Margarita Fjodorova

What Margarita Fjodorova does

Margarita Fjodorova is a sole-practitioner artist and illustrator who creates original watercolour paintings, etchings, monotypes, letterpress prints on cotton paper, photopolymer plate prints, mosaics, decorative surface patterns, and limited edition artist books. Her practice is rooted in traditional printmaking and illustration techniques applied to literary subjects, including works by Russian, Italian, Latvian, and other European authors such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Leopardi, Svevo, Yeats, and Mallarmé. She is based in Venice, Italy (originally from Latvia), and operates the portfolio and e-commerce site margaritafjodorova.com as her primary storefront.

Her commercial activity spans three streams: (i) direct sale of original artworks and surface patterns to art collectors and enthusiasts through her own website; (ii) commissioned book illustrations and limited edition artist books produced through her role as director of the artist books collection at the independent publishing house Damocle Edizioni; and (iii) exhibition-driven sales at international art book fairs across Europe (Milano, Vienna, Berlin, Basel, Leipzig, London, Cologne, Bologna, Venice). Marketing is conducted primarily through organic social channels (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest) and an email newsletter, with no intermediaries or retail distribution. Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward individual collectors plus a single named institutional publishing partner; pricing is not publicly disclosed and unit economics are typical of limited-edition fine art rather than volume commerce. The entity is not formally incorporated as a company — it functions as an individual artist practice under her personal name.

Name

Margarita Fjodorova

Legal name

Margarita Fjodorova

Website

https://margaritafjodorova.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Margarita Fjodorova is a sole-practitioner artist and illustrator based in Venice creating original watercolours, book illustrations, limited edition artist books, mosaics, and letterpress prints. She serves art collectors and independent literary publishers, directing the artist books collection at Damocle Edizioni.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Art and Illustration Services

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Art, Photography & Illustrated Books Publishing (MPAJAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Visual Arts (Drawing, Painting, Illustration) (EDAAAGAA), Author Website, Storefront & Direct-to-Reader Commerce (D2C Sales) (MPAJAJAE)

Keywords

• Original watercolor paintings
• Book illustration services
• Limited edition artist books
• Traditional printmaking art
• Letterpress printmaking

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Original artworks and illustrations: Sale of original watercolor paintings, illustrations for books, and limited edition artist books. Individual sales to collectors and commissioned illustrations for publishers.
2. Limited edition artist books: Creation and sale of limited edition artist books through her role at Damocle Edizioni

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Margarita Fjodorova is an independent artist and illustrator who creates and sells original watercolor paintings, flower and nature paintings, mosaics, letterpress prints on cotton paper, book illustrations for literary publishers, and limited edition artist books. She also serves as director of the artist books collection at the independent publishing house Damocle Edizioni, producing curated limited edition books for literary works. Her work reaches collectors, publishers, and galleries through her website, exhibitions, and international art book fairs across Europe.

Product overview

Margarita Fjodorova is an independent artist and illustrator offering a portfolio of handcrafted art products. The core offerings include original watercolour paintings, flower and nature paintings, mosaics, and letterpress prints on cotton paper. She also creates book illustrations for literary publishers and limited edition artist books through Damocle Edizioni, as well as decorative patterns. The product portfolio represents traditional fine art and printmaking techniques combined with digital illustration capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Original Watercolour Paintings Original hand-painted watercolour artworks featuring nature and floral subjects, created as one-of-a-kind pieces on paper for art collectors and enthusiasts.
• Flower and Nature Paintings Paintings depicting flowers, nature scenes, and botanical subjects rendered in various techniques for collectors and decorative buyers.
• Mosaics Mosaic artworks combining traditional mosaic techniques with illustrative elements for collectors and exhibitions.
• Letterpress Prints Letterpress prints created on cotton paper using traditional printmaking techniques for collectors and literary publications.
• Book Illustrations Illustrations created for published books, including literary works by authors such as William Butler Yeats, Stéphane Mallarmé, Italo Svevo, Giacomo Leopardi, Mikhail Bulgakov, Fjodor Dostoevskij, Anton Chekhov, and Lev Tolstoj, for independent publishers.
• Limited Edition Artist Books Limited edition artist books curated and produced as director of the artist books collection for Damocle Edizioni independent publishing house, sold to collectors and literary buyers.
• Surface Pattern Designs Surface pattern designs created by the artist and featured on the website for decorative and licensing applications.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Damocle EdizionicoreOthersMargarita Fjodorova serves as the director of a collection of artist books for Damocle Edizioni, an independent publishing house. She creates illustrations for their literary publications including works by Latvian and Italian authors.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Damocle Edizioni: Italian independent literary press publishing limited-edition illustrated editions of Latvian and Italian authors, for which Fjodorova serves as collection director. Closest commercial counterpart and current primary B2B relationship.

Broad incumbents

• Quentin Blake: Highly established illustrator of literary works (Roald Dahl, classic poetry). Represents the career ceiling of the book-illustration segment Fjodorova targets; useful as a benchmark for end-state commercial and reputational upside.
• Editions Xavier Barral: Established French art-book publisher producing high-quality illustrated and artist monographs. Comparable upstream buyer profile of limited-edition illustrated books and a benchmark for the kind of publishing house Fjodorova's work targets.

Direct peers

• Seraina Mani-Tomatis: Solo Swiss-based illustrator and book artist working across illustration, etching, and limited-edition publishing. Comparable mix of literary illustration commissions and self-directed artist-book projects marketed through fairs and own website.
• Beatrice Wedenig: Independent printmaker and book artist producing limited-edition works using traditional techniques including letterpress and etching. Operates on a comparable solo-practitioner model selling originals and artist books to collectors and through European art book fairs.
• Dave McKean: Independent illustrator and book artist who produces limited-edition artist books using mixed traditional printmaking techniques and illustrates literary works. Closely aligned with Fjodorova's combination of fine-art printmaking and literary illustration.
• Olimpia Zagnoli: Independent illustrator with international gallery and book-fair presence whose practice mixes commercial illustration, pattern design, and original artworks. Mirrors Fjodorova's hybrid D2C/illustration/pattern offering.
• Yelena Bryksenkova: Independent illustrator producing original artworks, book illustrations, and surface-pattern designs for a global collector and licensing audience. Comparable hybrid model of original art plus illustration and pattern licensing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/margarita.fjodorova

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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