Alena Nekipelova was born in 1989. After graduating from high school, she studied monumental painting at the Yaroslavl Art School. In 2009, she moved to St. Petersburg for higher education, and was accepted into the St. Petersburg State Stieglitz Academy of Art and Industry, one of the best art educational institutions in Russia. Studied architecture and design at the Department of Interior and Equipment in the workshop of architect and Honored Artist of Russia Felix Romanovsky. After graduating from the Academy in 2015, she worked in the architectural bureau Loginteriors (Moscow), studio Neumark Design and Architecture (St. Petersburg). Since 2018, she has been in private practice in St. Petersburg, working both in Russia and abroad, she has created a number of projects in Canada, Spain and Switzerland. She is inspired by travel, nature and art.