Exhibition:
Opening Friday, October 11, 5:00 PM
October 11 - November 23, 2024
William Harris Gallery, Gannett Hall 3030, RIT Campus
Free // All Welcome

Gallery Hours:
9 AM - 6 PM Monday- Friday (closed for RIT holidays and breaks)
11 AM - 4 PM Saturday
Email CADGalleries@rit.edu to schedule an appointment or coordinate a visit to the exhibition.

Parking in Lots E or F:
Parking is free after 5 PM and on Saturdays.
Parking in Lots E or F require visitor pass (M-F 8 am - 5 pm) or use ParkMobile spaces in second row of Lot F (hourly rate).

Directions:
Map to RIT Magic Spell Studios
300 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

Enter the MAGIC building from Lots E or F. Walk upstairs to third floor. Follow hallway and signage for Gannett Hall. Once you enter Gannett Hall and pass the computer labs, take a left at the photo cage. The gallery entrance is at the end of the hallway.

Artist Talk:
Friday, October 11, 6:30 PM
MAGIC Spell Studios, Wegmans Theater

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Born in Norilsk, Siberia, Russia, conceptual performance artist and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of Pussy Riot, a global feminist art movement. She was sentenced in 2012 to 2 years' imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance Punk Prayer. Punk Prayer was named by The Guardian among the best art pieces of the 21st century. 

Tolokonnikova's Putin’s Ashes art installation at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in January 2023 propelled her into a new criminal case and put on Russia’s most wanted criminal list. Her debut museum exhibition RAGE, opened at OK Linz, Linz, Austria in June 2024, and the eponymous performance piece performed at the Neue Nationalgalerie on July 4. 

Tolokonnikova's work is in the collections of The Brooklyn Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Art and Design, American Folk Art Museum, Taschen and Beth Rudin DeWoody, and RIT, among others. 

The exhibition in William Harris Gallery is a multi-media survey of recent and historical works by the artist. One of her recent works will also be included in Doomslayers, a group exhibition at City Art Space, opening November 1, 2024.

Special thanks to NOIRFLUX for exhibition installation logistics and support.

This exhibition and related programming are made possible by the Anna Ballarian Visiting Artist Series.