Artist’s Statement
“The absurdity of reality demands a form which dismantles the realistic facade”
-Adorno
A need to understand a gap between thought and reality is at the root of my artistic practice. In essence
my work is the artifact of play, through which I interrogate my roles as a director, actor, and
editor in the construction of a fantasy that questions reality. The fantastic emerges from the anxiety
caused by the search to understand the differences between reality and perception. The work attempts
to explore this gap, in which the normally mundane may begin to appear strange or unfamiliar.
I denote this quality as Absurdity. Absurdity therefore becomes a vehicle for my exploration in video
and works on paper.
Bio
Liliya Zalevskaya was born in Kiev, Ukraine. As a young teenager, her parents immigrated to America,
as the Soviet Union fell apart. This continues to inform her interest in how social structures are perceived
versus how they are experienced by the individuals living within them. Liliya received her BFA
in Printmaking from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where after graduation she taught
foundation and printmaking classes. She received her MFA from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, and was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently lives and
works in Philadelphia, with her husband artist David Scott Sackett.CV
Education
2010 University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
MFA in Digital Media/Performance, Greensboro, NC
2007 University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)
BFA in Printmaking, Charlotte, NC
2006 Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Art making/ cultural exploration, Wroclaw, Poland
Exhibitions
2010 Christina Ray, New York City, NY
___Tension: New Works On The Rise
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Spare Room, Greensboro, NC
The Merger
2009 UNC Charlotte, NC
Short Film Festival
Gatewood Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Candidates for the degree Masters of Fine Arts show
Elliot Center Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Second year MFA group show
2008 Elliot Center Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Corradi Magazine, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Juried Student Art, Poetry, and Literature magazine
2007 Rowe Gallery, UNCC, Charlotte, NC
Solo BFA Exhibition
2006 Empathic Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Juried Student Show
Rowe Gallery, UNCC, Charlotte, NC
Juried student show, honorable mention
Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland
Group show
2005 Cone Gallery, UNCC, Charlotte, NC
Half-Baked, group show
Rowe Gallery, UNCC, Charlotte, NC
Juried student show, honorable mention
Residencies
2010 Vermont Studio Center
