Elena Gorn/ Urban Pulse

Elena Gorn is a contemporary artist based in Tel Aviv. With over fifteen years of experience as a graphic designer, she transitioned into contemporary art in 2024, seeking to move beyond conventional norms and engage viewers in new ways of reflection.

Elena Gorn’s practice is inspired by urban rhythm, Mediterranean light, memory, and migration. She investigates the tension between order and chaos, seriousness and play, and how contemporary culture consumes pleasure. Neon palettes and pop-art aesthetics become metaphors of irony, excess, and fragile joy.

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, Gorn employs palette knife, layering, glazing, and texture to build surfaces that oscillate between clarity and dissolution. For her, painting is both a tactile and conceptual act — a process that leaves an emotional trace rather than a literal image.