ABOUT
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