Featured Artist
Yelena Lamm
Local artist, 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 has lived 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. Her most notable award was in 2023, for the “Most Original Award of Excellence” OPA Eastern Regional.
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2024: Society of Animal Artists Wildlife Wonders Exhibition, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE)
2023: 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
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 2022 Westmoreland Art Nationals Best in Show
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
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
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
Aqueous 2020, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition
Waterworks 2020, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition First Place
2020 Westmoreland Art Nationals Executive Director’s Choice Award and Painting Award for Girlfriends
Art On The Walls Program Pittsburgh Mayor's Office Group juried exhibition, AAPgh August 2018 - January 2021
