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Victoria Fomina

Victoria Fomina

Victoria Fomina - Leading storybook illustrator

Naïve, folksy, but with a classical edge, Victoria Fomina’s paintings make viewers want to jump down the rabbit hole with her into a charmingly surreal world of detail and colour, crafted in the artist’s unique style. Vastly experienced, she has illustrated over 40 books for leading publishers, from classic fairy tales and novels to biographies of the great composers.
Clients love the dedicated and imaginative way Victoria interprets each brief. No detail is too small as she explores new visual metaphors, adding value to the projects she works on. Victoria is inspired by great artists like da Vinci, Vermeer and Klimt. She loves painting en plien air in the cherry orchard near her home.

Approach

When Victoria receives a brief she dives into the story and surrounds herself with relevant illustrations, postcards, photos, shells, flowers and more to set the perfect tone. She works with watercolour, gouache and acrylic – fluid media that allow for great spontaneity.

Styles

Combining the avant-garde with the traditional, Victoria varies her style depending on the content of the book she’s working on. For a classic or historical narrative she may lean towards a gothic or rococo look, or she might use Pop Art or collage techniques to generate something more contemporary.

Awards

1998 – The Golden Ostap – First prize 1999 – Golden Pen of Belgrade – First prize 2003 – Golden Apple, Bratislava – First prize 2017 – Global Illustration Awards, Frankfurt – Gold 2019 – Nami Concours, South Korea – Purple Island Award 2019 – BookILL Fest, Serbia – Special award 2020 - Nomination for The Hans Christian Andersen Award 2021 - International Competition Image of the Book, Russia - Winner 2021 - American Illustration 40 - Winner

Client list

Victoria works for clients around the world including Gallimard Jeunesse, Penguin Random House, Kingfisher, Rizzoli, Grimm Press, Samsung, JFEP, Pan Press, Vogue and Woongjin.
Front cover design of Pride, Prejudice, and Peril book
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic Children art for Grimm Press
Victoria Fomina
watercolour design
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Victoria Fomina
Aerial View mozart
Victoria Fomina
map children
Victoria Fomina
Nursery rhymes Acrylic art
Victoria Fomina
Princesses and Unicorns Childrens poster
Victoria Fomina
Young Napoleon Bonaparte graphic design
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic Mozart for Grimm Press
Victoria Fomina
drawing of nature
Victoria Fomina
Historical art of man traveling on boat
Victoria Fomina
Snow White cower
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic watercolour historic
Victoria Fomina
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ILUT7010
Victoria Fomina
Cinderella retro mixed medium art
Victoria Fomina
RETE1379
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Watercolor drawing of swimming on beach
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic Animals Cats and the city
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Fluffy
Victoria Fomina
Editorial design of weekend drive with pets
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Swimming with pets watercolor painting
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Victoria Fomina
Children illustration
Victoria Fomina
Mixed medium children poster Cats and the city
Victoria Fomina
Fantasy illustration with balloons
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic watercolour historic
Victoria Fomina
Graphic illustration space
Victoria Fomina
Cats and the city Graphic design
Victoria Fomina
Princesses and Unicorns Childrens book Graphic design
Victoria Fomina
The Snow white JFEP Graphic design
Victoria Fomina
Nursery rhymes Acrylic art
Victoria Fomina
Mixed medium mozart for Grimm press
Victoria Fomina
Tchaikovsky childrens art for Ripol classic
Victoria Fomina
Acrylic watercolour historic
Victoria Fomina
Book cover illustration of kapycejib by Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
painting of music show
Victoria Fomina
Mozart Grimm Press
Victoria Fomina
Computer Generated  Your Journey to Freedom
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Victoria Fomina
Mural art of snow white
Victoria Fomina
Conceptual art of Bible For Children
Victoria Fomina
Watercolor painting for Bible For Children
Victoria Fomina
Character design for children book
Victoria Fomina
Cinderella retro mixed medium art
Victoria Fomina
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