yelena bryksenkova

About me

Occupation freelance illustrator and fine artist
Location United States
Introduction russian-born, american-raised, montreal-based. 2010 BFA from MICA. illustration, travel documentation, sketchbooking
Interests walking for miles, snail-mailing, tea-drinking, day tripping, exploring new places, textiles, collecting, organizing, fancy urns, qajar painting, ballet, bollywood, beautiful books, decorative arts, elephants, impressionism, folklore, fika, zakka, wabi sabi
Favorite Movies eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lost in translation, buffalo 66, penelope, mystic pizza, l'auberge espagnole, run lola run, science of sleep, goodbye lenin!, im juli, the lives of others
Favorite Music camera obscura, lana del rey, oh land, blonde redhead, regina spektor, the beatles, billie holiday, the clientele, beach house, islands, sigur ros, mazzy star, au revoir simone, iggy azalea
Favorite Books norwegian wood, kitchen, if on a winter's night a traveler, i capture the castle, solaris, to an unknown lady, dance dance dance, nadja, master and margarita, anna karenina