A graduate of Faculty of Sculpture of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. In 2012, she received a scholarship from Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding artistic achievements. In 2013, she obtained PhD at Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. In years 2010-2017 she was a lecturer at Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia. She took part in over one hundred collective and individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Her works are in collections of such institutions as: National Museum in Gdańsk, NOMUS New Museum, MOCAK in Kraków, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, Polish Sculpture Centre in Orońsko, Arsenal Gallery in Białystok, European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk, Norrtelje Konsthalle in Sweden, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie in Regensburg. She lives and works in Gdańsk.
“Prussian Nights”, 2015
video, 18’04’’
Dorota Nieznalska deals with sculpture, installation, and video. In her early works she used among others religious symbols. She connected the problem of the strong Catholic tradition prevailing in Poland with male domination in society. She also discussed issues of identity, sexuality, and stereotypical roles of men and women. Currently, she is interested in issues of social and political relations in context of violence. The artist carries out research projects on memorial sites, traces of memory / oblivion, and history. “Prussian Nights” video was based on the archives related to the murder in Nemmersdorf while the title of the work was taken from the poem of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In 1944, the Red Army entered East Prussia to “free” lands from German occupation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, then as a journalist, accompanied the event. After several years, he described his experience in the narrative poem “Prussian Nights”. It is a moving document revealing the violence and ruthlessness of the Red Army towards women, children, and the elderly. While making the video, the artist used selected fragments of the poem recited by speaker, archival materials, and contemporary photos from the village of Nemmersdorf, currently Mayakovskoye (Russian: Маяко́вское, German: Nemmersdorf) in the Kaliningrad Region.
