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Victoria Courtaux (born Victoria Plaksin, and affectionately known as Vita) was born in the former USSR and spent her formative years absorbing the richness of Russian culture and the arts, including attending a classical art school. In her early teens, she migrated to Australia and was mentored by accomplished artists from her homeland - Ruv Nemiro (Ruvim Nemirovsky) and Margarita Krivitsky.

Her early passion, and fascination to date, is portraiture and figurative art - works where she blends art, psychology and spirituality. Her creativity also extended to interior design and exploration of how inhabited spaces impact human psychology. (Read more about her Creative Ethos here)

Victoria’s curiosity led her to explore life, art and culture further abroad, spending several years living in UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and France. It is during these nomadic years that she began to write poetry and do photography to capture and express the richness of her experiences.

During her travels in Colombia, Victoria met her French-born husband, and after living together in Paris, they returned to Australia for 14 years to raise a family. Here, Victoria’s art, poetry and photography were influenced by their life in cosmopolitan Melbourne, followed by 3 years of living on their off-grid rainforest homestead in the Otways.

In 2024, Victoria returned to Europe with her family, making the inspirational Boka Bay in Montenegro her base for further creative pursuits in art and photography. She is also currently undertaking further education in Art History and Curating at Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

Please contact Victoria for enquiries about art commissions, acquiring original pieces or limited edition prints of her work.