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DESCRIPTION
Oil on panel
20 x 25 cm
2015
At the Back of the Mind — studyA study from a larger cycle portraying 54 women from the Katyn list, documenting those murdered by the NKVD (the precursor to the KGB) during WWII. For decades the list was thought to include only men. Painted from behind, these anonymous yet intimate heads recall erased lives while restoring presence to those forgotten by history.
To DropA hand pauses in the moment of release — the fragile threshold when something is surrendered, an image of loss and inevitability.
To KeepThe gesture holds tight, asking what we protect: names, fragments, breath. A reminder that remembrance begins in the smallest acts of care.
BIO
Dorota Mytych is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture, video, installation, and performance. Her practice examines political, social, and personal structures—how they form, fracture, and dissolve—exposing their fragility and impermanence. She holds a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (Florence) and an Honours Degree in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and fellowships/residencies at the Camargo Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, and MacDowell. Selected exhibitions include At the Back of the Mind, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (2025); Utracone / Looted, Galeria Podbrzezie, Kraków (2023); Bez Rutyny / Un-rehearsed, Ethnographic Museum in Kraków (2020); Makeshift Revolutions, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (2012); and Gift of Time, Roswell Museum (2010). Her work is held in major collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and Artbank, as well as in public and private collections across Europe, Australia, and the United States.
DESCRIPTION
Oil on panel
20 x 25 cm
2015
At the Back of the Mind — studyA study from a larger cycle portraying 54 women from the Katyn list, documenting those murdered by the NKVD (the precursor to the KGB) during WWII. For decades the list was thought to include only men. Painted from behind, these anonymous yet intimate heads recall erased lives while restoring presence to those forgotten by history.
To DropA hand pauses in the moment of release — the fragile threshold when something is surrendered, an image of loss and inevitability.
To KeepThe gesture holds tight, asking what we protect: names, fragments, breath. A reminder that remembrance begins in the smallest acts of care.
BIO
Dorota Mytych is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture, video, installation, and performance. Her practice examines political, social, and personal structures—how they form, fracture, and dissolve—exposing their fragility and impermanence. She holds a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (Florence) and an Honours Degree in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and fellowships/residencies at the Camargo Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, and MacDowell. Selected exhibitions include At the Back of the Mind, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (2025); Utracone / Looted, Galeria Podbrzezie, Kraków (2023); Bez Rutyny / Un-rehearsed, Ethnographic Museum in Kraków (2020); Makeshift Revolutions, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (2012); and Gift of Time, Roswell Museum (2010). Her work is held in major collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and Artbank, as well as in public and private collections across Europe, Australia, and the United States.