Fomina Victoria

Victoria Fomina graduated from Moscow High School of Architecture. Her interests include painting, graphics, illustration and design

She has illustrated more than 30 books for publishers in Russia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, Brazil, Norway, Italy, France.
She has taken part in exhibitions in Bologna (Italy), Bratislava (Slovakia), Geneva (Switzerland), and in Russia, Japan, Estonia, France, Norway, Germany, India, South Korea, Taiwan.

Awards:

First prize “The Golden Apple” Bratislava (Slovakia)

First prize “The Golden Pen of Belgrade” (Serbia)

Diploma of Tallinn Illustrators Triennial “Power of Pictures” (Estonia)

First Professional Prize for the best book “The Golden Ostap”, (Russia)

Winner of competition held by the State Committee of Printing (Russia

Main exhibitions:

1997 Biennial of Illustration. Bratislava, Slovakia

1998 Selected illustrators from BIB. Hiroko Mori & Stasys Museum. Okumonobe Art museum. Art Gallery of Daiwa Niigata. Baiennosato Art Gallery. Japan

1998 Biennale of book graphics. International Biennial of Illustration. Belgrade, Serbia

1999 “The Best Book Graphics”. Central House Children's Books, Moscow

2001 Biennale of European illustrations. Japan

2001 Biennale of book graphics. International Biennial of Illustration. Belgrade, Serbia

2002 Bologna International Exhibition of illustrations. Bologna International illustration. Bologna, Italy

2002 International Book Exhibition. Taipei (Taiwan)

2002 BIB Japan. Urawa Art Museum. Japan

2002 Illustrators of Children's books. Itabashi Art Museum. Tokyo. Japan

2002 Participation in a multicultural, multi-media project «Responding to Climat Change" UNFCC

2003 BIB Japan. Kijo Ehon-no Sato Gallery. Iida City Museum. Japan

2003 Bratislava World illustration. Bratislava, Slovakia

2003 Power of Pictures. Tallinn. Estonia

2004 Bologna International Exhibition of illustrations. Bologna, Italy

2004 Illustrators of Children's books. Itabashi Art Museum. Tokyo. Japan

2005 Bratislava World illustration. Bratislava, Slovakia

2005 "Russian holidays." Geneva. Switzerland

2005 “Un automne russe ? Bordeaux”. The exhibition of book graphics. France

2006 “Power of Pictures”. Tallinn. Estonia

2006 Performance "The Birth of things!" Moscow

2007 The "Little Tragedies" for the exhibition Isaloni Worldwide. Moscow

2008 Exhibition "Clockwork Chicken" in the cultural center "Dom." (With Katya Silina). Moscow

2009 “Power of Pictures”. Tallinn. Estonia

2009 Exhibition "Five Russian artists." Gallery "Illustratsioonigalerii". Tallinn. Ilon Wikland Museum. Haapsalu. Estonia

2009 Project "Millionaires." Millionaire Fair. Moscow

2010 " Solo Exhibition “Thumbelina" gallery "Korpus 3". Moscow

2011 Sea Fairy Tales. Eurajoki. Finland

2011-2012 "Dear JAPAN. Messages of hope from picture book artists around the world ". Itabashi (Tokyo), Chiyoda (Tokyo), Kanazawa (Ishikawa), Sendai (Miyagi). Japan

2012 “Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales”. Kuressaare (Saaremaa). Estonia

2012 "Two Centuries After". Casa Saraceni. Bologna. Italy

2013 Solo Exhibition. Jointly with Katya Silina. Gallery "Illustratsioonigalerii". Tallinn

2013 “Paper Castles”. Jointly with Katya Silina. Russian State Library for children. Moscow

2013 Russian illustrators in Frankfurt. Germany

2013 – Solo Exhibition. “Line. Color. Space”. (Jointly with Zurab Tsereteli)

2014 «English books in Russian style” The Museum of Pushkin. Moscow

2014 «Bee Art». Gallery Faszination Art. Hamburg

2014 Solo Exhibition. «Modny Season” gallery. Moscow

2015 “Cats in the Manege”. Vladey and Regina gallery. Moscow

2015 Solo Exhibition. “Art de la Vie”. Moscow

2015 «Phantastische Venus» Viechtach, Old City Hall. Germany.

2015 Solo Exhibition. “VIA” gallery. Moscow