Alexandra Shadrina

Artist, filmmaker, book illustrator.
Moscow-Tallinn

Studied

08.2006 – 01.2009
Studied at the School-Studio SHAR. (Animation Department of Advanced Courses of directing and screenwriting)
Spesiality: director of animation films.

06.2000-06.2005
Studied at the Moscow Academic Art College in the Memory of 1905, Painting department.

Experience

2008 – till now
Generally work as film director of animation films, but simultaneously conduct workshops, make book illustrations, and also engaged in painting and make the graphics. As an artist I have participated in solo and collaborative exibitions

2016
Had a solo exibition in the Moscow State Literaure Museum, and exibition in the State Radishchev Musem in Saratov.
The art works are in the collection of Moscow State Literary Museum.

2012 – 2016
Background artist on the films of Ivan Maximov - “Long bridge to the desired direction”, “Bum-Bum - baby of the fisherman”, and also worked together in some comercial and festival projects.
Together with Sasha Poliakova had illustrated the book of Marlene Joubert "Le secret du petit Igor” (ATLAS. Paris, 2014).
Ilustrated a series books by Ingvar Ambjornsen “Samson and Roberto” (Albus Corvus” Moscow, 2016).

Have gradueted in 2010 with the animation film “Coast Warning”, which was nominated on a lot of international film festivals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JehM3RGLHK0

And also have a few awards such as:

“Best animation film” BSSF in Buzan, Southern Korea
“Oursin D’Or” Festival des Courtmetrages La Cote Bleue, France
“Prize RTP2 Onda Courta” Festival CINANIMA, Espinio, Portugal
“Spesial prize” Festival Golden Panda, Sychuan,
“Prize of Animation Colledge of Sofia” Bulgaria
Diplom on Festival “ANIMAEVKA”, Mogilev, Belarus
“Best Animation film” and “Best Sound Desigion” Festival Pro-Vzglyad, Chelyabinsk, Russia
“Gran-Prix” Russian Animation Festival “KAZANIME”, Kazan, Russia
“Best Student Film” Audience award on Festival “Moscow Premiere”, Moscow, Russia
Diplom on XVI Open Suzdal Festval, Suzdal, Russia

2008
Have illustrated a book of the famous Russian writer Ludmila Petrushevskaya.
“… Tales about the cats“ published in AMFORA publishing house.
Enjoying working together till now.
Also illustrations were published in a few Moscow newspapers - “Independent Journal” and “New Journal”. And in a children magazine “Cucumber”