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Masha Ryskin and Serge Marchetta
March 6 – May 2, 2025

About This Exhibition

Masha Ryskin is a Jewish immigrant from the former Soviet Union. The artists have been collaborating since 2010 and developing themes that deal with memory, displacement, and passage of time. They have been working on projects connected to Jewish history since 2019 when they completed an installation at the former synagogue in Samorin, Slovakia. They have continued to develop these themes in Jerusalem, where Ryskin was a Fulbright Scholar in 2021-22. The artists have a social connection to Maine and are inspired by the architecture of Etz Haim and Beth Israel synagogues and the Maine landscape.

About the Artists

Masha Ryskin and Serge Marchetta met at a residency in France and have been collaborating since 2010. Their collaborations have been exhibited throughout the United States, Montreal, Finland, Norway, Slovakia, Italy, the Netherlands, and Israel. Their work is in a number of public collections, including Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve in Montreal. Recent projects include an invitational residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland and an upcoming exhibition at Overlap Contemporary Art Center in Newport, RI.