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Art painter Nelly Drell was born in 19.10.1979 in Tallinn, Estonia.. Already as a child she was very interested in art and at the same time studding in Pelglinna high school she was also supplementing herself in Kullo art centre and in Kevade street art school. After committing and dedicating herself to art soon became clear that the road what was chosen was right and grow the need and wish to develop her skills and become a real artist. After graduating high school she carried on studying painting in 1998-2000 in Estonian Art Academy, later in Miami International Fine Arts College (2000-2001) she got her bachelors degree and in New York Art Academy (2001-2003) masters degree in painting.
Nelly Drell´s creation catches the eye by being bold and realistic and having lots of figural compositions. She isn’t afraid by experimenting with different art styles. You can find from her paintings hyper-realistic city views, ethnic-romantic celebration and all other possible styles, from baroque to classic. The same diverse is the artist in variation of subjects. Among the work there are at the same time colorful sport events, dramatic scenes from history and vivid landscapes. Usage of art form and choice of motives are varying but the main attention stays on (harmonically depicted) people.
Nelly Drell has exhibited her paintings since 1995 at tens of group and personal exhibitions. She has won in 2001 Miami International Fine Arts College young visual artist award and in 2008 SMV- prize in Estonian Artist Union year exhibition.
From 2005 she has been a member of Estonian Artist Union.
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