We are pleased to present an exhibition by Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972 in Ryki, Poland) alongside hosting Emalin, London presenting an exhibition by Daiga Grantina (b. 1985, Saldus, Latvia) on the occasion of Constellations in Warsaw. Dispersed across the two floors of the Foundation’s building, the sculptors enter in and out of dialogue in their material vocabularies that draw from architectural, domestic and public spaces.
Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972, Ryki, Poland) lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Solo exhibitions have been held at EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, FI (2023); Zentrum Paul Klee, CH (2023); Kunstraum Dornbirn, AT (2022); Mudam, Luxembourg, LU (2022); Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL (2020); Muzeum Susch, Engadin, CH (2017); Ginza Maison Hermès, Tokyo, JP (2015); Australian Center for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, AU (2013); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX (2011); Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL (2010); Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2006).
Sosnowska’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, DE (2022); Cassina Projects, Milan, IT (2021); Kunstmuseum Basel, CH (2021); Museum od Modern Art, New York City, USA (2019); Hayward Gallery, London, GB (2018); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE (2018); Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, BE (2018).
Sosnowska’s works are included in the collections of Centre Georges Pomidou, Paris, FR; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abi Dhabi, UAE; Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, DE; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL; Muzeum Susch, Susch, CH; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, MX; Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, PL; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL; Tate Modern, London, UK; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA and the Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, PL.
Upcoming solo exhibitions and projects include Triennale Beaufort, BE (2024); Purple Path, Chemnitz, DE (2025); and Princess Estelle Sculpture Park, SE (2025).
Daiga Grantina (b. 1985, Saldus, Latvia) lives and works in Paris, France. She studied at the HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Solo exhibitions have been held at the Art Museum Riga Bourse, LV (2022); GAMeC, Bergamo, IT (2021); Emalin, London, UK (2021); New Museum, New York, US (2020); the Latvian Pavilion, 58th Venice Biennale, IT (2019); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR (2018); Kunstverein in Hamburg, DE (2017) and Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV (2016).
Grantina’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV (2023); the 11th Sequences Biennial, Reykjavík, IS (2023); Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK (2023); Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, DE (2023); Latvian Museum of Art, Riga, LV (2023); X Museum, Beijing, CN (2022); National Gallery Prague, CZ (2022); Kunstmuseum Bern, CH (2020); Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, KR (2020); Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LT (2018); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR (2018); Musée d’Orsay, Paris, FR (2018); Kunsthalle Mainz, DE (2017) and Bergen Kunsthall, NO (2016).
Grantina’s works are included in the collections of CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, New York, US; CNAP Centre National Art Plastique, Pantin, FR; FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk, FR; GAMeC, Bergamo, IT; Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, CH; LNMM Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV; Tate, London, UK; and X Museum, Beijing, CN.
Upcoming solo exhibitions and projects include Z33, Hasselt, BE (2024); Kunsthalle Appenzell, Appenzell, CH (2024); and Kunstmuseum Bern, CH (2025).
Monika Sosnowska, Rebar & Daiga Grantina, Every day and just once, 2024, Foksal Gallery Foundation, installation views, photo Bartek Zalewski