlin-my-exhibition-is-a-documentary-observation-of-how-an-idea-can-be-embodied-in-positive-duplicity/ueyihlh6s |website=SBS Language |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=en}}
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. 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 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.{{cite web |url=https://mitarashitv.site/variety/post-16883.html |title=NAOMeets Fashionista. Ellen Sheidlin |date=June 20, 2019|website=NHK Naomi Watanabe Show}}
In 2023, Sheidlin was a juror for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2023 in the Photography category.{{cite web |last1=Purssey |first1=Danijela Krha |title=2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Jury Panel Announced |url=https://beautifulbizarre.net/2023/02/10/2023-beautiful-bizarre-jury-panel/ |website=Beautiful Bizarre Magazine |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=10 February 2023}}
Critics often compare her work with the work of Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramović and Andy Warhol.{{cite web |url=https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/technology/60981 |title=Знакомьтесь, Лена Шейдлина — художник из Петербурга с аудиторией больше, чем у Первого канала |website=sobaka.ru |date=September 4, 2017}}
By Ellen's own admission, she has been influenced by artists such as Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Joan Miró and Max Ernst.{{cite web |last1=She |first1=Sophie |title=Beautiful Fantastic Beasts. Interview With Ellen Sheidlin |url=https://sandytimes.ae/articles/130/beautiful-fantastic-beasts-interview-with-ellen-sheidlin |website=sandytimes.ae |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=en}}
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 — Scheidlin's Universe.Artmuza, Saint Petersburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.sobaka.ru/entertainment/art/59202 |title=Фото на миллион лайков: 10 digital art работ Лены Шейдлиной |website=sobaka.ru |date=June 29, 2017}}
- 2020 — Transformations. Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo.{{cite web |url=https://numero.jp/news-20201015-ellen-sheidlin/ |title=渡辺直美も絶賛！ エレン・シェイドリンの初作品集 |website=Numéro Tokyo |date=October 15, 2020}}
- 2021 — Spinning in Mirrors. Palazzo Imperatore, Palermo.{{cite web |url=https://www.nastymagazine.com/art-culture/ellen-sheidlin-the-immortality-of-imagination/ |title=The Immortality Of Imagination |website=Nasty Magazine |date=2021}}{{cite web |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2021/05/29/news/palermo_a_palazzo_imperatore_le_residenze_internazionali_di_sheidlin_e_cicconi-303377252/ |title=Palermo, a Palazzo Imperatore le "residenze internazionali" di Sheidlin e Cicconi |website=La Repubblica |date=May 29, 2021}}
- 2021 — Comprehended by Fantasy. TSH Gallery, Florence.{{cite web |url=https://www.nove.firenze.it/ellen-sheidlin-inaugura-il-nuovo-spazio-espositivo-di-tsh-firenze.htm |title=Ellen Sheidlin inaugura il nuovo spazio espositivo di TSH Firenze |website=Nove da Firenze |date=September 23, 2021}}
- 2022 — Materialization of Sensual ideas. Art in space gallery, Dubai.{{cite web |url=https://arte8lusso.net/art/nft/viral-celebrity-digital-artist-ellen-sheidlin/ |title=Viral Celebrity Digital Artist Ellen Sheidlin Arrives In Dubai To Host First-Ever Nft Art Exhibition |website=Arte & Lusso |date=November 5, 2022}}
- 2024 — NOISE. Beinart Gallery. Melbourne{{cite web |title=Ellen Sheidlin - NOISE |url=https://www.artsy.net/show/beinart-gallery-ellen-sheidlin-noise?sort=partner_show_position |website=Artsy |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=en}}
Private life
On June 1, 2018, she announced that she had married Yevgeny Sheidlin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sobaka.ru/wedding/albom/74006|title=Художница и блогер Лена Шейдлина вышла замуж|website=sobaka.ru |date=June 1, 2018}}
On March 30, 2020, she announced her name change on her Twitter account.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sheidlina/status/1244622320427286528|title=My name is Ellen Sheidlin |date=March 30, 2020}}
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.{{Cite Instagram |user=sheidlina |author=Ellen Sheidlin |postid=DG-z1-czMv9 |date=9 March 2025 |title=How do you exist alone after fifteen years as two? |access-date=15 April 2025}}
Bibliography
- Ellen Sheidlin. Ellen in Sheidlinland. 2020. ISBN 978-4-86152-780-7.
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=https://sheidlina.com/}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr1ooMVi4qQdem7WUMZt74A Ellen Sheidlin on Youtube]
- [https://www.instagram.com/sheidlina Instagram]
- [https://t.me/sheidlinart Telegram]
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Category:Russian women painters