Biograpghy
Narina Sokolova is a Russian born American artist. She was born in St. Petersburg Russia in June 28, 1971. She studied fine art at the St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. In 1991 she moved to the United States to continue her art education and pursue an art career.
In 1996 she landed her first job at Hanna-Barbera on the animated series “Jonny Bravo.” Since then Narina has worked as a production artist for Disney, Warner Brothers, Cartoon Network, Fox, and Paramount.
In 2007 Narina won a Prime-Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for her work on the show “My Gym Partner is a Monkey” for Cartoon Network. In 2014 Narina won another Prime-Time Emmy Award for Outstanding achievement in production design for her work on Mickey Mouse (TV Series) for Disney: Episode “O Sole Minnie.” And in 2015 she won an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design for her work on Mickey Mouse (TV Series) for Disney: Episode “Mumbai Madness.”
She lives in Los Angeles, California and continues to work in the animation industry.
Narina was also pursuing her independent fine art career. And we’re showing her work in art shows and galleries. She was represented by Tirage gallery (Pasadena, California) 2000-2018. And she was showing her work in art shows and galleries..
Filmography
Minnie Bow Toons | Disney | Disney Art Director | 2020-2022 |
Looney Tunes | Warner Bros | Background painter | 2019 |
Scooby Doo DTV | Warner Bros | Background layout design, background painting | 2018 2019 |
Bless the Harts | Fox | Background painting | 2019 |
Puppy Dog Pals | Disney Junior | Background painting | 2019 |
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz | Warner Bros | responsible for creating Style of Background painting and supervising BG color on the show | 2017 2018 |
Bunnicula | Warner Bros | Lead Background painting | 2014 2016 |
Star vs forces of Evil | Disney | Background painting | 2016 |
Mickey Mouse Season 1 | Disney | Production artist background painter | 2011 2012 |
Mickey Mouse Season 2 | Disney | Background painting | 2012 2014 |
Merry Melody | Warner Bros | Background Painting | 2011 |
The Looney Tunes Show | warner Bros | Lead background painter | 2010 2013 |
Tom & Jerry Adventure of Sherlock Holms)DTV | Warner Bros | Background painting | 2009 |
ShazamReturn of the black Adam | DC comics showcase DTV | Background painting | 2009 |
Mondo Wrestling Alliance | Cartoon Network (Adult swim) | BG paintng layout design | 2010 |
Twisted Whiskers | Mike Young Productions | Art lead /BG paint color scripts for 3D series | 2007 |
My Gym partners a monkey | Cartoon Network | Background painting | 2005 |
Buzz on Maggie | Disney | layout design background painting | 2005 |
Todd World | Mike Young Productions | layout design/background paint visual development | 2005 |
Kid Notorious | Comedy Central | responsible for creating background and layout design as well as painting , Done entirely in Flash. | 2003 |
Rugrats | Klasky Gspuo | responsible for creating layout , background and prop design for the show | 1999 2003 |
Rocket Power | Klasky Gspuo | responsible for creating layout , background and prop design for the show | 2000 2002 |
Silly adventures of Ronald McDonald | responsible for creating layout , background and prop design for the show | 1998 | |
Zorro | Fred Wolf Films | traditional BG color key painter | 1998 |
Incredible Hulk | Marvel | traditional matte painter | 1997 |
Jonny Bravo | Hanna -Barbera | bg color key painting design | 1997 |
Recent Blogs
Narina Sokolova Sets the Stage for Animated Storytellers
Narina Sokolova is a background painter, creating the worlds for animated series and shows since the 1990s working on projects ranging from ‘Rugrats’ to the Looney Tunes Cartoons currently streaming on HBO Max. She is also a Prime-
Interview: Dive Into an Animated World With ‘Looney Tunes’ Artist Narina Sokolova [EXCLUSIVE]
For fans of animated series, there are no characters more instantly recognizable than the Looney Tunes gang. The iconic characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,