Volkan Baǵa

Volkan Baǵa
General Information
Born	Würzburg, Germany (1977)
Status	Active: Coldsnap to present
Style	Classical oil painting, using surrealistic and fantastic components
Education/ Training	University of Applied Sciences of Würzburg
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Volkan Baǵa is an contemporary artist from Würzburg, Germany who since 2005 regularly contributes card art to for Magic: The Gathering. He was featured in the Artist Series of the Secret Lair Drop Series: June Superdrop 2022.^[1]

Description

Baǵa graduated in 2002 from the University of Applied Sciences of Würzburg in Illustration. His classical, but at the same time contemporary style uses surrealistic and fantastic components. Among his mentors are Nicolai Sarafov, Erwin Grießel and Syd Mead. In 2005 he assisted American artist Donato Giancola in his studio in New York. Since that time, Volkan focuses on oil painting and works for art collectors, book and game publishers such as Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, the Random House Group and Ravensburger.

Volkan’s works have been published in numerous international books, magazines and other publications like Spectrum: Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Infected by Art and Art Renewal Center Catalog. In 2009 he won a Chesley Award given out for excellence in genre art. He won the Second Place Prize in the category "Imaginative Realism" of the Art Renewal Center Competition "2013-2014 International ARC Salon". One of his portraitures was selected for the exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery London by the Jury of the "BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2014" competition. Several other pieces of his works have been nominated for awards.

Some well known illustrations

Elspeth Knight-Errant (Shards of Alara)
Snapcaster Mage (Innistrad)^[2]
Resplendent Angel (Core Set 2019)
Sovereign's Bite (Core Set 2019)
Luxior, Giada's Gift (New Capenna)
The reimagined Moxen for Magic online.^[3]

Artist Series

Baǵa's work was highlighted in the June Superdrop 2022 Artist Series, on the first-ever English-language cards to feature flavor text entirely in Volkan’s native German.