SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2025

ARTIST: Ivan
COUNTRY: Russian Federation
EMAIL: ivan.g.serg@gmail.com
CONTACT: https://www.behance.net/kometaM8307de
https://www.facebook.com/vanyasergeew/
https://www.instagram.com/vanya_sergeew/
I’m Ivan Sergeev.
Based in Belgrade, Serbia


Here is a little more about me:
- Created over 800 book illustrations for Great Stat Media (Shanghai, China), Nebo BookLab Publishing(Kyiv, Ukraine) Podpisnyye Izdaniya (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Kachelly Publishing House (Saint Petersburg, Russia), 5/4 publishing house and many others projects
- Represented by Peterhud Agency in Russia and Umer Agency in the international market of book illustration
- 6 of my books are on sale
- Shortlisted by the jury of 2020 NAMI Concours (Nami Island, South Korea)
- Received the internal Literature Ireland Grant of Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). The interpretation of the book with my illustrations has won funding for the translation of Dracula (Bram Stoker) into Ukrainian
- Finalsit of the longlist BCBF 2023 (Bologna Children’s Book Fair)
- My illustrations have been exhibited four times at MORS - International Festival of Book Illustration and Visual Literature (Moscow, Russia).
Won the Ilustrofest 2025 Grand Prix (Belgrade, Serbia)

There will be no Winter 1

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 2

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 3

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 4

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 5

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 6

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 7

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 8

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 9

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)

There will be no Winter 10

One of the illustrations from the upcoming book There will be no Winter, scheduled for release in 2025. This book tells the story of a little girl named Frosya, who lost her father during one of the darkest years in Soviet Russia’s history — 1937. The story contains elements of magic: roaming wooden giant guardians, shadows of prisoners, and shadows of soldiers. All of this unfolds across a vast country awaiting snow.
Mixed media (Watercolor + cg)