Victoria was born in a small town on the coast of the Black Sea, surrounded by vineyards and the stunning ruins of ancient Greek and Roman settlements. Her passion for art spans painting, graphics, design, and illustration. With extensive experience, Victoria has illustrated over 50 books for leading publishers, covering everything from classic fairy tales and novels to biographies of great composers. She collaborates with clients worldwide, including What on Earth Publishing with His Majesty King Charles III, Gallimard Jeunesse, Penguin Random House, Kingfisher, Rizzoli, Grimm Press, Samsung, and Vogue. Victoria has participated in 80 group and solo exhibitions across 17 countries and has earned numerous prestigious awards in international illustration competitions. Awards: 1999 - The Golden Pen of Belgrade, First Prize (Serbia) 2002 - Winner Illustrator of Bologna Book Fair (Italy) 2003 - The Golden Apple Bratislava, First Prize (Slovakia) 2004 - Winner Illustrator of Bologna Book Fair (Italy) 2009 - Tallinn Illustrators Triennial Power of Pictures, Diploma (2nd Prize) (Estonia) 2017 - Gold Award, Global Illustration Award, First Prize (Frankfurt, Germany) 2017 - International Competition Image of the Book, Diploma (Russia) 2017 - Russian Academy of Arts, Diploma (Russia) 2019 - Nami Concours, Purple Island Award (South Korea) 2019 - AOI Poster Prize for Illustration London Stories, Shortlist (Great Britain) 2019 - Book Illustration Festival BookILL Fest, Special Prize (Novo Milosevo, Serbia) 2020 - Nominated for The Hans Christian Andersen Award (IBBY) 2021 - International Competition Image of the Book, Prizewinner (Russia) 2021 - American Illustration 40, Winner (Selected for the American Illustration online collection, USA) 2022 - International Competition Image of the Book, Prizewinner (Russia) 2022 - American Illustration 41, Winner (Selected for the American Illustration online collection, USA) 2023 - American Illustration 42, Winner (Selected for the American Illustration online collection, USA) 2024 - The Mom's Choice, Gold Award (USA) 2024 - International Competition Image of the Book, Prizewinner (Russia) 2025 - iJungle Illustration Awards, Merit Award
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In this fascinating picture book Victoria creates a new universe, infinite and colorful, inhabited by surprising chatacters, sometimes a little frightening, sometimes funny - that's what children usually like enormously. --Anastasia Arkhipova, ex-vice President of The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) The theme of good wizards, incredible adventures and visionary meetings can also be traced in many initiative cycles of illustrations, of which there were quite a few at the exhibition. The artists' appeal to author's books or graphic novels written by the illustrators themselves is a significant phenomenon. Such a revelation and pure joy was Victoria Fomina's author's book "Plumelet" --Elena Rymshina, curator of the Department of 18th - 20th century graphics at the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow),