Marina Leybishkis
Marina Leybishkis is a New York-based multimedia artist who was born and raised in Uzbekistan. Through her work Marina analyzes the instability of meaning, the construction of visual narratives as locations of self-formation as well as the implications of such narratives onto perceptions of identity. She holds MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was a recipient of the Fulbright grant for artistic research. Marina was introduced to the craft of beadmaking through the Bead Project.