Victoria Lomasko was born in Serpukhov, Russia in 1978. She works as a graphic artist and has lectured and written widely on graphic reportage. Lomasko is the coauthor of the book Forbidden Art, which was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize in 2010. Her work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions around the world and has appeared in n+1, Art in America, The Guardian, GQ, and The New Yorker. Her book Other Russias (n+1 Books, 2017) was awarded the Pushkin House Best Book in Translation award. She lived in Moscow until March 2022 and now lives in exile.