Sorina Vazelina

Sorina Vazelina (b. 1986) is a sort of illustrator, cartoonist and graphic designer. Over the past thirteen years she has been dabbling in a variety of techniques, ranging from vector graphics and collage, to etching and screen printing. She graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from the Arts Faculty in Timișoara and received an MA in Graphic Arts from the National Arts University of Bucharest. Having collaborated with the likes of Esquire magazine Romania, Vice, Scena9 and Decât o Revistă. Sorina developed a distinct chameleonic approach to editorial illustration. She has been publishing her own booklets and zines for a while now, and alongside Primitiv Print’s screen printer Grigore, they have developed a collection of bizarre posters and trinkets. Their publications have won several awards during the competition The Most Beautiful Books of Romania.

Old Farts, a collection of stories about ageing in Romania, was showcased during Offprint London’s 2019 edition, through Centrala U.K., the publisher of the aforementioned comics booklet. 

Sorina Vazelina, Box 1 – Master’s Degree, award-winning work at the competition The Most Beautiful Books of Romania, made in collaboration with Galeria Posibilă
Old Farts, book published by Centrala U.K., illustration award at the competition The Most Beautiful Books of Romania, 2018
Whilewewait2_zine, zine published with the occasion of the White Night of the Galleries, 2013, printed by Primitiv Print