Background
Elena Volkova was born in 1915 in the Russian Empire, Kharkov Governorate, Chuguyev (birthplace of Ilya Repin) from a modest family, her father was a swimming coach, her mother, a peasant.
Elena Volkova was born in 1915 in the Russian Empire, Kharkov Governorate, Chuguyev (birthplace of Ilya Repin) from a modest family, her father was a swimming coach, her mother, a peasant.
In 1934 she began to work as assistant-projectionist for a mobile cinema. Without any artistic training, she began to paint at the beginning of the 60s at the age of 45. She was then noticed by Michael Alpatov famous Moscow art critic.
Sergei Tarabarov of the Gallery of Naive Art "Dar" (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA)), said in 2000 that Elena Volkova was one of the most interesting naïve artist in Russia.
Elena Volkova lived in Moscow. 1973 Omsk, first solo exhibition
1990 Permanent collection of Gallery of Naïve Art (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA))
2001 Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Exhibition " Peace to everybody! "
2005 Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow, Retrospective.