Bednarik graduated from the National School of Art in
Bucharest in 1908, where she was taught by
Dimitrie Serafim. From 1909 to 1912, she studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She later became a painting teacher at the high schools "Principesa Elena" in
Brașov, "Domnița Ileana" and "Notre-Dame" in Bucharest. She had one child, Beatrice. When her first child, Beatrice Bednarik, was born, Elena Alexandrina Bednarik was 39 years old. She married Romanian painter
Ignat Bednarik and died in
Mogoșoaia. == Artwork ==