Triin Valvas
Triin Valvas (b.1987) is a production designer and an illustrator living and working in Tallinn. Currently she is working on a comic book about an introvert Eastern European man Viktor making his first ever trip abroad to Helsinki. The book explores the individual experiences as a tourist, run-ins with locals and other nationalities seeking a better life here as well as the overall feel of the city and the places worth visiting. The book is among other things a type of travel guide that is first of a series and is called Viktor Travels.
The residency is realised in collaboration with The Finnish Comics Society.