Biography
Marnie Salsky is a Toronto based award-winning photographer with an interest in storytelling centered around community. Her fine art photography and site-specific commissions have been exhibited in galleries and can be found in private and corporate collections. Marnie received her MFA in Documentary Media Studies from Ryerson University. Her recent work focuses on the ways in which shared collective memory gives rise to group identity. As a Jewish Torontonian and second-generation Canadian, her latest video and photographic series considers the complexlived experiences of the Toronto Jewish community amid the recent rise of antisemitism at home and abroad.
In addition to her love of photography, her other passion is consultancy work with not-for-profit charitable organizations, including best practices for visual storytelling across social media platforms. Marnie is a sought-after photography workshop instructor, and a member of the MYTORONTO Advisory Committee – a social enterprise connecting people affected by homelessness with the wider community through their own photography.
Select Artistic Exhibitions:
2021 – Ryerson Artspace Gallery, Solo Show, A Peoplehood|Amiut Yehudit www.salskyphotodoc.com
2021 – Consulate General of Germany, Toronto, Artistic Lead & Content Producer, Stolpersteine:Stories Through Generations
2020 – Design TO, Group Exhibition, TRANSITioning Mount Dennis
2019 – Art Gallery of Mississauga, Group Exhibition Kodak Building Number #9
2018 –StreetARToronto, Artist Roster
2018 – Elaine Fleck Gallery, Duo Exhibition, Cities
2018 – Fleck Fine Art Catalogue, Member Artist
2017 – Elaine Fleck Gallery, Group Exhibition, Communication
2008 – TD Canada Trust, SNAP, Group Exhibition, Best of Canada Edition, Inside the Don ValleyBrickworks
2007 - Scotiabank, CONTACT, Solo Exhibitor and Curator, Don Valley Brickworks
Honours/Awards:
Award of Merit – Best Shorts Competition, 2022
Best Direction – Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film Festival, 2022
Merit Award – Canada Shorts Film Festival, 2022
First Place – Juried Award Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2019
Competition Category Winner – Journalism SNAP, 2008
Media/Presentations:
2022 – The CJN Magazine, Looking Within to Find a New Jewish Viewhttps://issuu.com/thecjn/docs/rosh_hashanah_2022?e=67419892/94056391
2022 – The Holocaust & Digital Memory, Exploring new media approaches to Holocausteducation, International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
2022 – Digital Storytelling and Creating Art during Covid-19, Kultura Collectivewww.kulturacollective.com/interview-with-marnie-salsky
2021 – This New Multimedia Art Installation in Toronto Examines Modern Jewish CommunityLife, The Canadian Jewish News www.thecjn.ca/arts/a-peoplehood
2021 – Stolpersteine: Stories Through Generations, Liberation75, www.liberation75.org
2012 – Archive, narrative and impact of series of restored historical photos. The Canadian Jewish News