I, Elsa Nafikova, was born on May 8, 1973 in the city of Ufa, the republic of Bashkortostan. I live and work in Ufa.
In 1985-1989 I was studied at the Art School of the Arts Department of the Ufa of a graphic artist N. Grigoriev.
In 1991-1996 I was a full-time student of the Bashkir state Teachers’ Training University, an artistic-Drawing faculty, «Painting» by profession (under instructor Rinat Kharisov).
In 1995-1996 I attended Rais Gaitov studio.
Since 1999 I have been participating in art exhibitions. I am the participant of republican and regional youth exhibitions.
Since 2002, under the influence of a well-known Ufa painter, Rais Gaitov, I have been engaged in printing easel graphic art. In the printing graphic art I work in the technique of linocut and dry-point.
I am a participant of a number of international contest exhibitions of printing graphic art in Russia and abroad.
From 2006 I am a member of the Union of Arts Russia and a member of international association of Art UNESCO.
My artworks can be found in museums and private collections of Russia, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Romania