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Masha Ryskin
 
 
About the Artist

A sense of place and belonging is increasingly important to me, especially since my immigration from the Soviet Union. As a result, my work explores landscape and its elements through direct experience of the environment around me. I take bits and pieces of my surroundings and assemble them into imaginary environments. The work investigates the concepts of history, personal memories and everyday rituals, as well as physical and metaphorical layering.

In today�s world, our surroundings are shaped by humankind as much as by natural elements. I am interested in human interaction with nature as exemplified by traces of human presence left in the landscape. My works direct attention to cracks, stains, and other overlooked elements that speak of the temporal quality of the human experience and of the many ways we affect our surroundings. I often incorporate mundane materials such as tea bags, tea and coffee, dirt, and tissue paper. These serve as records of our daily activities, gatherings, and interactions. The layering of fragments that make up the work alludes to the complexity and the constant movement of the landscape as well as of the people inhabiting it.

 
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Waterfall

2006
intaglio, tissue paper, teabags, silkscreen
installation shot, approximately 10 m x 6 m x 3 m

Waterfall (detail)

2006
installation detail

Friendly Martians

2005
acrylic on board
15 cm x 15 cm

Big Ears

2005
mixed media on board
28 cm x 36 cm

Ice Storm

2006
graphite, coffee, pigments on board
30 cm x 30 cm

Ice Storm

carcasses

2007
coffee, graphite, pigments on board
60 x 60

carcasses

Goldmine

2006
pigments on board
15 cm x 15 cm

Goldmine

Coffeescape IV

2008
coffee, wire, intaglio, collage, graphite on paper
127 cm x 914 cm

Coffeescape IV
This is a large drawing that is installed around the room. It can conform to different interiors.

Coffeescape IV (center detail)

2008

Coffeescape IV (center detail)
This is a detail (center panel) of Coffeescape IV

Coffeescape IV (right detail)

2008

Coffeescape IV (right detail)
This is a detail (right panel) of Coffeescape IV

Coffeescape IV (detail)

2008

Coffeescape IV (detail)
This is a detail of Coffeescape IV

Coffeescape IV

2008

Coffeescape IV
This is a detail of Coffeescape IV

Coffeescapes

2008
intaglio, coffee, graphite, wire on wall and paper
variable

Coffeescapes
This is an installation that can be viewed as individual works and as the whole installation. For review please go to http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/10/living/gz/performances/doc482206e9d4747567786988.txt

Coffeescapes (column)

2008

Coffeescapes (column)
This is part of Coffeescapes.

Coffeescapes (fragment)

2008

Coffeescapes (fragment)
This is part of Coffeescapes

Coffeescape II

2007
intaglio, coffee, graphite, collage on wall
900 cm x 150 cm

Coffeescape II
This is a site-specific drawing

Coffeescape II (detail)

2007

Coffeescape II (detail)
this is a detail of Coffeescape II

Coffeescape II (detail)

2007

Coffeescape II (detail)
This is a detail of Coffeescape II

Gossip Travels Far

2007
coffee, intaglio, pigments, wire, graphite on wall, thermostat
270 cm x 660 cm

Gossip Travels Far
This is a site-specific wall drawing

Gossip Travels Far (detail)

2007

Gossip Travels Far (detail)
This is a detail of Gossip Travels Far
 
Education and biography
Education
1995-1997 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, MFA Painting/ Printmaking

1991-1995 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, BFA Printmaking

1992-1995 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Liberal Arts Studies

1984-1989 Moscow School of Art, Moscow, Russia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Rochester Contemporary Window Project, Rochester, NY
2003 Set Design/Installation, Ossia New Music, Rochester, NY
2002 Hartnett Gallery, Rochester, NY
Set Design/Installation, �Pulse!�, Tucson, AZ
2001 Little Theater Gallery, Rochester, NY
Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo, NY
Gallery Koncentrat, Trondheim, Norway
2000 Set Design/Installation: Ossia New Music, Rochester, NY
1999 Gallery GUN, Oslo, Norway
1997 Little Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
Warren Robbins Center for Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1995 Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
1993 Gallery 401, Providence, RI
Selected Group and Two-Person Exhibitions
2008 Two-Person Exhibition, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE (review)
2007 Three-Person Exhibition, (juried), McCormack Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Three-Person Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Drawing on Purpose” (invitational), Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY (review)
“Layers” (invitational), Heights Art Center, Cleveland, OH
“Crossing Over”, The Annexe Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Personal Cultures”, Gallery R, Rochester, NY

2006 �New Art 06�, Susan Greenberg, Juror, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Digital Open National Exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
All-Media National Juried Exhibition, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Fl
�Up Against the Wall�, Invitational, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Three-Person Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
2005 �Winter Solstice IV: Standards and Shifts in Contemporary Art�, collaboration with
Margaret Kimura, Studio and Alternative Space, White Plains, NY
Set Design Collaboration with singer Jenny Robson, Umo Jazz House, Helsinki, Finland
�Zygote Collects�, Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH
�Walking on Water�, International Print Exchange, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN
2004 Two-Person Collaborative Exhibition with Margaret Kimura, Mercer Gallery, Rochester,
NY
Two-Person Collaborative Exhibition with Margaret Kimura, Spaces Lab Gallery,
Cleveland, OH
2003 Gallery 15, Rochester, NY
�Selections 2003�, Albright Knox Collections Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2002 �La Petite X� National Exhibition, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
Two-Person Exhibition, CACP Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2001 �Matter� (invitational), Chautauqua Center for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
National Small Prints Exhibition, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX
2000 Printmaking Invitational, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Brockport, NY
RedPoint Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
1999 Two-Person Exhibition, Brownson Gallery, Purchase, NY
Group Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Greatbatch Emerging Artist Exhibition, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Collaborative Installation, School of the Arts, Rochester, NY
1998 Group Exhibition, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
The 8th International Print and Drawing Biennial, Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Paper/Fiber XXI International Exhibition, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
1998 ��Pressed and Pulled VI��(national), Georgia State University, Milledgeville, GA
1997 "The Print Show"(national juried), A.C.,T Gallery, Detroit, MI
1997 Two-Person Exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
"Bits and Pieces:" Two-Person Exhibition, Media Union Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1996 Inaugural Exhibition, Warren Robbins Center for Graduate Studies
"Faculty Exhibition", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1995 �National Dish:� Group Exhibition, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan
1995 Kingston Gallery Invitational, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1993, 1994 Two-Person Exhibition, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design

 
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