Please visit elenasoterakis.com to view my entire body of work dating back to 2005. I have numerous figurative works ranging from paintings of Italy from my year abroad to New Mexican Landscapes.

This site features the work of the eight winning artists as well as the finalists for, " The Dialogue of Art Competition". My winning painting, "Street Corner, Coney Island" will be on exhibit until Spring of 2010.

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The National Arts Club is located in the historic Tilden Mansion. 15 Gramercy Park was built in the 1840's and its original flat-front, iron-grilled appearance matched the style of the houses still maintained on the west side of Gramercy Park. The Club's Membership has included three presidents, and some of the most important artists and arts patrons in America. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Dwight D. Eisenhower were all Members of the National Arts Club. Among the distinguished painters who have been Members are Robert Henri, Frederic Remington, William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. Sculptors have included Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Anna Hyatt Huntington and Paul Manship.

Located in the heart of TriBeCa, the New York Academy of Art, a not-for-profit educational and cultural institution,is dedicated to the advancement of figurative painting, sculpture and drawing. The first graduate school in the United States devoted exclusively to the study of the human figure, the Academy fosters values and skills intrinsic to the creation of significant contemporary art.