CV

Anastasia Zotova's CV

Key skills, work experience and education

Key skills

Editorial Illustration
Science and technical illustration
Book / magazine illustration
Illustrations in Infographics
Basic 3d skills (Blender)
Visual Storytelling
Art Direction
Handprinting (woodcut, linocut, etching)
Solid drawing skills, sketching

Work experience

10/2016 — 09/2023 Lead illustrator in TASS infographic studio, Moscow, Russia
08/2018 — 12/2022 Art director / designer / illustrator in Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703, Moscow, Russia
06/2018 — 08/2019 Educator of Digital graphic course in "Sreda Obuchenia" High School , Moscow, Russia
09/2017 — 12/2017 Educator of Infographics illustration course in High School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia
05/2014 — 10/2016 Designer / illustrator in RIA Novosti infographic studio, Moscow, Russia
05/2012 — 11/2013 Designer of infographics in The Press Office Of The Moscow Department Of Urban Planning Policy, Moscow, Russia
09/2011 — 01/2012 Designer in "The Vechernaya Moskva" newspaper, Moscow, Russia
08/2009 — 06/2011 Videographer, video editor, motion graphic creator in "Izvestia"newspaper video studio, Moscow, Russia
09/2009 — Present Freelance illustrator

Education

09/2015 — 01/2016 Typography_24, Moscow, Russia
09/2009 — 07/2015 Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Faculty of Graphic Arts (until 2014 Faculty of Arts and technical design of printed materials)
09/2004 — 06/2008 College of Light Industry No. 5, Faculty of modeling and designing clothes, Moscow, Russia

Clients

Over the past 15 years, I have collaborated extensively with leading Russian and international media, print magazines, and design studios specializing in infographics. My contributions encompass the creation of several fully illustrated books, numerous articles, web projects, and longreads. Furthermore, select pieces of my work have been featured in museum exhibitions, both as primary exhibits and as supplementary infographics materials.

Print magazines

National Geographic
"Vokrug sveta" magazine
Auto.ru magazine
"Russian fish" magazine

Media

Izvestia newspaper
TASS news agency
RIA novosti infographics
Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper (vm.ru)
decoder
kommersant.uk

Museums

GARAGE Museum of Contemporary Art
Bunker-42 Museum of Cold War
Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703
Interactive museum “Firearms dungeon”

Other clients

British American tabacco
Russian railways
Subtransit Drive game
Design bureau
Infografika agency

Awards
(for infographics studio projects in which I have participated):

2017 Malofiej 25, Bronze, Spain
2017 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, Gold, UK
2017 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, Longlist, UK
2018 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Award of Excellence, USA
2018 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Award of Excellence, USA
2018 Digital Communications Awards, Laureate, Russia
2018 Digital Communications Awards, Laureate, Russia
2018 Malofiej 26, Bronze, Spain
2018 European Digital Media Awards, Gold, Denmark
2018 European design awards, Silver, Norway
2018 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards Longlist, UK
2018 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards Longlist
2018 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards Silver
2018 The Pudding Cup, Laureate
2019 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Bronze
2019 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Bronze
2019 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Bronze
2019 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Silver
2019 Digital Communications Awards, Laureate
2019 World Digital Media Awards, Shortlist
2019 Malofiej 27, Bronze
2019 European design awards, Bronze
2019 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate
2019 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate
2019 G8, Gold, Russia
2019 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, Shortlist
2019 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, Silver
2020 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Silver
2020 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Silver
2020 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Award of Excellence
2020 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Award of Excellence
2020 European design awards, Silver
2020 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate | Educational illustration
2020 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate | Educational illustration
2020 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate | Educational illustration
2020 G8, Longlist
2020 G8, Longlist 2021 Digital Communications Awards Laureate
2021 Digital Communications Awards, Laureate
2021 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Award of Excellence
2021 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Silver
2021 Best of Digital Design Competition, SND, Bronze
2021 European design awards, Finalist
2021 International Design Awards, Silver
2021 International Design Awards, Bronze
2021 Red Dot Design Award, Laureate | Educational illustration
2022 International Design Awards 2022, Silver
2022 Digital Communications Awards, Laureate
2022 Digital Communications Awards
2022 Horizon interactive awards,WEB: GOVERNMENT AGENCY / GOLD WINNERS
2022 Horizon interactive awards,WEB: ARTS/ACTIVISM/CULTURE/BEST OF CATEGORY

Exhibitions

02/2024 Unfinished Art Show, Pie factory gallery, Margate, UK
05/2021 Museum Night 2021, Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703, Moscow, Russia
11/2019 “Moscow won’t fall through the ground-2”, Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703, Moscow, Russia
05/2019 Museum Night 2019, Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703, Moscow, Russia
11/2018 “Moscow won’t fall through the ground”, Museum of Modern Fortification Bunker-703, Moscow, Russia
05/2017 “Palka party” (piñata exhibition), PROVODKA, Moscow, Russia
07/2011 “Real Underground” exhibition, Moscow, Russia