ABOUT & CONTACT
Yelena Lamm was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she received her formal art training from the N. K. Roerich Fine Arts School. Since 1995, she lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Yelena is painting primarily in oil. In her lively and colorful portraits of pets and animals she loves to reflect on her subjects’ characters and personalities.
Yelena recently joined Society of Animal Artists where she was immediately accepted as a signature member. Yelena’s works were selected for and won awards in juried group shows, including Oil Painters of America (OPA) and National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) national exhibitions. She was selected as a finalist in the 15th ARC Salon and semi-finalist in the 16th ARC Salon. Her list of awards from Westmoreland Art Nationals exhibitions includes Best in Show in 2022. In June 2023, Yelena’s animal portraits were featured on the cover and in a 6-page article by Artists and Illustrators, Britain’s most popular magazine for practicing artists.
Yelena’s works are represented by Reinert Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Main Exhibit Gallery in Ligonier, PA, and Exposure in Sewickley, PA.
Notable Exhibits/Competitions/Awards:
2024:
AIS 8th Annual Impressions: Small Works Showcase
OPA 33rd Annual National Juried Exhibition
Society of Animal Artists Wildlife Wonders Exhibition,
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE)
2023:
NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition
AWA Annual Online Juried Show
Outstanding Achievement Animals
OPA 2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition
Most Original Award of Excellence
NOAPS Best of America 2023
NOAPS Best of America Plein Air Competition, Fourth Place
Society of Animal Artists 63rd Art & the Animal Exhibition
Driftless Glen Purchase Award; SAA Newcomer Award
24th Annual AIS National Exhibition
AIS 2023 Paintout, Honorable Mention
2023 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Curator’s Choice, Urban Forest
NOAPS Best of America Small Works 2023
2022:
16th ARC Salon
Art Renewal Center
Semi-Finalist
OPA 2022 Eastern Regional Exhibition
NOAPS Best of America 2022
Aqueous Open 2022 Annual International Exhibition, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society
Award of Merit, Madam Cow
2022 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Best in Show, Quest
NOAPS Best of America Small Works 2022
NOAPS Best of America Small Works 2022 Plein Air Competition, First Place
2021:
OPA 2021 Eastern Regional Exhibition
NOAPS Best of America 2021
Merit Award for Why Are You Still Home?
OPA 2021 Wet Paint Plein Air Competition
Award of Excellence
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Celebrating 75+1 Exhibit
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 2021 Juried Show
2021 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Painting Award for Morning Glory
Painting Award for Four Musketeers
OPA 30th Annual National Juried Exhibition
15th ARC Salon
Art Renewal Center
Finalist
2020:
OPA 2020 Eastern Regional Exhibition
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society 75th Anniversary Exhibition at Fallingwater
First Place, Grand View
Aqueous 2020, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition
Waterworks 2020, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition
First Place, Victoria’s Breakfast
2020 Westmoreland Art Nationals
Executive Director’s Choice Award and Painting Award for Girlfriends
In the Mayor’s office with Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh
Art On The Walls Program
Pittsburgh Mayor's Office
Group juried exhibition, AAPgh
August 2018 - January 2021
Spring in Pittsburgh
2018:
Shades of Bright, with Joy Knepp
Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, Somerset, PA
May - June 2018
Group Exhibition: The Museum of Russian Art | MORA , Jersey City, NJ
May 2018
Archived: A Salon Exhibit of Past Works
August 2012
Group juried exhibition, AAPgh
Juror: David Bowers
Spring in Pittsburgh, Honorable Mention
Fein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Westmoreland Juried Biennial
April - July 2012
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Women in Art / Art in Women
March 2012
Red Door Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Naked in Pittsburgh Autumn 2011, Group Juried Show
Red Door Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery Award Honorable Mention
Forbidden Fruit, Solo Exhibition
November 2010
Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA
Reflections, Solo Exhibition
2008
Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, Carnegie, PA
Pittsburgh Recast, Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators Juried Exhibition
2008
The Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
"Spring in Pittsburgh" featured in Pittsburgh Tribune Reveiw
and in Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine
