Monika Kita is a London-based artist and filmmaker. She works primarily with video, film, photography, sound and installation. Apart from her art practice she also works commercially taking commissions from various organisations as well as private clients. She also teaches in the field of fine art and moving image. She has presented her work in many individual as well as collective exhibitions since 1998. She has made contributions to several publications including London Independent Photography Magazine and Panoptikum. Her work was presented at BBC Shorts, East End Film Festival and Venice Biennale.

She often works in collaboration with other artists including puppeteers and theatre directors. Her recent art practice is concerned with the subject of ‘loss’ with a strong emphasis on space, time and history. She is interested in ‘stillness’ and the concept of ‘otherness’ in relation to the moving image.

EDUCATION

2011- 2013 – MA IN FINE ART (DISTINCTION), CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS / CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON

1998 -2003 – MA IN FILM STUDIES, INSTITUTE OF MEDIA AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS, JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

1996-1998 – DIPLOMA IN PHOTOGRAPHY, CULTURAL ANIMATOR’S COLLEGE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 IN.DEPENDENCE, OPEN ARTS CAFÉ, WEST LONDON  SYNAGOGUE

2003 FEMINA II, JUDAICA CENTRE, KRAKOW, POLAND

2001 FEMINA I, ART EXHIBITION OFFICE, KRYNICA, POLAND

2000 REFIGURATIONS, CC GALLERY, KRAKOW, POLAND

1999 THE MIRROR, ART EXHIBITION OFFICE, NOWY SACZ, POLAND

1998 INTRODUCTIO, M.PIKA GALLERY, KROSNO, POLAND

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

2022 RUINS OF TIME – TOWER, ST. AUGUSTINE’S TOWER, HACKNEY, LONDON

2022 WAYS OF SEEING: GREEN, BELL HOUSE, DULWICH

2019 PEARS – LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE, LONDON

2019 EMPIRE II – MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE OAXACA, MEXICO

2018 EMPIRE II – SPECTRUM, BERLIN

2018 RUINS OF TIME – WINTER, ORANGERIE, ENGLISH GARDEN, MUNICH

2017 EMPIRE II, 57TH VENICE BIENNALE, VENICE

2017 RUINS OF TIME  – ASYLUM, THE ASYLUM CHAPEL, LONDON

2015 RUINS OF TIME, THE CRYPT GALLERY, LONDON

2014 THE DISORDER OF THINGS, THE ARTWORKS, LONDON

2014 MISSING NARRATIVE, BRIXTON EAST, LONDON

2014 SWEATSHOP, 55 DALSTON, LANE, LONDON

2014 ONE:PLACE:TWO, COOKHOUSE GALLERY, LONDON

2013 REFRACTION, BOXPARK, SHOREDITCH, LONDON

2013 THE LAST RASP, OUR HOUSE GALLERY, LONDON

2013 IDES OF MARCH, SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE, LONDON

2013 BBC SHORTS FESTIVAL, BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE, LONDON

2013 AMPS: PHOTOFUSION SALON, PHOTOFUSION GALLERY, LONDON

2012 CGo5, COOKHOUSE GALLERY, LONDON

2012 FILMS BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTOMONTH, RICH MIX, LONDON

2012 OGYGIA, LILY AGIUS GALLERY, SLIEMA, MALTA

2012 BEND OVER SHIRLEY, BEACONSFIELD GALLERY, LONDON

2012 FILMS BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, EAST END FILM FESTIVAL, CINE EAST, LONDON

2012 A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN, HANNAH BARRY GALLERY, LONDON

2012 CCW ARTIST MOVING IMAGE INITIATIVE, SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, LONDON

2012 CHELSEA SALON, ROUND CHAPEL, LONDON

2012 DAILY/WEEKLY, PROJECT GALLERY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

2012 SALON, SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, LONDON

2011 CLASHANDCONVERGEII, CAMBERWELL SPACE, LONDON

2004 TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, KRAKOW, POLAND

2000 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW, MOK, PRZEMYSL, POLAND

VIDEO PROJECTS

2017 DEPARTURE

2015 STATION AAF-347

2013 REQUIEM

2013 PU-239

2013 MEMORY

2013 LIFE

2013 SILENCE

2012 SLAP!

2012 BOYS WANNA FIGHT

2012 NURTURE

2012 THE VISITOR

2012 IN.DEPENDENCE

2011 NAME.LESS

2010 THE MAIDS

2009 URASHIMA TARO

2007 POSTALGIA

2006 MADAME

2004 DELIVERED FROM FORGOTTEN (documentary)

1998 GENERATION X

PUBLICATIONS

2012 ANONYMOUS, LONDON INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE

2010 MY JOURNEY WITH THEATRE, LONDON INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE

2004 NONE-EXISTING CINEMA, PANOPTIKUM

2002 MONIKA KITA – PHOTOGRAPHY, JUDAICA FOUNDATION