Aelita Andre

Country: Australia

Aelita Andre, now 16 years old, is an acclaimed art prodigy renowned for her abstract paintings. Her art is bright and colourful, and she stands by freedom of creative expression. Aelita challenges conventional principles behind art, basing her paintings off the wonders of spontaneity and intuition. Aelita's artistic journey commenced when she was just nine months old. She held her first solo exhibition at the age of two, and is referred to as the world’s youngest professional artist by both the BBC and the founder of Wikipedia. By the age of four, she had a sellout solo show in New York City. When she was six, she painted live before an audience of 20,000 in Utah, USA. By nine, she staged a solo show at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Museum in St. Petersburg. Aelita pioneered the concept of 'sound painting', a merging of art and sound on a touch-sensitive canvas, often incorporating violins. She plays the violins mounted on her artworks, connected to devices that change and morph their music. She interacts with touch-points on the canvas designed to trigger sound, creating a unique and dramatic ambience that echoes the vitality of sound within the fabric of the universe. In 2023, a 208 page biography by SKIRA chronicling Aelita’s 15 years in the arts so far, was released, selling in stores worldwide. She has won the Global Child Prodigy Award twice in a row, in 2020 and 2022, and has staged over 35 solo exhibitions around the world.

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