Victoria Plotnikova is Ukrainian artist, illustrator, designer.

All her artwork series were built on the self-identification study (A series "Oblivion", "Disclosure", "Child`s Dream", "Whims of Cats") and society problems ("War", "Confrontation", "Invasion", "Urban Scenes"). Victoria always pay attention on artists responsibility - opening up for society global problems understanding. Especially, after receiving bitter experience of being war prisoner, she understand role of artist as "eyes of society". So now she is researching human rights violations and taking part in events dedicated to the support of Ukraine (participated in the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Counci). Currently she is researching on human rights violations and would like to embody visually learned ideas. With the desire to implement visually studied concepts, she became a member of The Swiss Artistic Research Network (SARN), which unites artists with a research approach in visual art.

• Education:

1996-2000 yr - Art School №1 named after Repin in Kharkiv

2003-2005 yr - Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy, town-planning faculty

2007-2011 yr - Bachelor of arts Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, specialty printmaking graphics

2011-2013 yr - Master of arts with honors Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, specialty printmaking graphics

• Activities:

Commercial illustration. Design concept and development. Art teacher, practical art researcher, artist - printmaking graphics creating.

• Projects:

Netsuke

• Works in collections:

Works of the artist are in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Finland, Germany, USA, Italy and Poland

• Critics:

L. L. Savitskaya, Doctor of Arts (KSADFA): "The works performed Victoria characterize her as a person and artist, owning civic maturity, understanding figurative essence, and constitute undoubted advantage of her works ..."

• Competitions:

2021 - Participation in the "Carapelli for Art", Italy

2020 - Participation in Сheltenham Illustration Awards 2020, Illustration the theme of which is «I am many stories», Сheltenham, UK

2020 - Participation in the "Carapelli for Art", Italy

2020 - Participation in NAVS’ 2020 Art for Animals Contest, Chicago, USA

2019 - Participation in Сheltenham Illustration Awards 2019, Illustration the theme of which is «All together now», Сheltenham, UK

2019 - Participation in H.A.P. art contest "Catalyzing Hope" in Toronto, Canada   

2017 - Participation in Poster for tomorrow, posters design "Freedom of Movement", Paris, France

2017 - Participation in Сheltenham Illustration Awards 2017, Illustration the theme of which is «Tales Through Others Eyes», Сheltenham, UK

2016 - Participation in Poster for tomorrow, posters design "Make Extremism History", Paris, France

2016 - Participation in Gentletude, International Competition logo design for 13th November – the Kindness World Day, Milan, Italy

2016 - Participation in 8th International Exlibris and Small Graphic Art Competition «The Dreams of Gdansk Neptune», Gdansk, Poland

2016 - Participation in Ukrainian competition for the best sketches of jewelry design, Kyiv

2016 - Application for international competition exhibition NordArt 2016, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2015 - Participation in international competition of "An EX LIBRIS for Museo Nazionale della Montagna", Torino, Italy

2015 - Participation in competition UK/raine: Emerging artists from The UK and Ukraine, Saatchi Gallery, UK, London

2015 - Participation in competition of projects typical tombstones on the graves of those killed in the ATO, project for participation, Kyiv

2014 - Participation in the competition socio-political caricature "Maidan", 5 illustrations, Kyiv

2006 - Participation in the competition "Articon" art in style comics art, 5 illustration, Kyiv

2019 - Exhibition "Changed conceptions", selected works from series, KMAC, Kharkiv

2013 - Exhibition and performance "Art to the masses", 10 artworks from the series "Urban scenes", "Com.Kv" Kharkiv

2010 - Exhibition and performance "Art to the masses", 10 artworks from the series "Whims of cats", "Com.Kv" Kharkiv

2000 - Exhibition competition in exhibition hall in KSIBA, the best illustration to poetry, 4 illustrations, Kharkiv

1999 - Exhibition in the Exhibition Hall of Art School named after Repin - "Summer Landscape", 5 artworks, Kharkiv

Roger Stigell, Familjefadern Morgan, 39, åkte till fronten i Ukraina - LT, 26 of November 2022, Sweden