Surovtseva Elena Mikhailovna

Soviet and Russian artist and sculptor. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (since 1983). Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2014). Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2002). Graduated from the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School named after Stroganov, faculty of monumental, decorative and applied arts. Awards: Grand Prix at the International Exhibition in Hungary (1985). Diplomas of the Ministry of Agriculture (1989-1990). Laureate of the Golden Crown of Russia award, laureate of the Foundation Prize of the Union of Writers of Russia in the field of literature and art. Main prize "Iris" for the work "Breath of the Sea", bronze, at the "Spring Salon" (1998), a creative competition of women artists of Russia, diploma of the jury of the "Spring Salon" (1999, 2000), at the "Spring Salon 2002" - a medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, prizes of the Moscow Union of Artists and the magazine "Decorative Arts". The author's works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, in the museums of Vologda, Yaroslavl, at the UN (Geneva), in Hungary, in France.