Collection: Olga Volozova

Olga Volozova is an L.A.-based writer/artist; she does illustration, cartoons, children’s books, graphic novels, web design; some of her projects involve puppets, claymation, optical toys, paper theatre and dioramas. Olga’s book The Airy Tales has been published by Sparkplug Comic Books (Portland, Oregon). Her book in collaboration with Juliacks, Rock That Never Sleeps – two fantasy stories about the loss of memory – has been also published by the Sparkplug, as well as her recent graphic novel The Golem of Gabirol based on the legends about the famous kabbalist who lived in Spain of 11th century. Olga is fond of experimentation with different techniques. She writes fairy tales and she doodles a lot. Olga was born in Russia, at the shore of the Caspian Sea. At the age of 16 she moved to Moscow. There she graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts. She specialized in playwriting and puppetry. In Moscow she started publishing her puppet plays and fairy tales. After having moved to US she entered the graduate program at UCLA Animation Workshop; she got her MFA in Film & TV/Animation. Olga interviewed by Emily Nilsson on the Sparkplug Blog