Nina Kazimova

Nina Kazimova (born 1952, Leningrad, now St Petersburg, Russia) is a graphic artist working in etching, aquatint, exlibris and artists' books. She graduated from the architecture faculty of the Leningrad Engineering and Construction Institute in 1976 and began studying etching with printer German Pakharevsky in 1985.

She joined the Soviet Lubok folk-graphics workshop in 1989 and the St Petersburg Union of Artists in 1991. Her practice brings together printed images, ornament and lettering, often using aquatint and several colours printed from a single plate.

Kazimova has designed, illustrated and published limited-edition books based on writing by authors including Pushkin, Gogol, Matsuo Bashō and Valentin Rasputin. Her works are held in collections including the State Hermitage Museum, the State Russian Museum, the Russian National Library and the Russian State Library.