Elián Stolarsky | |
Birth Name: | Elián Stolarsky Cynowicz |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1990 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Occupation: | painter, animator, artist |
Elián Stolarsky Cynowicz (born December 11, 1990, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan visual artist and illustrator who received from the Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in 2015.
Elián Stolarsky was born on December 11, 1990, in the city of Montevideo. She grew up there with her parents and grandparents, who were immigrants from Poland. Her grandma was Sephardic Turkish. They would influence her future work in the future that explores the origins of her family, as well as the cultural and historical influxes that have led to the social environment that exists today.[1]
Stolarsky studied with different teachers such as Fermín Hontou,, Mayerling Wolf, Rimer Cardillo,,, and, among others.
At the age of 19, she held her first individual exhibition at the La Spezia Cultural Space.[2]
In 2016, she obtained a master's degree with great distinction in "Installation and graphic techniques" at the KASK Conservatorium Institute, in Ghent, Belgium.
In 2018, at 27 years of age, she became the youngest artist to hold an individual exhibition at the National Museum of Visual Arts, in Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]