Viktor Shatunov was born in 1952 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has graduated as a graphic designer from the Byelorussian Academy of Fine Arts in Minsk. For further training he went to the Leningrad Academy of Fine Arts (now St. Petersburg, Russia) ,where he was a pupil of professor Taranov.
Since 1975 he is active in book graphics, basically illustrating the classical works of art.
In addition to this he works as a painter. Since 1978 he is a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
Since 1985 he specializes in illustrating books for children. He showed his talents in more than 150 books, with a circulation of more than 20.000.000 copies in many countries, such as: Russia, Japan, USA, Yugoslavia, Poland and Lithuania. He holds many diplomas in book graphic art design .
He earned different prizes at international exhibitions and competitions.
Since 1990 he not only illustrates books for children, but writes them as well !