What happens when the maker becomes the medium? When the gaze turns inward and the body begins to carry the narrative once held by the lens. For years, my work has lived behind the camera—framing stories, shaping light, and constructing visual narratives as a photographer and filmmaker. Through this process, I developed a deep sensitivity
From experimental video art to narrative arthouse cinema, my upcoming features Sick Bacchus and The First Hour after Violent Death explore the boundaries of storytelling, emotion, and visual poetry. As a filmmaker, my journey began in the intimate and exploratory realm of video art and experimental cinema. These early works allowed me to play with
The PhotoWalk Podcast EPISODE #525 HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE PROFOUNDLY There are moments in life when something deeply personal finds its way into the wider world—and this is one of them. My photo project Chalk-Stone White has been included in The PhotoWalk Podcast by Neale James, Episode #525: “How to Change Your Life Profoundly” (UK, 27 March 2026).
The Fictional: Rewriting Reality (London, 2026) In 2024, I began The Fictional—a photographic inquiry into the fragile boundary between truth and illusion. Inspired in part by The Peripheral, the series explored how power persists through architecture, symbolism, and narrative, even as reality itself fractures. Now, in 2026, I return to the same terrain with Aeon
We walk across collapsed burial mounds, along worn tarmac and salt marsh, through quagmires where black crows pick at the remnants of life. ‘THIS TERRAIN MIRRORS OUR OWN MOMENT. PAST AND PRESENT NO LONGER SIT IN SEQUENCE BUT OVERLAP, ERODING INTO ONE ANOTHER. THE CHALK CLIFFS, CONTINUALLY SHAPED BY PRESSURE AND WEATHER, REVEAL HOW ALL
The Rare Storyteller feature Between Crowds and Horizons by Monika K Adler. Visual Storytelling.
World Artist Award at Busan International Environment Art Festival Certificate Of Appreciation for Monika K Adler from Busan International Art Festival 2025 curated by Michael Kazemi. — Monika K. Adler, London, 2026. BIAF is a cultural event that practices global cultural exchange activities for the harmonization of culture and art, and aims to express artistic and
The Wrong Biennale 2025-2026 with Monika K. Adler “The world’s largest art biennale, the digital world’s answer to Venice.” The New York Times TheWrong. Returns. November 1st, 2o25 to March 31st, 2o26. PrayersToAI: Let your 404s Bloom into Flowers curated by David Quiles Guillo. See: thewrong.org/PrayersToAi
Official Selection for the Intercontinental Biennial 2026 in Panama Poster for Sick Bacchus movie created by Aeon Rose at Ontology Pictures @aeon.rose @sickbacchusmovie www.sickbacchus.com Sick Bacchus by Monika K. Adler & Aeon Rose (Ontology Pictures) has been chosen from over 30,000 submissions for inclusion in the exhibition. Intercontinental Bienal Panama, Panama Museum, 24.06.-30.06. 2026 A
What’s on? Monika K. Adler: Chalk-Stone-White’ – 22nd BIEAF 2025 – The 22nd Busan International Environment Art Festival 2025, Busan, South Korea 01. 09. 2025 – 28. 02. 2026 ‘Nostalgia’ – Festival de Fotografia de Paranpiacaba 2025, Paranpiacaba Brasil (Foto Unica program) 13-14 September 2025 Patriarchal Sabbath (video) – The Retrospective Quito 2025 screening program
