They say you’re never too young to make a start, and one Australian artist has certainly proved the point with the opening of her latest exhibition, this time in New York…
At four years old, Australian abstract artist Aelita Andre is the youngest professional painter in the world. She has been compared to Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky and Salvador Dali among others.
Aelita Andre – the pure pleasure of creation
Aelita had just turned two when her first solo show opened in 2009, featuring all the works she had painted as a one-year old. The show at the prestigious BSG gallery in Melbourne, Australia attracted
worldwide attention. The BBC London rang to congratulate her on her second birthday for her immense achievement, the Chinese press called her paintings “the work of a master”, 60 Minutes called her “the next big thing” and the Australian media dubbed her “Pee Wee Picasso”.
While still only two years old she was invited to Hong Kong where she staged a solo exhibition and painted live for over an hour in front of more than 60 Chinese and international media crews, after having been scheduled only to paint for five minutes.
Aelita is currently living in Melbourne, Australia with her parents Michael Andre and Nikka Kalashnikova who are of Russian origin and are both artists.
On one occasion when her father put one or his canvases on the floor to paint, Aelita crawled onto it and began dabbing and smearing paint across it with such conviction that her father just left her to continue, and placed a second canvas next to it for his own work.
Her works are vivid, expressive and full of energy and she is obsessed with painting. She runs around demanding “painting! painting!” and “kist! kist!” which is the Russian word for paintbrush. Her work has been featured by every major TV network and her paintings which are so admired by viewers continue to ignite heated debates around the world, about art.
Aelita has painted over 200 paintings, many of them large canvases. She paints with dedicated single-mindedness, but also with obvious joy and pleasure. Her world is explored through an “innocent eye” that opens a bright sunlit window into the primal and subconscious creative process.
She has a Solo Exhibition on currently in New York that opened on June 4th and runs to June 25th 2011, at the Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
Aelita Andre – website:
http://www.aelitaandreart.com/aelitaandre/Home.html
Her works are available to buy at: http://www.art-mine.com/artistpage/aelita_andre.aspx
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