MASHA RYSKIN
email: mryskin@gmail.com
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 and Projects
2012 "Pantogcrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Hillel Gallery Project, Brown-RISD Hillel, Providence, RI
2010 Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada
2008 Stewart Steiner Gallery, Batavia, NY
Solo Internet Project: Gallery of Contemporary Art, Second Life (curated)
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
2012 "Traveling Exhibition, Southern Graphics Council, opening in New Orleans, LA
2011 "Cuts, Fragments, Collages", The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY (reviewed)
"Among the Breakage: New Paintings from Providence", Bell Gallery, Brown University
2010 "Love, Beauty, Peace, Gallery at Park Pointe, Miami Beach, FL (in collaboration with Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)
5th International Printmaking Biennial, Printmaking Museum of Douro, Alijo, Portugal
2009 "Tilting at Windmills" (online), Gallery Gray, Minneapolis, MN
Three-Person Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Drawing the Line” (invitational), Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
"Exquisite Corpse" (invitational), The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
Public Commission, City of Rochester, NY
Environmental Art Biennial, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2008 “It’s a Small World Afterall”, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“5x5x5”, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
“Fine Edge”, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
Group Exhibition, Hungerford Building Gallery, Rochester, NY
Public Work, I-Park Art Center, East Haddam, CT
Two-Person Exhibition, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE (review)
2007 Three-Person Exhibition, (Jessica Morgan, James Rondeau, Steven Zevitas, curators), 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 National Small Works Painting Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
“New Art 06”, Susan Greenberg, Juror, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Three-Person Exhibition, International Arts Festival, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
“Artist as Teacher”, curated by Randy Williams, The Studio: an Alternative Space for
Contemporary Art, Armonk, NY
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, The Art Exchange, 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, West Lafayette, IN
2004 Two-Person Collaborative with Margaret Kimura, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY
Two-Person Exhibition with Margaret Kimura, Spaces Lab Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2003 Gallery 15, Rochester, NY
2003 “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
2001 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
‘’Pressed and Pulled VI’’(national), Georgia State University, Milledgeville, GA
1997 "The Print Show"(national juried), A.C.,T Gallery, Detroit, MI
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
Kingston Gallery Invitational, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1993, 1994 Two-Person Exhibition, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Teaching Experience
2011 Artist Mentor, Graduate Program, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2010-present Lecturer, Simmons College, Boston, MA
2010-present Part-Time Faculty, Foundations Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2001-2009 Adjunct Professor, Painting, Foundations, Textiles, Illustration, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
2006 Independent Study Mentor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2000-2007 Master Teacher, Printmaking, NY State Summer School of the Arts, Brockport, NY
1997-2007 Lecturer: Printmaking, Painting, Drawing, Foundations, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
1999-2001 Adjunct Lecturer, Printmaking, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
1996 Instructor, Putney School Summer Program
1996-1997 Instructor, Drawing, School of Art, University of Michigan
1992-1993 Assistant Instructor, Children’s classes, Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
Professional Experience
2012 Residency: SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland (forthcoming)
2011 Residency and Fellowship: La Rectoria Contemporary Art Center, Vilamajor, Spain
2009 Residency and Fellowship: Valparaiso Foundation, Mojacar, Spain
Residency and Fellowship, Camac Art Center, Murnay-sur-Seine, France
2008 Residency and Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Artist in Residence, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2007 Residency and Fellowship, Can Serrat International Art Center, El Bruc, Spain
2006 Artist in Residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2005 Artist in Residence, Julia and David White Artist Colony, Costa Rica
2004 Residency and Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2001 International Artist Residency, Lademoen Art Studios, Trondheim, Norway
2000 Artist in Residence, RedPoint Studio, Bandung, Indonesia (workshop)
1998-99 Artist in Residence: Printmaking and Multimedia, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway
1998 Artist in Residence: Printmaking, Western New York Residency Exchange, SUNY Buffalo ePIC Center, Buffalo, NY
1997 Set Design Collaboration, Peter Sparling Dance Company, Ann Arbor, MI
1996 Studio Assistant: Textiles, Arrowmont Art Center, Gatlinburg, TN
Bibliography
2011 Review: "Cuts", Arthur Whitman, Tompkins Weekly, Ithaca, NY 05/16
2010 Review: “Time, Ink”, Arthur Whitman, Ithaca Post, Ithaca, NY 05/27
2008 Review: “Fine Lines”, Arthur Whitman, Ithaca Times, Ithaca, NY 10/12
Interview, Amina Gabrielova, Novoe Russkoe Slovo (The New Russian Word), New York, NY 12/17
Review: “Wake up to 'Coffeescape', L. Kent Wolgamott, Journal Star, Lincoln, NE, 5/10
2008 Book Cover: "Introduction to Derivative Free Optimization", Andrew R. Conn, Katya Scheinberg and Luis. N. Vicente, SIAM Publishing, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Review: “Drawing’s Comeback”, Katherine Rushworth, The Post-Standard, April 8
Liminal: Spaces-In-Between Visible and Invisible, Erica Eaton,Tara Smelt, editors, Evolutionary Girls Press
2006 Review: “Those Who Teach, Can”, Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times, October 27
Review: “A Tasty Morsel or Two From the Smorgasbord Of a Big Goup Show”, Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times, January 1, 2006
2005 Cover, Proceedings to NATO ASI Workshop 2005, Montreal, Canada
2002 “Road Less Traveled”, Cleveland Free Times, June 19
2001 “Nettkunst”: Aftenposten, April 22, 2001, Oslo, Norway
Exhibition Catalog: Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Exhibition Catalog: Western New York Artist Residency Exchange
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
1998 Exhibition Catalogue: The 8th International Print and Drawing Exhibits
Taipei Fine Art Museum
1997 Exhibition Catalogue: ‘’Pressed and Pulled VI’’, Georgia College and State University
1990 Cover Illustration: Architecture in the USSR , Volume Two, Moscow, Russia
Awards and Honors
"Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
2011 Residency and Fellowship: La Rectoria Contemporary Art Center, Vilamajor, Spain
2009 Fellowship, Foundation Tenot, France
2004, 08 Friends’ Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2007 Support Stipend, Can Serrat International Art Center, El Bruc, Spain
Fellowship Award, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Winner, Myartspace.com International Competition, New York, NY
2000-07 United University Professions Grant, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
2001-05 Special Opportunity Stipend, New York State Arts Council
2000 Supplemental Travel Grant, SUNY Brockport
1998 Fulbright Grant: Printmaking, Oslo, Norway
Western New York Artist Residency Exchange Grant
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
1997 Rackham Discretionary Funds Grant
Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
Rackham Thesis Grant, Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies
1996 Alumni Merit Scholarship, University of Michigan
1995 Fellowship: DAAD German Studies Seminar, Smith College, Northampton, MA
1992-95 Honors List, Rhode Island School of Design
1992 Eliza Gardiner Memorial Award, Rhode Island School of Design
Presentations and Publications
2010, 11, 12 Visiting Lecturer, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2009 “Insider/Outsider: interview with Lucia Nimcova”, Afterimage: the Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, forthcoming Janurary/February, 2008
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
2006 Artist Lecture, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Visiting Artist Workshop, The English School, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Artist Lecture, Julia and David White Artist Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
Artist Lecture, NATO ASI, Albena, Bulgaria
2004 Artist Lecture, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY (with Margaret Kimura)
2002 Artist Lecture, Hartnett Gallery, Rochester, NY
2001 Visiting Artist Lecture, Lademoen Art Studios, Trondheim, Norway
1999 Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Lecture, State College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway
1998 Lecture, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
1995 Visiting Artist Workshop, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Gallery Representation
Painting Center Viewing Program, New York, NY