Toma Vagner is an Artist and Illustrator based in New York City, born on Sakhalin Island in 1994.

Clients:

Harry Styles, Google, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, LUSH, Premier Guitar, Bandcamp, Red Bull, Wired,

Quanta Mag, Johns Hopkins University, Vinyl Moon, The Hollywood Reporter, HODINKEE, ProPublica and others

Education: B.F.A. The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Awards:

2022 Society of Illustrators - Silver Medal - “DISORDERS”

MoCCA Fest 2022 - Best of Show - “ADHD”

American Illustration No.41 - Selected Winner

2020 Society of Illustrators - Illustrators 63 Exhibit & Book

American Illustration No.39 - Chosen Winner

2019 Society of Illustrators - Silver Medal - “Five Games for Vinyl Moon”

2018                                                                   American Illustration No.37 - Selected Winner

                                                                  The Jonathan LeVine Gallery Blurred Line Scholarship Award

2017 Creative Quarterly 47-48 - Runner-Up

                                                                   3 X 3 No. 14 - Honorable Mention

                                                                  Sebastian Masuda Award, Japan Day in Central Park

                                                                Jack Endewelt Memorial Award

2016                                                                   SVA Illustration Department Award

Events:

2024 San Diego - Comic Con International

New York - New York Comic Con

2023 Renegade Art Fair - New York

New York Comic Con - New York

Dragon Con - Atlanta

San Diego Comic Con - San Diego

Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle

MoCCA Arts Festival - New York

San Diego Comic Con International - San Diego

2022 New York - New York Comic Con

San Diego - Comic Con International

Seattle - Emerald City Comic Con

Atlanta - Dragon Con

Miami - Florida SuperCon

MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

2021 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo @ McCormick Place

Emerald City Comic Con Artist Alley @ Washington State Convention Center

2019 MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan West, NYC

Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo @ McCormick Place

2018 New York Comic Con @ Javits Center

2017                                                  MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan West, NYC

Judge: 2021 - Society of Illustrators 64

Exhibitions:

2017                                                'All Art+' Van der Plas Gallery, NYC

                                            'Whistling Whims' SVA Flatiron Gallery

                                                 ‘Dystopia’ - CREATIVEBLOCH Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn

2016                                                       'A Toothache' SVA Gramercy Gallery, NYC

                                                       'Poisoned Apples and Smoking Lamps: Interpreting Fairy Tales and Adventure Stories'

SVA Chelsea Gallery, NYC

2015                                                     'Equus and Such' Mehu Gallery, NYC

2014                                                         'Prints and Drawings Salon' Mehu Gallery, NYC

Selected press: Booooooom, Communication Arts, It’s Nice That, Designboom,

The Illustration Embassy, Prodibi, WePresent, Hi-Fructose, Uppercase Magazine and others.