Lesia Maruschak

Lesia Maruschak is a Canadian artist of Ukrainian descent. Her work addresses cultural identity, and it is grounded in her lineage and connection to both Canada and Ukraine. She is at heart an historical storyteller, and an artist whose work encompasses collective and individual memory. Her series often include intricate and highly coveted limited edition art books, fine art photographs and touring exhibitions. These projects are based on specific historical events including the Soviet Ukraine Holodomor genocide, the internment of ethnocultural communities during the Great War, and projects about her relationship to family and the land where she grew up. Currently Maruschak is using analogue materials to create silver gelatin photo-paintings. By pushing this tradition medium beyond its boundaries, she is exploring the fleetingness, mobility, and affective power of images. This new artistic gesture is her means of creating a synergistic relationship between the past and current global issues surrounding displacement and the subsequent personal and cultural ramifications of exile.
She holds a MA from the University of Saskatchewan, a MBA from the University of Ottawa, and studied Fine Art in the US and Romania. In the last six years she has exhibited her work in more than 65 museums, and galleries worldwide Her works are represented in the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, and the Library of Congress.