About me

My name is Sasha Balashova, I'm an illustrator based in Portugal. I work as a picture book and commercial illustrator for 12 years. I have an experience in illustrating for animation and APPs, book covers and all sorts of commercial illustration (package, merch, textile, ad). Moreover I develop my personal art projects. 

Techniques:
- embroidery
- mix media
- digital illustration
- collage

Selected publishers and clents:
Mann, Ivanov & Ferber
Samokat
Polyandria
Arka
Mastercard
Yandex
Ivi streaming tv

Selected talks:
2017 — SKETCHFEST
2018 — MORS illustration festival
2019 — Series of lectures for Iport University

Exibitions:
2018 collective exibition at MORS illustration festival
2019 personal exibition at Lermontov Library 
2019 personal exibition at Mayakovsky Library
2024 collective exibition at art-market Lampa held by MORS illustration festival
2024-2025 collective exibition in Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Aveiro