Yelena Popova lives and works in Nottingham.
1978 born in Urals, Russia
1995–2000 BA degree in Set Design & Technology, Art Theatre School, Moscow
2007 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Byam Shaw at Central Saint Martins, London
2009–2011 MA degree in Painting, Royal College of Art, London
Residencies
2018 The Art House, Wakefield
2017 CCA Andratx, Mallorca
West Dean College of Arts & Conservation, West Dean
Girton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2015 Cultivamos Cultura, Odemira
2014 Upton House and Gardens, National Trust, Banbury
2011 MoKS, Mooste
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2018 Her Name is Prometheus, l’étrangère, London
Townlets, The Art House, Wakefield
This Certifies That, Osnova Gallery, Moscow
2017 This Certifies That, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
Elements, Girton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2016 After Image, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
2015 Unsensed, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
Recite a Painting, Upton House, National Trust, Warwickshire
2014 Drying Time, Paradise Row Gallery, London
A World to Gain, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
2013 Lobachevsky’s Dream, JaLiMa Collection, Düsseldorf
The Antenna Series Part II: Yelena Popova, Syson Gallery, Nottingham
Unsoluble Moments, ‘Why Painting Now’, Knoll Galerie, Vienna
Lobachevsky’s Dream, Bureau, Manchester
The Futures of the Past: Annette Amberg, Asier Mendizabal and Yelena Popova (curated by Heidi Brunnschweiler), Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen/Basel
The Portrait Gallery, Cole, London
Yelena Popova: Insoluble Moments, Knoll Galéria, Budapest
The Portrait Gallery, Harley Gallery, Welbeck Abbey
New Positions, Art Cologne 2013, presented by Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
Nameless Nobles, NN Contemporary Art, Northampton
2012 Viennafair 2012, presented by Figge von Rosen Galerie, Vienna
Zabludowicz Collection Invites: Yelena Popova, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Yelena Popova (with Selma Parlour), Horton Gallery, New York
Portrait Gallery Withdrawn, part of Abstract Possible, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
TWOFOLD (with Gregor Hylla), Outpost, Norwich and Norfolk Festival, Norwich
Unnamed, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin
A Short Sharp Blow to the Head… Yelena Popova (with Grandad Hill), Trade Gallery, Nottingham
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2019 The Inhuman/Difficult Transition, Thames-Side Studios, London
Enough is Definitely Enough, General Practice, Lincoln
What branches grow out of this stony rubbish, l’étrangère, London
Subversive Stitch, T.J. Boulting, London
2018 Über das Geistige in der Kunst, DG Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich
The Arcade Projects, London
Routines and Figures, SEA Foundation, Tilburg
If You Can Stand The Heat, Roaming Gallery, London
Perpetual Uncertainty, Malmö Konst Museum, Malmö
2017 XVII. The Age of Nymphs, Mimosa House, London
The New Archive, Number Nine, Northampton
Human Studies, Coventry Biennale, Coventry
Nuclear Culture Presents: Perpetual Uncertainty, Z33, Hasselt
MOSTYN Open 20, MOSTYN, Llandudno
Elements (Girton Adventure), Girton College, University of Cambrige, Cambride
Blue.Seventeen: Olga Grotova, Nika Neelova and Yelena Popova, Osnova Gallery, Moscow
SEVENTEEN (Grotova, Neelova, Popova), Centrala, Birmingham
2016 Perpetual Uncertainty – Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene, Bildmuseet, Umeå
HA-BIT-US, Observer Building, Hastings
Transparency, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
EchtZeit, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
New Visions, Tensta Konsthall, Spånga
2015 Unsensed, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
Future Light – Escaping Transparency, Vienna Biennale, MAK Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
The Decorator and the Thief (…), Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2014 (detail), H Project Space, Bangkok; Transition Gallery, London; Usher Gallery, Lincoln
30 Years of the Future, Castlefield Gallery, Greater Manchester
100 Painters of Tomorrow, book launch, New York
Strange Business, Syson Gallery, Nottingham
Infinite City, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Garage Project Space: The Other Side, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2013 City of Disappearances, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Exchange Project: Overt Exchange, APT Gallery, London
Like a Monkey with a Miniature Cymbal, Aid and Abet, Cambridge
PHENOMENA, BLOC PROJECTS, Sheffield
The Futures of the Past, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen/Basel
Nuclear Culture on Film, The Arts Catalyst, London
Michiel Ceulers, Oliver Osborne, Yelena Popova and Stefan Sandner, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
2012 Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Perfect Place To Grow: 175 Years of RCA London, Royal College of Art, London
Abstract Possible – The Birmingham Beat, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
OPEM 2, The Collection Museum, Lincoln
Red Mansion Prize Winners show, Red Mansion Foundation, London
A Joyful Archipelago, Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects, London
East Meets West, Quad, Derby
Unterm Strich, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
2011 New Sensations, Victoria House, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, S1 Artspace and Site Gallery, Sheffield; ICA, London
RCA MA Show 2011, Royal College of Art, London
The Bookmark Project – The Study, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Never Let Me Go, Quad, Derby
E=MC2 (curated by Kate Renwick), The Toilet Gallery, London
Keep Doors and Passages Clear (curated by Tom Godfrey), White Columns, New York
Tracing Shadows in the Dark, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
2010 Salt, RU Arts Gallery, Young Artists Biennale, Moscow
ZTIME, Era Foundation, Young Artists Biennale, Moscow
Oasis, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds
Interim Show, Royal College of Art, London
ZTIME, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
Goshka Macuga’s Cabinet Installation – Star City Show,
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
2009 Indoor Life, Walden Affairs, The Hague
Pan-Demonium, Art Currencies Institute, New York
VI International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk
Laika, Sam und Felix, Carolyn Heinz Galerie, Hamburg
2008 Homoludens Festival, Warsaw
2007 Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Chichester
Awards and Fellowships
2014 Arts Council Grant
2013 Shortlisted for The Arts Foundation Awards 2014: Painting
Arts Council Grant
2011 The Outset Prize, London
The Parallel Prize, London
The Red Mansion Prize, London
2010 RCA Oberon Book Award / Second prize, London
Selected Institutional, Public and Private Collections
Arts Council Collection, London
Elke and Harold Einsmann, London
JaLiMa Collection, Düsseldorf
Louise Clarke, London
New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge
Notthingham Castle Collection, Nottingham
Outset Purchase Prize, RCA Permanent Art Collection, London
Parallel Media Group Collection, London
RU Arts Gallery, Moscow
Saatchi Gallery, London
Zabludowicz Collection, London
