Elena Ulansky is a New York-based visual artist and art therapy practitioner whose work is a meditation on transformation, perception, and the quiet intelligence of the soul. Her paintings, both ethereal and structured, emerge from a process she calls Araya — a visual language that weaves together sacred geometry, intuitive abstraction, fractal forms, and symbolic storytelling into immersive portals for self-reflection and energetic shift.

Araya, drawn from the mystical aspect of the bodhisattva Tara, evokes the presence of awakened feminine wisdom—compassionate, precise, and deeply attuned. It is through this lens that Elena approaches her work: as a devotional act, an offering to stillness and revelation. Each canvas is an invitation to slow down, to listen, and to receive what is ready to emerge. Her pieces are not meant to be “read,” but rather felt—resonating like mantras or energetic blueprints designed to awaken something within the viewer.

Elena’s mixed-media process combines acrylic, oil, pastel, collage, and raw pigments in a layered choreography that mirrors the way memory, intuition, and healing overlap. Her works often flirt with the figurative—suggesting silhouettes, symbols, or dreamlike beings—but always return to abstraction as a field of potential. Recurring throughout her paintings are fractal-inspired structures and spiral pathways, nodding to Mandelbrot’s theory that infinite complexity can arise from the repetition of a simple pattern. In Elena’s world, this speaks not only to the design of the universe, but to the recursive nature of human consciousness, healing, and creative emergence.

With an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and years immersed in Eastern spiritual traditions, Elena has studied with yogic masters, explored shamanic realms in South America, and practiced meditative disciplines that shape both her life and her art. Her debut solo show in New York, Redirected Elements, introduced this contemplative approach to a wider audience—presenting art as a living, breathing energy field.

Expanding this vision, Elena co-founded ElArte, a creative movement and private club designed to make sacred art-making accessible to all. Blending guided inner work—such as meditation, breathwork, and journaling—with expressive creation, ElArte mirrors Elena’s belief that art is not just expression but alchemy. It is the container and the catalyst for transformation.

Her work is ultimately about portals: into memory, mystery, and the multidimensional human spirit. She paints not to answer questions, but to open space for deeper, more powerful ones to rise.