In Conversation: Lesia Maruschak on her artist's book TRANSLATIONS 19,54
Join us at the Fisher Library for a thoughtful conversation with Ukrainian Canadian artist Lesia Maruschak as she presents her artist’s book TRANSLATIONS 19,546, VOL.I to the library.
A testimony-based artist's book, TRANSLATIONS 19,546 addresses the ongoing trauma of Ukrainian children who have been deported and/or forcibly displaced since February 2022 in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The work situates these events within a longer continuum of genocidal violence, including the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-33 known as the Holodomor.
Thursday, October 29, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George St
Lesia Maruschak is an artist, bookmaker, and cultural steward whose work examines memory, displacement, and the transmission of historical trauma, with a particular focus on Ukraine and its diasporas. Working across photography, artist's books, film, performance, and archival practices, she explores testimony, the archive, material translation, and the book as a performative object.
This event is presented by The Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the University of Toronto's Petro Jacyk Central and East European Resource Centre and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
The Shevchenko Foundation is a leading nationwide charitable organization entrusted with preserving, developing, and promoting Ukrainian Canadian arts, heritage, community, and education.
TRANSLATIONS 19,546 was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, The Shevchenko Foundation, and the Franko Family Foundation.