Oksana Shulga, b.1976
Born in Moscow, she began painting in 1989, taking private lessons at the studio of artist Miсhael Babenkov. In 1994, she enrolled as a student at the Moscow Textile University (fabric artist). Since 2019, she has been actively involved in illustration. From 2019 to the present, she has illustrated 10 books. Since 2025, he has been a member of the National Pastel Society of Russia.
"Feelings and impressions are important to me. Often, it's not the object itself that matters, but the impression and mood it leaves. The same applies to color. I'm a follower of the coloristic school of painting; it's important to me to find the harmony of a unique state and convey character.
When choosing projects for illustration, the most important thing for me is to convey the hero's feelings, not only through a portrait of the hero, but using all means - composition, rhythm, textures, the character of lines, shadow and light."
Education:
- 2016: Internship at the Imperial Academy of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg
- 1994-1999: Master of Arts degree, Moscow
Exhibitions:
- 2025: Exhibition and workshop «Horse running», Lapua, Finland
- 2025: Solo exhibition «The colour of the Sea», Alajärvi, museum Nelimarkka, Villa Väinölä, Finland
- 2024: Solo exhibition and workshop «Horse running», Soini, Finland
- 2023: Solo exhibition «At the racetrack», Alajärvi, Finland
- 2020: Internet exhibition, Japan International Watercolor Institute, Japan
- 2019: X international Biennale «Art-Bridge-Watercolor», Yusupov palace, St. Petersburg
- 2018: «Dance of flowers», Moscow
- 2018: «Caras de Russia», Museum of watercolor, Toluca, Mexico
- 2017: IX international Biennale «Art-Bridge-Watercolor», Yusupov palace, St. Petersburg
- 2017: IWE «The World of Watercolor», Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
- 2017: International festival of watercolor «Light Water Color», Torres Vedras municipal gallery, Portugal
- 2017: Portugal Festival Internacional IWS, Caldas da Rainha Cultural and Congress Center, Portugal
- 2016: «Disappearing harmony», St. Petersburg
- 2016: VII international exhibition «Aquabiennale», Petrozavodsk
Awards:
- 2019: Winner diploma in the category «Genre Scene» of the X International Biennale «Art-Bridge-Watercolor», Yusupov palace, St. Petersburg
- 2017: Diploma of the second degree in the category «Portrait» of the IX International Biennale «Art-Bridge-Watercolor», Yusupov palace, St. Petersburg
Illustrations:
- 2025: «Childhood» by L. Tolstoy, Labirint Press Publishing
- 2023-2024: Illustrations for the magazine «THE ABYSS», Association of Speleologists of the Urals
- 2023: «The Call of the Wild» by J. London, Labirint Press Publishing
- 2023: «Children of the New Forest» by F. J. Marryat, Labirint Press Publishing
- 2023: «Mom for Cloud» by I. Zartaiskaya, Nigma publishing
- 2022: «Doctor Violin» by M. Lazarenskaya, Nigma publishing
- 2021: «Two Dianes» by A. Dumas, Nigma publishing
- 2020: «Keys to autumn» by A.Kashura, Nigma publishing
- 2019: «ABC with Sophie and Kuzya» by I. Alekseeva, T. Khozhaeva, Avtorskaya kniga publishing
- 2018: «Slavik and kitten Kuzya study the alphabet» by I. Alekseeva, T. Khozhaeva, Pero publishing
