ILLUSTRATION in Ukraine

Book «ILLUSTRATION in Ukraine | Ілюстрація в Україні» is a unique, absolutely first book that presents artistic achievements of Ukrainian artists – illustrators. The book was arranged in cooperation with the illustrators’ club Pictoric.

Illustration is not only and not so much, in the accepted meaning, a part of a book or a project. Illustrations are works of art technically complex and emotionally colored art objects. The selection of works of the artists-illustrators presented in the book is the cross-section of creative legacy of young Ukrainian talents. Every artist is a striking personality, an individual with his/her inner world, background, area of thought, sources of inspiration, media and styles, creative quest. Next to the illustrations in the book you will find interesting facts about the authors.

Language – Ukrainian and English
Number of illustrators – about 30
Format – 230 х 310 mm, ca 200 pages
Cover – hard
Pressrun – 1000 copies

Illustrators’ club Pictoric was founded in 2014. The idea of its creation was that of development and promotion of a top quality Ukrainian illustration both as a distinct type of art in Ukraine, and the creative activity of Ukrainian artists abroad. This mission is still frontmost in the activity of the organization. The club co-curators – Oleg Gryshchenko, a black and white artist, illustrator, teacher of the Ukrainian National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture and an art director of Portal publishing house; Anna Sarvira, an illustrator and art director of Ukrainian animated series Brave Bunnies; Olena Staranchuk, a graphic designer and teacher. The curators involve in certain projects experts from different areas that become partners and an intrinsic part of the team.

Pictoric organized exhibitions in Germany, Poland, Portugal, Georgia and a lot of Ukrainian cities. In the year of 2020 there was a grandiose three-month exhibition of Ukrainian illustration in the National Library for Children and Young Adults in Seoul (South Korea).

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