Master gallery
ul. Mayakovskogo, 41/ul. Ryleeva, 6 (m. Chernyshevskaya, Mayakovskaya)
+7 (812) 640-77-37, www. masterclassfund.ru
Opening hours: tue-sun 12.00-19.00, mon closed

September 14 – October 6

In September 2012 an exchange of comics authors was organized in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of connection between sister cities of Bordeaux and Saint Petersburg. This exchange program was designed to give artists an opportunity to get acquainted with life and culture of friendly cities. The participants of the program were Varvara Pomidor and Francois Ayroles. The result of this cultural exchange is a book – a comics guide to Bordeaux and Saint-Petersburg.

Master gallery
ul. Mayakovskogo, 41/ul. Ryleeva, 6 (m. Chernyshevskaya, Mayakovskaya)
+7 (812) 640-77-37, www. masterclassfund.ru
Opening hours: tue-sun 12.00-19.00, mon closed

September 14 – October 6

Oleg Tischenkov was born and raised in Smolensk. He has been working in illustration since he was 17 years old, when he received his first commission for his drawings from a newspaper. In 1993 with the advent of computers his interest shifted to computer art and media art, and he became one of the pioneers of computer graphics in Russia. For a long time he worked as a full-time illustrator at Lebedev Studio. Today he continues to collaborate with the studio. 10 years ago while working at the studio Oleg first conceived a series of one-page comics about the man and the cat. Today the series is perhaps the best-known comic in our country. Oleg now resides in Canada.

Master gallery
ul. Mayakovskogo, 41/ul. Ryleeva, 6 (m. Chernyshevskaya, Mayakovskaya)
+7 (812) 640-77-37, www. masterclassfund.ru
Opening hours: tue-sun 12.00-19.00, mon closed

September 14 – October 6
Tom Gold was born in 1976 in Scotland. He studied at the illustration course in Edinburgh and then at the Royal College of Art in London. In 2001 he and Simone Lia organized a small publishing house Cabanon Press, where they have began to publish their own books. Tom Gold now works with such publications as The New Yorker, The Believer, The New York Times and Granta. For several years now he has been drawing a comic series for every Saturday edition of the newspaper The Guardian. Moreover, over the last year the largest independent Canadian comic book publisher Drawn and Quarterly has printed two of his book.

The library of book graphics (the Lermontov library system)
ul. 7 krasnoarmeyskaya, 30, entrance from the yard, code 150 (m. Tekhnologicheskiy institut)
+7 (812) 575-16-34, www.lermontovka-spb.ru/biblioteka-knizhnoj-grafiki
Opening hours: mon-fri 09.00-20.00, sat 10.00-18.00, sun closed

September 15 – October 5

Yury Alexandrov is a well-known St. Petersburg artist, illustrator, book designer. In the seventies, he drew illustrations for textbooks and primers for the peoples of the Far North. Children’s books were published with Alexandrov’s illustrations. Later he became one of the first comic book artists in Russia since he saw drawn stories as a universal form of text organization. In his works, that have been defined by art critics as “schizocomics”, the author uses an intriguing mixture of obscene adult pictures and images for children from Chukchi school textbooks – according to him they are similar in their operating nature.

The library of foreign literature for children (branch №3 of the Pushkin library)
ul. 3 sovetskaya, 8, entrance from the yard (m. Ploshchad Vosstaniya)
+7 (812) 275-53-10, www.pushkinlib.spb.ru
Opening hours: mon-sat 11.00-18.00, sun closed

September 21 – October 12

Lev Yudin was born in 1903 in Vitebsk. While still in school he began attending the workshop of K.S. Malevich, then studied at an institute, where Malevich was teaching. In 1922 he moved to Petrograd with his teacher. Since 1928, Yudin collaborated in magazines Tchizh and Yozh and the famous Marshak Academy along with other great artists and writers: V. Lebedev, Yu.Vasnetsov, B. Malakhovsky, V. Ermolayeva, D. Harms, N. Oleynikov, N. Zabolotsky, V. Mayakovsky, A.Vvedensky and others. In 1941, he was killed at the Leningrad front.

Comics library (the Lermontov library system)
Izmaylovsky pr.18 (m. Tekhnologicheskiy institute, Baltiyskaya)
Тел.: +7 812 251 6156, www.lermontovka-spb.ru/biblioteka-komiksov
Opening hours: mon-fri 12.00-20.00, sat 10.00-18.00, sun closed

September 21 – October 12

Ner-Tamin is an alias of a young artist Julia Nikitina . For the last 4 years she has been working on a graphic novel, The Sorcerer’s Journey . The first volume was released in June 2013 by SPb Comics, the author is currently working on the sequel.

Saray gallery at the Museum of Anna Akhmatova
Liteyniy pr., 53, entrance under the arch (m. Mayakovskaya, Vladimirskaya)
+7 (812) 579-72-39, www.akhmatova.spb.ru
Opening hours: tue-sun 10.30-18.30, wed 13.00-21.00, mon closed

September 25 – October 13
Olga Shtonda was born in 1989 in Chuguev, Kharkov region, Ukraine. In 2009, she graduated from Kharkov Art College; in 2013 Olga received a bachelor’s degree from Kharkov Academy of Design and Arts with specialization in book graphics. At the moment she is continuing her education at the Academy. Olga mainly works in the genre of illustration and books, but from time to time she uses the form of comics for her works. She draws in various graphic techniques, including experimental printing techniques. In 2012, she received the Grand Prix of Boomfest festival.

The Nabokov Museum
ul. Bolshaya Morskaya, 47 (m. Admiralteyskaya)
+7 (812) 315-47-13, www.nabokovmuseum.org
Opening hours: tue-fri 11.00-18.00, sat-sun 12.00-17.00, mon closed

September 25 – October 13
Mesqueunblog.kz – is the story of an Almaty man Bakhytzhan told by a French artist in the form of a comic book about the life of a man who wants to be like everyone else, but who is not. The story talks about people with disabilities and their families that are hidden from the public eye. These comics are created by French artist Nicolas Journoud, who has been living in Kazakhstan since 2006. Today he works as a freelance illustrator in France and Kazakhstan.

The Nabokov Museum
ul. Bolshaya Morskaya, 47 (m. Admiralteyskaya)
+7 (812) 315-47-13, www.nabokovmuseum.org
Opening hours: tue-fri 11.00-18.00, sat-sun 12.00-17.00, mon closed

September 25 – October 13

Pascal Rabaté was born in 1961. In the early 80 ‘s, he graduated from the school of Fine Arts in the city of Angers. In ’89 he published his first book. His graphic adaptation of Alexei Tolstoy’s novel Ibikus, which he worked on from 1998 to 2001, won the most prestigious award in the world of European comics – the prize Alph – Art for best album at the festival in Angouleme in 2000. This year this book is coming out in Russian. In 2010, Pascal made his debut as a film director and now he has two films to his credit (Brooks, 2010, Holidays by the Sea, 2011) and the third one is coming out this year.