Gelena Pavlenko (Vorobieva) was born in  Kyiv, Ukraine in 1969.

 Gelena trained at the Ukrainian Art Academy. Her work has featured in solo and group exhibitions in the Ukraine,Poland,Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Italy, the USA and Canada.

Artist's Works is represented in the permanent Сollection of the National Museum of history of Ukraine, Kyiv,Ukraine and in the permanent Collection of Salmagundi Art Club, New York ,NY, USA, in the permanent Collection of Ukrainian Museum in New York, NY, USA

 She is based in Pennsylvania, USA, where she lives with her husband and son.

"Gelena's artworks contain something more meaningful than mere descriptions of flourishing nature. Her art offers an allegory of the whole natural world together with its eternal blooming. In her art one could easily discern a connection to magic realism, mainly because her breathtaking diligence and remarkable painting mastery reveal themselves in combination with the poetic perception of reality. Her paintings convey the perfection a la Durer, diligent crafting of poetic images and Renaissance principles of structuring of the universe of art." D.Korsun, leading Ukrainian fine art expert.

“Dance” 18” x 24” oil on canvas

“The White Sails” 14” round oil on canvas

“Desire” 24” x 18” oil on canvas

“Singing Drops” 36” x 24” oil on canvas