Artist: Monika Sosnowska

In September 2026 the SLG presents a major solo exhibition of new and recent works by Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972, Ryki, Poland). Spanning the Main Gallery and two floors of the Fire Station, the exhibition will give an insight into the breadth of Sosnowska’s sculptural practice, which features deconstructed forms rendered in steel, concrete and other elements associated with modernist architecture.

Often in a state of collapse and imbued with a fragility at odds with the materials from which they’re made, Sosnowska’s works explore shifting social and political values, including the implosion of the Communist regime in Poland, and the legacy of modernism. A site-specific installation in the Main Gallery will feature monumental works, whilst in the Fire Station galleries, domestic scale pieces will be shown alongside Sosnowska’s intricate paper models, which reveal another aspect of her working practice.

Monika Sosnowska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and completed postgraduate training at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She is now based in Warsaw. Recent solo exhibitions include Monika Sosnowska: An Order Apart at EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art), Espoo, Finland (2024); Ghosts at Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (2024); and a major presentation at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2023). Her work is currently on show at Saarlandmuseum-Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken, Germany and the Princess Estelle Sculpture Park, Rosendal, Royal Djurgården, Stockholm.