(b. 1982, Kherson, Ukraine)
Lives and works in Halifax, NS, Canada
EDUCATION
2018, MFA, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2006, BFA, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Artists House*, Jerusalem, Israel, forthcoming
Art Cake Gallery*, New York City, NY, USA, forthcoming
Art Cake Gallery, New York City, NY, USA, forthcoming
Chester Art Centre*, NS, Canada, forthcoming
2025
Katzman Art Projects*, NS, Canada
Terrain Exhibitions, (Terrain Biennial), Chicago, IL, USA
Thinking Hand, Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine, Farmington, MA, USA
2023
Do You Know Your ABC’s?, Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Studio 21 Fine Art*, Halifax, NS, Canada
2022
I am what I am, Public Archives, Halifax, NS, Canada
Thresholds in Parameters of What it is to Be, Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA, USA
2021
The Horizon is a Circle, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL, USA
2020
Threads of Truth, Zhou B Art Centre, Chicago, IL, USA
2019
Independent Beacon Project*, Pier 21, Halifax, NS, Canada
Annual Provincial Art Bank Acquisition Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
Interruptions, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Sense of Place: THERE, Galaudet Gallery, Eau Claire, WA, USA
Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL, USA
Imprimatur, Yellow Box Gallery, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, USA
2018
Untitled, purchased by John M. Flaxman Library, Special Collections, SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Light Matters, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL, USA
Emerging Artists: Collaborative Collisions, Art Garage and Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2016
Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada
Independent Beacon Project, Pier 21, Halifax, NS, Canada
Thinking with an accent*, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
2015
Sounds and Fury, Chandler Gallery, Vermont, VA, USA
Open Studio Night, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
ART 1274 Gallery*, Halifax, NS, Canada
2013
Identity or the Voices in my Head*, Graig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS, USA
2012
HUB Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2011
Nocturne, Pier 21, Halifax, NS, Canada
Canada Day, Pier 21, Halifax, NS, Canada
2010
The Synthesis of Cultures or International Definition of Happiness, VANS, The Corridor, Halifax, NS, Canada
Gallery*, Halifax, NS, Canada
Nocturne, Pier 21, Halifax, NS, Canada
Art of the Map, Halifax, NS, Canada
2009
Omanut Sodit, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2008
Transhift08, New Media Art Festival, Knoxville, TN, USA
2007
Exhibition of Memorial Day*, Haifa, Israel
Flash Flood, International Video Art Festival, AR, USA
The Open Show, Nottingham, England
Desert Generation, Artist’s House, Jerusalem, Israel
Be Ilum Shem, Haifa, Israel
2006
Group Exhibition of University's Graduates, Haifa, Israel
PUBLICATIONS
2025
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine, Alumni News
2023
Margarita Fainshtein: Circumstantial Portraits, by Delaney Ryan, Billie Magazine
2021
The Horizon is a Circle, Published by Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA
2018
Mother Art: revisited; journal
2016
Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey, Exhibition catalogue published by the AGNS
2015
SHALOM Magazine, published by AJC, Halifax, NSA, Canada, work on cover
2013
Identity or the Voices in my Head, Chronicle Herald, the Craig Gallery
2010
SHALOM Magazine, published by AJC, Halifax, NS, Canada, work on cover
COLLECTIONS
Acadia University Art Gallery
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Bank NS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2018
ArtsSmarts, AGNS, Halifax, NS, Canada
PAINTS, VANS, (Visual Arts Nova Scotia), NS, Canada
2010
Member of the artist-run-center, Khyber, Halifax, NS, Canada
2009
VANS (Visual Arts Nova Scotia), Halifax, NS, Canada
2008
Member of the Professional Visual Artist Association- Impact, Israel
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2018
SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago scholarship
2017
Grant from Arts Nova Scotia, Grants for individuals
SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago scholarship
2015
SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago scholarship
2006
Haifa Municipality Grant for Art Students, Israel
2005
Haifa Municipality Grant for Art Students, Israel
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOMPENT
2025
Yellow Chair Symposia!, New York, NY, USA
2011
Art, Gender, Sex - Critical Historical Studies (Master’s level) NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada
2010
Open Studio for Experienced Print Makers, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada