Lena was born in 1976 and raised in Minsk, Belarus. With her family she repatriated to Israel at the age of 14. She graduated from Bezalel, the Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with a BA degree in Visual Communications and Illustration. Now she works at Tel Aviv as an artist and graphic designer.

Exhibitions

2008 – Artwalk, Culver City, represented by Kinsey/DesForges, Los Angeles

2008 – Personal exhibition “Keepers of Little Secrets”, 1918 Artspace, Shanghai, China

2007 – Group exhibition, Red Dot Fair, Art Basel, Miami (represented by BLK/MRKT gallery)

2007 – Personal exhibition, Billiken Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2006 – Personal exhibition, Neutron Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

2002 – Participation in design exhibition Golden Cut

2000 – Participation in art and design exhibition, organised by America-Israel Foundation, Fine Arts Museum, Ramat Gan

1999 – Participation in art and design exhibition, organised by America-Israel Foundation, Fine Arts Museum, Ramat Gan

Awards

2003 – First prize for the best packaging illustration (Olivia), BN Creative Branding, Golden Cut

2000 – Special scholarship award, America-Israel Foundation

1999 – Special scholarship award, America-Israel Foundation

1999 – Best Illustrator Prize, Bezalel, Jerusalem Academy of Art and Design

1999 – Prize for excellence in studies, Bezalel, Jerusalem Academy of Art and Design

1997 – Prize for excellence in studies, Bezalel, Jerusalem Academy of Art and Design