Maria Titova

Maria Titova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1988, where she still lives and works as an illustrator, printmaker and teacher. She graduated in 2012 from the Moscow State Academy of Applied Arts and Design (BA in Visual Arts). In 2011 she was granted a Presidential scholarship to study abroad and spent her last year of academic training at the Prague Academy of Architecture, Art and Design. In 2015 she obtained a MA in Visual Arts from the Boris Trofimov Graphic Design Studio.

Masha has worked as an illustrator and designer for two book projects: 1917 — Our Life After (Preobrazhenie Publishing House, 2017) and The Hamster was Walking, (Samokat, 2018).

In 2018 she was selected to participate in the Illustrators Exhibition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair and then to create the visual identity for the 2019 edition of BCBF. As an illustrator she worked as well on the key visual project of the last edition of the New Moscow International Children’s Book Fair. Her artworks are included in private collections in Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

 

Related events
17 November, 13:30–14:40

Bologna, Capital of Illustration—The Bologna Illustrators Exhibition and 10 years of the International Award for Illustration BCBF-Fundación SM
Other speakers: Elena Pasoli (Italy), Bologna Children's Book Fair Exhibition Director; Page Tsou (Taiwan, China), Illustrator and Art Director, Auspicious Design; Teresa Tellechea (Spain), Executive Director of Children's Books, Grupo SM; Maria Titova (Russia),  Illustrator; Sara Wang (China), CEO, Sìdee Cultural Comunication; Vice President, Associazione Culturale Editoriale Italo-Cinese; Yan Xiaoli (China), Founder and Chied Editor. Dandelion Picture Book House
Event venue: Duo Yun Xuan Art Centre Shanghai (1088 Tianyaoqiao Road, Xuhui District)
Event host: Bologna Illustrators Exhibition China Tour Organising Committee, Duo Yun Xuan Art Centre
Connecting the City; Event in Chinese and English; Open to all