Studio Israel with Painter Zoya Cherkassy-Nnadi

Zoya Cherkassy-Nnadi in conversation with Gannit Ankori
Cherkassky-Nnadi’s work has been exhibited in premier Israeli art museums and galleries for over a decade and throughout Europe and North America. Her art combines languages from ‘high’ and ‘low’ cultures, pop, and computer aesthetics. As an immigrant from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Cherkassky-Nnadi explores issues of identity and alienation and the conflicts that arise between the cultures.
Painter Zoya Cherkassky was born in Ukraine in 1976 and immigrated to Israel in 1991. Her works have been shown in premier Israeli art museums and galleries for over a decade, as well as throughout Europe and North America. Her works bring together languages stemming from ‘high’ and ‘low’ cultures, pop, and computer aesthetics. As an immigrant from the former USSR to Israel, Cherkassky deals with issues of identity and alienation as well as the different conflicts that rise in the clash between the cultures.
Gannit Ankori is the Henry and Lois Foster Director, Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum, and Professor of Fine Arts and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University.
The Studio Israel conversation series was inaugurated in the fall of 2020, in partnership with the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, and the Vilna Shul, and is made possible by generous support from Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP). Studio Israel is also cosponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to New England. This peer-led series invites audiences to join leading artists, academics, and community leaders for a panoramic journey through the landscape of Israeli art, dance, food, fashion, and more, that investigates the diversity and nuance of Israel’s variegated social, cultural, and political aspects through the lens of the arts.
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