Lesia Maruschak (born 1961) is a Canadian photographer, living in Ottawa.[1][2] Her work Maria about the Ukrainian famine, has been published as a book, exhibited at the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv, Ukraine and won the Grand Prix at Arsenal Book Festival there.[3]
She was awarded the Governor General of Canada's Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers for her blood cancer charity work.[4]
Life and work edit
Maruschak was born in Saskatoon, Canada[5] and is of Ukrainian descent.[6] She received an MA in Ethnography from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and an MBA in Competitive Intelligence from the University of Ottawa, Ottawa.[7] She lives in Ottawa.[2]
Charity work edit
Maruschak has a blood cancer known as chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She was awarded the Governor General of Canada's Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers in 2013 for volunteering, fundraising and awareness raising around the topic, and for founding the non-profit organisation Cure: Blood Cancer.
Photography edit
Her Project Maria or Maria is based on a photograph of Maria F, a girl who survived Holodomor, the Soviet Ukrainian famine of 1932–33. Maruschak's fictional album of Maria's life "chisels out Maria's fate and portrays the relationship between the past and our time".[6][8]
Publications edit
- Maria. Charkiw-Kyiv, Ukraine: Red Zet, 2018. ISBN 978-966-97673-6-3. Edition of 200 copies.
- Transfiguration. Ottawa: Folio Efemera; Portland: Wiesedruck, 2018. ISBN 978-0-9953165-2-2. With an essay by Alison Nordström, "From Ashes".[8]
Awards edit
- Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, Governor General of Canada[4][9]
- Experiment category, Arsenal Book Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019 for Maria[10][11]
- Grand Prix of the Contest, Arsenal Book Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019 for Maria[10][12]
Solo exhibitions edit
- Walking, Maine Media Art Gallery, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine, USA, 2018[13]
- Project Maria, Landskrona Citadel, Landskrona Foto festival, Landskrona, Scania, Sweden, 2020;[6] National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020/21[14][15]
References edit
- ^ "Lesia Maruschak". The PhotoGallery. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ a b "Street raises $10,000 to find cure for blood cancer". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "World's most famous exhibit on Holodomor on display in Kyiv (Photo)". Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ a b "Ms. Lesia Maruschak". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Lesia Maruschak - Maria". Landskrona Foto. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ a b c "You must remember this: Landskrona festival's most memorable shots – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 September 2020. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "About". Lesia Maruschak. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ a b "Maria Lesia Maruschak". yogurtmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Media Advisory: Governor General to Present Caring Canadian Award to 46 Volunteers". Yahoo! Finance. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ a b Vogue.ua (23 May 2019). "«Книжный Арсенал» назвал самую красивую книгу 2019 года". Vogue Ukraine. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ ""Книжковий Арсенал-2019": назвали найкрасивішу книжку року". 5 Kanal (Ukraine). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Maria wins top honour at International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv - News - Ukrainian World Congress". Ukrainian World Congress. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Recently". Maine Media Workshops. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ ""Maria": The Most Famous Exhibition about the Holodomor Is in Ukraine for the First Time". National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Lesia Maruschak : Project Maria". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-12.