CV
Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
EDUCATION
2026-2029: Hochschule für Bildende Künste, PHD in Art Practice, Hamburg, DE
2017-2024: Hochschule für Bildende Künste, MA in Fine Art (Prof. Anselm Reyle), Hamburg, DE
2013-2017: Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, BFA in Video Art, Moscow, RU
2009-2011: British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, RU
2007: University of Arts, London, UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
Wash Form (solo exhibition), MOM Art Space, Hamburg, DE
THE SPACE (group exhibition), Hamburg, DE
Annual HFBK Show (group exhibition), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
2025
Grenze als Schwelle: Elena Buylcheva & Nico Sawatzki (duo exhibition), Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, DE
Traum(a)land: Fluid Futures (group exhibition) curated by Britta Adler, Dr. Anne Simone Kiesiel, and Lea Heine, 146 Contemporary, Hamburg, DE
Bodies of Ambivalence (group exhibition), curated by Dr. Sascia Bailer, 146 Contemporary, Hamburg, DE
2024
When Paintings Become Trees (solo exhibition), curated by Julien Delagrange, 146 Contemporary, Hamburg, DE
HFBK Graduation show (group exhibition), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
Galerie 1965 (group exhibition), Hamburg, DE
THE SPACE (group exhibition), Hamburg, DE
Painting Unlimited (group exhibition), 146 Contemporary, Hamburg, DE
Annual HFBK Show (group exhibition), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
Fight & Care (group exhibition), 146 Contemporary, Hamburg, DE
2023
Annual HFBK Show (group exhibition), Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, DE
2022
New Washed Art (solo exhibition), Gallery Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, DE
2021
Laundry Room (solo exhibition), Hamburg, DE
6th Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art (group exhibition), Ekaterinburg, RU
Annual HFBK Show (group exhibition), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
2018
Ubi bene, ibi patria (documentary film screening), Deutsche-Russisches Kino-Festival KINOFAHNEN, Hamburg, DE
2017
8 Level (group exhibition), Center of Contemporary Art Winzavod, Moscow, RU
2016
Übermacht (group exhibition), Xpon-Art Galerie, Hamburg, DE
2015
Big Wash (solo exhibition), Rodchenko Multimedia Art School, Moscow, RU
2014
Oxford International Art Fair (group exhibition), Oxford, UK
2013
CCA Fabrica (group exhibition), Multispace, Moscow, RU
GRANTS, STIPENDS & AWARDS
2019, Deutschlandstipendien, DE
2016, Deutsche-Russisches Kino-Festival KINOFAHNEN (winner), Hamburg, DE
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
“Waschmethode” in OPIUM, Hamburg (2026)
"Bodies of Ambivalence: Teilhabe für Mütter im Kunstbetrieb” in NDR Kultur (2025)
“Fight & Care: Elena Bulycheva & Zixu Wang” in Contemporary Art Issue (2024)
“Elena Bulycheva macht kunst mit der Waschmachine” (Interview) in NDR Kultur (2020)
“Die Kunst von Elena Bulycheva hat sich gewaschen” (Interview) in Hamburger Abend blatt (2020)
“New Washed Art” (Interview) in Hamburg Woman (2020)