Victoria Semykina is a Russian illustrator and fine artist who lives in Italy, Bologna. She has graduated from the Moscow Art Academy and the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts. Among her most recent accomplishments are five personal exhibitions, as well as eight published illustrated books. Her clients include the New Yorker, Tate Modern, Starbucks, GQ, Penguin, Forbes, Oxford Press, De Morgen, D&D London Restaurants, Andersen Press, Psychologies, etc.