“Maria Kossak is a Berlin-based multimedia and performance artist of Polish descent. Her artistic practice unfolds through a dynamic interplay between the analogue and the digital, the tangible and the ephemeral. At the heart of her work lies a profound engagement with time and space, navigating the intersections of past and present, tradition and innovation, urbanity and nature. Through immersive installations, performance, photography, video and mixed-media works, Kossak creates poetic environments that invite reflection on the human condition. 

Building upon this dialogue between temporal and spatial dimensions, Kossak explores the fragile balance between limitation and resilience, dream and reality. Her work investigates how human vulnerability can become a source of transformation, asking where resilience originates in times of uncertainty, crisis and profound societal change. Drawing on deeply personal experiences while transcending autobiography, she examines the ways memory, trauma and healing shape our perception of ourselves and the world around us.

Her artistic practice explores the intersections between memory, embodiment, and the shifting realities of time and space. By weaving together personal narratives with broader social and ecological transformations, she creates works that resonate on both intimate and collective levels. Rather than offering fixed answers, Kossak’s installations and performances open spaces for contemplation, inviting viewers to reflect on impermanence, interconnectedness and the quiet strength that emerges from the human capacity for transformation and renewal.” – Joanna Kiliszek, curator