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