Taiga
Dvortsovaya nab., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours:mon-fri 11.00 – 21.00, sat-sun 12.00 – 21.00

September 26 – October 11

Katja Tukiainen is a famous artist, comics artist and illustrator. Katja studied in Helsinki and in Venice, actively exhibited all over the world: from the beginning of the 2000s she has held more than 25 solo exhibitions and participated in many group projects. Katja draws books for children and adults, engages in painting and installations, she is the Puupäähattu award winner for her contribution to the development of Finnish art of comics, she has also won the State Prize in the field of design and the award of the Finnish art community. This year, Russia will see the publication of her cartoon diary “Rusina”, in which she humorously describes her experience of pregnancy, childbirth and the first months of baby’s life.
www.katjatukiainen.com

Taiga
Dvortsovaya nab., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-fri 11.00 – 21.00, sat-sun 12.00 – 21.00

September 26 – October 11

Matti Hagelberg is a well-known Finnish artist, comics artist, illustrator, designer and teacher, winner of Puupäähattu award and Suomi-palkinto, the most prestigious Finnish award in the field of culture. Matti regularly holds exhibitions in many European countries and has published more than 15 books. This year, Russia will see the publication of his comics “Kekkonen”, which represent an absurdist biography of the legendary Finnish president. The collection of incredible and ironic adventures of this political superhero is the result of four years of hard work by the artist, who received the award Best Book Design at the International Competition in Leipzig for these comics.
www.mattihagelberg.blogspot.ru

Center of Art and Music of Mayakovsky library
Nevsky pr., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-sat 11-20:00, sun 11-18:00

September 25 – October 11

Eva Hilhorst has been professionally engaged in illustration, photography and comics since1997. Her specialization is graphic reportage, a genre which is gaining popularity worldwide. Eva has worked with Symbolia, an American online publication, Belgian weekly edition Brussel deze Week, drew reports on elections in Europe for the Dutch publication Trouw. Now Eva is developing a site Drawing the Times (www.drawingthetimes.com), an open platform for the publication of graphic reportage by authors from around the world. The launch of the project is scheduled for autumn 2015.
www.evahilhorst.blogspot.ru

Center of Art and Music of Mayakovsky library
Nevsky pr., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-sat 11-20:00, sun 11-18:00

September 25 – October 11

After having worked for 10 years in advertising design, Vlada Myakonkina decided to change profession and go into illustration. This decision proved to be very successful: in 2013 she graduated from the course of the British Higher School of Design under the direction of Victor Melamed and joined the community of illustrators Tzeh. In the same year Vlada took first place in the competition of reportage illustrators, participated in an ethnographic expedition around St. Petersburg with Artemy Lebedev, and in 2014 won the contest at Boomfest. Now Vlada engages in illustration as a freelancer, and works as an art director of the publishing house Samokat.
www.behance.net/Myvlada

Center of Art and Music of Mayakovsky library
Nevsky pr., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-sat 11-20:00, sun 11-18:00

September 25 – October 11

Gabrielle Bell is a living proof that self-taught individuals can become highly successful artists. She grew up in the American province and did not receive any university degrees in art. Gabrielle began to publish her first fanzines after she took art classes at the City College of San Francisco. Almost immediately after moving to New York in 2003, she won an Ignatz award for “Lucky”, a series of autobiographical comics. In 2008, her comics “Cecil and Jordan in New York” served as a basis for the film “Interior Design” by the cult French director Michel Gondry. Gabrielle’s Comics were included in the anthology Best American Comics three times.
www.gabriellebell.com

Center of Art and Music of Mayakovsky library
Nevsky pr., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-sat 11-20:00, sun 11-18:00

September 25 – October 11

Fanzines are limited editions, which can be printed both at home using a conventional printer, or at professional print shops. Typically, they are printed by the author or an art association, but it happens that the expenses are paid for by readers and enthusiasts. In the world of comics almost every artist with a household name started their career with fanzines. In Russia, the interest in this type of publishing is growing every year, and there are more and more publications. More than 50 Russian artists from different regions of Russia have provided their fanzines specifically for this exhibition.

Center of Art and Music of Mayakovsky library
Nevsky pr., 20 (m. Nevsky pr)
Opening hours: mon-sat 11-20:00, sun 11-18:00

September 25 – October 11

This year we have received more than 200 works from around the world as part of the traditional Boomfest comics contest. The artists were asked to create a complete story with no more than 3 pages on the topic of Way out. The festival jury will select the winners among the authors of different ages: one among the children and youth groups, and three among adults in the categories Best Story, Best Graphics and Grand Prix. Grand Prix gives the winner the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the next Boomfest.