Oleg DERGATCHOV – Ucraina / Ukraine
S-a nascut la data de 18.07.1961, la Rostov pe Don, in Rusia. A absolvit Academia de Ziaristica, sectia de arta editoriala. In prezent, se ocupa de grafica, sculptura, grafica de carti, pictura si caricatura. Este membru al Societatii Watercolor din Pennsylvania, al Societatii desenatorilor din California, Statele Unite, al Uniunii Artistilor din Ucraina. Este membru al consiliului editorial al Revistei Umoristilor din Statele Unite ale Americii. Traieste si lucreaza in Lvov, Ucraina. Premii: 1999: Premiul de execelenta, Tokyo, Japonia; 2000: Premiul pentru "Illustrator of the future", Los Angeles, SUA; GRANT al Asociatiei Renasterea, pentru proiectul "Witty & Crazy Millennium 2", Kiev, Ucraina; Premiul II la "Hoja Nasreddin" Istanbul, Turcia; Premiul special, Boechout, Belgia; membru in juriile: Mediterranean cartoon competition, Alanya, Turkey si Salonul de toamna de la Lvov.
Born in Rostov-on-Don, 18.07.1961, Russia. Graduated from Ukrainian Print Academy, art editorial department. Works on graphic, sculpture, artists' book, painting and cartoon. Member of Pennsylvania Watercolour Society. Member of California Society of Printmakers, USA, Ukrainian Union of Artists and the member of editorial board of the International Journal of Comic Art, USA. Lives and works in Lvov, Ukraine. Prizes and awards: 1999: Excellent Prize of the Youmiuri Shimbun cartoon contest, Tokyo, Japan; 2000: Illustrator of the future contest Prize, Los Angeles, CA; Renaissance Foundation GRANT for the project "Witty & Crazy Millennium 2", Kiev, Ukraine; Second Prize of Hoja Nasreddin international cartoon contest, Istanbul, Turkey; Special Prize of the international cartoon competition in Boechout, Belgium; Member of the juries: 2001: First Mediterranean cartoon competition, Alanya, Turkey; Autumn salon, Lvov's Palace of Fine Arts, Ukraine.