Short Bio
Lesia Maruschak is a Canadian artist working across photography, sculpture, performance, and the art of the book. Her practice is underpinned by rigorous historical research and a deep exploration of cultural memory. Maruschak’s projects often examine the histories of colonization, trauma, and exile – inviting viewers to engage with personal and collective memory through immersive visual experiences.”
Maruschak has exhibited her work at over 65 museums, galleries, and art spaces worldwide. Notably, the National Holodomor Museum in Kyiv recognized Maruschak’s Project MARIA as the most important exhibition about the 1932–33 famine-genocide in Ukraine. Her art book MARIA was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2019 Kyiv International Book Festival (Book Arsenal) and an Experimental Book Award, and it was shortlisted for prestigious honors such as the Rencontres d’Arles PhotoBook Award and the Athens Photo Festival Book Award .
Maruschak’s highly coveted limited-edition books are included in the collections of numerous major institutions worldwide. These include the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the Library of Congress (Washington DC), and many other special collections spanning five continents (UAPP Photographer - Lesia Maruschak).
Born in 1961, Maruschak holds an MA in art history and an MBA, and she has pursued fine art studies in the United States and Europe. She divides her time between Ottawa and Alvena (Canada), maintaining an active studio practice and research affiliation with the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage.