Óscar Perdomo Ceballos & Monika Gabriela Dorniak

Óscar Perdomo Ceballos is a poet, writer, and historian who earned his doctoral degree in Medieval History from Freie Universität Berlin in 2024. His debut novel, The God of the Heretics, was published in 2015. In 2016, he released the non-fiction book Las Señoras de los Indios. His novel The Wild Vanity was a finalist in the Clarín literary contest in Buenos Aires. His research focuses on intercultural connections across continents and historical periods.

In her anti-disciplinary practice, Monika Gabriela Dorniak traverses the fluid boundaries between bodies, objects, and environments, seamlessly weaving together performance, (textile) sculpture, and multimedia interventions. With a background spanning fine art, choreography, psychology, and design, Dorniak’s work often unfolds within collaborative frameworks as a living map—charting the shifting terrains of the self amidst the entanglements of inherited and embodied memories, as well as belonging. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including the National Gallery Vilnius, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern London, Drugo Mare Rijeka, Galeria Promocyjna in Warsaw and KINDL Berlin. In 2024, Dorniak embarked on a practice-based PhD at HfK Bremen and HDK Valand in Gothenburg, where she continues to explore the ongoing impact of the Second World War through auto-ethnographical, agricultural and interspecies positions.
https://monikadorniak.com/