Lena Sosnovskaya is a Russia-born, Paris-based contemporary artist whose practice moves between expressive, naïve, figurative, and abstract painting. Working primarily with acrylic, charcoal, pastel, and gouache on canvas and cardboard, she explores the emotional resonance of everyday life through expressive colour, intuitive mark-making, and simplified forms.

For the past ten years, Sosnovskaya has developed her artistic practice alongside her career with the United Nations. Painting has become both a way of making sense of the world and a means of transforming lived experiences, emotions, and memories into visual form. Her work explores still life, landscape, and the human body, drawing inspiration from nature, personal encounters, and fleeting moments of beauty.

Dogs hold a special place in her artistic universe. Through their expressive presence, distinctive characters, and unguarded ways of inhabiting the world, they offer a rich subject for exploring affection, vulnerability, companionship, and the quiet joy of everyday encounters. Moving beyond literal representation, Sosnovskaya approaches animals with the same intuitive freedom that defines her broader practice. Bold colours, spontaneous gestures, and simplified shapes allow personality and emotion to emerge, inviting viewers to recognise something familiar and deeply human in the animal world.

At the heart of her work is a desire to hold onto beauty: the ordinary, often overlooked moments that offer comfort, connection, and hope. Balancing observation with imagination, her paintings occupy a space between reality and abstraction, where simplicity becomes a vehicle for emotional depth.

Sosnovskaya has exhibited her work in Moscow and Bonn, including her solo exhibition Happy Palette Accident at the UN Campus in Bonn in 2025. Her artistic education includes studies at the British School of Art & Design in Moscow, Sotheby’s Institute in London, and St Ives Painting School in Cornwall. Her works are held in private collections across Europe, North America, and South America.