The pilferage and burning of oksana’s ten years of illustration!

The Dirty Laundry show.
Pilferage of Oksana Kemarskaya’ ten years of illustration.

“Dirty Laundry” is a single day retrospective installation of work by illustrator Oksana Kemarskaya. A paper record of the past 5 years in the artist’s commercial career, the installation acts as a collective revealing of the process of illustration. Mounted in such a way so as to the link the raw state of the studio to the definitive gallery atmosphere, the exhibition seeks to alleviate commercial context through a night of theft and barter, culminating in a ritual burning of everything on display. Kemarskaya’s installation draws attention to the very process of illustration and a questioning of the worth of the original over the reproduction, the concept over the final product. Live music accompanies the event and formal attire is encouraged.

Oksana Kemarskaya

Oksana Kemarskaya was born and raised in the Ukraine (formerly of the Soviet Union). Her education and drawing skills have deep roots from The Academic School of Russian Fine Art. Her passion to draw began when she was three years old.

By the age of 24 Oksana had a desperate need to explore the world and to experience new visions and life styles, so she moved to North America. These days you can find her working in Montreal as a freelance illustrator for different publishers, such as: Scholastic Canada Ltd., La Montagne Secrete, Bayard Presse Canada Inc., Les Edition Quebec Amerique, Tormont Publication Inc., The Quarasan Groupe Inc., Les Edition Graphicor, Group Educalivre Inc., Les Editions Transcontinental.

-Red Bird