Elena Gabbasova Taidemaalari, Helsinki

Elena Gabbasova was born in the village of Kraskino, not far from Vladivostok, on the border with China. She began to draw at a very early age. While still being young she emigrated to Ufa where she entered an art studio and also studied at the Republic's Secondary Boarding School of Art. In 1978, Elena entered the Department of Graphic Art at the Bashkir State Pedagogic…al Institute, and worked as a temporary correspondent in the Department of Culture, Literature and Art.