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Monika Gabriela Dorniak        
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    *  Canine Messengers, Arboreal Memories 
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    *  Pikaia’s Ossature     
    *  Your Body is A Water Vessel    
    *  Amplification of Fluctuations
    *  Walking in Two Directions (At the Same Time)
    *  The Act of Doing Makes It (Feel Like) Becoming
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    *  Human Anatomy is Adorning Itself
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circles, squares, corners, moments, for, 48, hours

KINDL, Berlin, Germany (2024)


Presented as part of the group exhibition circles, squares, moments, for, 48, hours at KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art within 48 Stunden Neukölln, The Shortest Shadow unfolds as a three-metre-high circular scaffolding structure draped with hand-dyed and painted textiles. Accompanied by the 24-minute audio piece porously anchored in the peripheries of time (2023), created with sound artist Monty Callaghan, the installation resonates through the porous architecture of the Kesselhaus. Continuing Dorniak’s exploration of material tension and transformation, the work reveals fragile balances between structure, collapse, and embodied temporality. More information.

Photography: Installation view, Monika Gabriela Dorniak, “The Shortest Shadow”, 2024. Kindl Berlin. Photo: Savannah van der Niet. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.



Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (2023)


Continuing her ongoing research and sculpture series Aesthetics of Knowledge (2019–present), Monika Dorniak explores humanity’s place in the Anthropocene and the dynamic agency of stones and water in her solo exhibition the ease with which [a] may be shaped by [b]. For the Hošek Contemporary Prize 2023 exhibition, she integrates this series into the ship’s architecture, creating a site-specific installation of epoxy, textiles, wood, fluids, and cultivated crystal stones accompanied by a soundscape. The work merges performance and exhibition, inviting viewers to experience an active dialogue between human and more-than-human worlds. More information.

Photography: Exhibition view, Monika Gabriela Dorniak, “the ease with which [a] may be distorted under the action of [b]”, 2023, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin. Photo: Mari Vass. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.



the (nonmetaphoric) use of the term ‘participation’
InTheCloset, Vilnius, Lithuania (2023)


In her solo exhibition the (nonmetaphoric) use of the term ‘participation’, Monika Gabriela Dorniak introduces a site-specific installation in an unused part of Vilnius Central Station that responds to its architectural memory and layered stories. The exhibition presents archival and new works from her ongoing series Aesthetics of Knowledge (2019–), accompanied by the score Your Body is a Water Vessel (2021/2022), created in collaboration with sound artist Monty Callaghan. More information.

Photography: Exhibition view, “the (nonmetaphoric) use of the term ‘participation’”, 2023. InTheCloset, Vilnius. Photo: Laurynas Skeisgiela. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.