Elena Garstea is a visual artist and professor from Moldova. She was born in 1961 in Chisinau, Moldova and received her education in art colleges in Moldova and Russia. Garstea has worked as a professor of graphic arts at several universities in Moldova and is currently a professor at the Pedagogical University "I. Creanga" in Moldova. She is a member of several international artists' associations and has participated in over 100 international exhibitions around the world. Garstea focuses on painting and printmaking techniques like lithography.