Elena Volkova is a Ukrainian-born artist and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland. Working across photography and social practice, her practice is grounded in collaboration with communities and explores lived experience, place, and the tension between belonging and displacement. She has exhibited in the United States and internationally and has received awards and fellowships, including the Rubys Grant, the Baltimore Municipal Art Society Travel Prize, and a Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship. Her work is included in public and private collections and programs, including Johns Hopkins University, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and the University of Maryland Contemporary Art Purchasing Program (CAPP). Volkova teaches photography at Stevenson University.

email: elenavolkovaphotography@gmail.com

phone: 410. 903. 9230