
Viktoria is an accomplished illustrator, artist and graphic designer located in Iceland.
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Work
2021 – present
Product designer and illustrator, Metall design studio
2019 – 2021
Freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
Watercolor teacher in the School of Arts,
​Kópavogur, Iceland
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2012 – 2019
Graphic designer and illustrator,
Hvíta húsið advertising agency
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​March 2012 – August 2012
Branding and illustrating
Íslenskuþorpið (The Icelandic Village),
University of Iceland
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2009 – 2010
Freelance interior designer, Ukraine
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April 2009 – July 2009
Graphic designer at Rona, children´s birthday parties and events organiser, Crimea
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Education
2010 – 2013
Iceland Academy of the Arts,
BA in Visual Communications
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2004 – 2008
National University of Culture and Arts, Kiev, Ukraine,
Department of Art
BA with honors in Environment design (Interior and exterior)
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Details
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Graduation project
Interior and exterior design of a summer house
Main courses
- Designing of living, public accommodations, hotel and restaurant facilities, stores
- Corporate identity
- Furniture design
- Painting and drawing
- Modelling (making prototypes of houses and apartments)
- Science of color
- Exhibition design
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1994 – 2002
School of Fine Arts, Kerch, Crimea
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Studies included art history, painting in different techniks, batik, pastels, working with ceramics.​​​​​

Awards and nominations
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2021 - FÍT gold reward
Illustration series for advertisements and campaign,
COVID 19. Við erum öll almannavarnir, Hvíta húsið, Almannavarnir
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2019 – FÍT nomination
2019 – Lúðurinn ÍMARK, 1st place
Saman gegn sóun, Hvíta húsið, Umhverfisstofnun.
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2018 – FÍT nomination
Duty Free store, wall graphic
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2012 – FÍT silver award
2012 – Lúðurinn ÍMARK, 1st place
Wall art for Advania, Hvíta húsið, Advania.
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2011 - Credit card decal illustration for Borgun, the provider of electronic payment solutions in Iceland​
1st place in the category "Icelandic Nature"
1st place in the category "Reykjavík"
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Interviews and articles
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Frá LHÍ til Stjórnarsáttmála: Viktoría Buzukina
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Lóan í litadýrð, Hús og híbýli, 6.tbl, 2017
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Computer skills
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Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop;
Figma;
Procreate;
Power Point, Keynote, Office Word, Excel, Google Slides & Docs.
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Languages
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Icelandic (very good)
English (very good)
Ukrainian (very good)
Russian (native)
© Viktoría Buzukina 2019