Elena Gorn is a Russian-born visual artist officially recognized as a professional artist in the field of plastic arts by the Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. She is currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gorn draws on a strong background in graphic design and visual communication to inform her minimalist, materially sensitive approach to painting. Her practice centers on acrylic combined with raw, natural elements — including collected Mediterranean sand and dry pigments — to build contemplative, tactile surfaces.
Positioned at the intersection of abstraction, figuration, and introspective minimalism, her work explores presence, absence, and emotional resonance through gesture, texture, and silence.
After more than 15 years in branding and editorial design, Gorn has spent the past five years fully immersed in fine art. Her professional training in sketching and painting — including courses such as Sketchbook: The Art of Marker Sketching and Acrylic Sketches — has shaped a visual language rooted in intuitive gesture, material exploration, and poetic restraint.
Working with a limited palette and structured compositions, she creates quiet, open-ended pieces that invite reflection. Through layered gestures and subdued contrasts, her paintings become spaces where color and form speak on their own terms — emotionally, sensorially, and without narrative.
She also maintains an ongoing artist’s journal — a space for reflection, material research, and process analysis — which deepens her engagement with the act of painting and its conceptual framework.
Gorn maintains an active studio practice in Tel Aviv. Her work is featured on online platforms and is under review for inclusion in international exhibitions and private collections. She also creates commissioned paintings.
