Vitaly Nikolayevich Onkov (1946 - 2008)

Vitaly Nikolayevich Onkov

Vitaly Nikolayevich Onkov (Russian: Виталий Николаевич Оньков) was a Soviet and Permian Komi artist of the last third of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a graphic artist and sculptor.

Vitaly Onkov created works reflecting the nature and fauna of the region, as well as elements of Permian Komi pagan and pseudo-Christian mythology. The artist created many paintings and graphic works, including drawings with Permian Komi folk types. He was also one of the authors of the coat of arms and flag of the Permian Komi Autonomous District of the Russian Federation.