Vladyslav Yerko (1.07.1962)
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Vladyslav Yerko is an acclaimed master in Ukrainian graphic arts.
Yerko, a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, was born in Kyiv. He studied in the Faculty of Book Graphics at the Ivan Fedorov Polygraphic Institute in Kyiv from 1984 to 1990. He worked in film poster design. In 1987 he received the 2nd Award in the Moscow International Poster Competition. He is a laureate of the Lesia Ukrayinka Award. In 1989 he started working in book graphics and illustrated the works of H. C. Andersen, W. Shakespeare, E.T.A. Hoffman, J. Swift, Lewiss Carroll, Paulo Coelho, Richard Bach etc.
Nowadays Vladyslav Yerko is the leading Ukrainian maestro of book graphics, the winner of numerous prestigious art and book exhibitions, the holder of the title "Man of Book" as the best artist of 2002 according to the Moscow’s "Book Review." His illustrations to the books "Snow Queen", "The Tinderbox", "Child Roland and Other Knight’s Tales", "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", "Alice in Wonderland", "Gulliver’s Travels" etc won the general recognition. Here is how Paulo Coelho responded on Yerko’s "Snow Queen": "It is the most amazing children’s book that I have ever seen in my life." The rights to Yerko’s books have been acquired by publishers in 15 countries all over the world - from the UK to South Korea and Australia. "The Tales of the Foggy Albion", illustrated by Yerko, won Ukraine’s "Book of the Year" award for 2003.
Published by A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA in Ukrainian:
- “100 Fairy Tales. Vol. 1”, 2005—2006, (Illustrated by V. Yerko, Kateryna Shtanko, Kost' Lavro etc, The Best Children’s Book of the Year (2005 Book of the Year National Contest)
- “100 Fairy Tales. Vol. 2”, 2006—2008, (Illustrated by V. Yerko, Kateryna Shtanko, Kost' Lavro, Victoria Palchun etc)
- “100 Fairy Tales. Vol. 3”, 2012, (cover)
- Mykola Gogol: "Taras Bul’ba", 1998
- E.T.A Hoffmann: "Little Zaches Called Cinnabar", 1998
- Hans Christian Andersen: "The Snow Queen (Ukr. edition)" "Снігова Королева", 2000
- Lewis Carroll: "Alice in Wonderland", 2001
- Lewis Carroll: "Alice Through the Looking Glass", 2001
- Jonathan Swift: "Gulliver’s Travels", 2005
- Maryna & Serhiy Dyachenko: "The Ritual", 2006
- William Shakespeare: "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", 2008
- Hans Christian Andersen: "The Tinderbox", 2011
- Covers for J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter" series, 2002—2007
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "The Little Prince", 2004—2008 (the book is not yet published, planned for 2014)
Published by A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA in English:
- Hans Christian Andersen: "The Snow Queen", 2002
