Matriamorphosis is the radical transformation of the creative process from a solitary, competitive endeavor into a communal act of care. Bringing together artists whose practices foreground interdependence, maintenance, and collective imagination, the exhibition asks what becomes possible when we recognize care, not competition, as the foundation of creative life.

While the contemporary art industry loudly brands itself as an open, loving, and progressive community championing inclusivity, its underlying economy remains obsessed with Phallocentric values; valuing aggressive market domination, rigid hierarchy, and ego-driven prestige. Status is bought and sold through a system controlled by a handful of elite mega-galleries and collectors, turning artistic expression into a cutthroat game of wealth and power. Matriamorphosis exposes this institutional hypocrisy, mocking a system that feigns a nurturing, matriarchal care while quietly running on the old, exclusionary mechanics of patriarchal control.

These hidden systems are brought into light through the work of four artists, two of which are former GlogauAIR residents, who refuse to separate their lives from their practice. Whether through Penny Monogiou’s reclamation of the maternal body from religious and mythological archetypes, or Maria Lukomsky’s insistence on the emotional labor and vulnerability that the “intellectual” market so often dismisses, we see the body fighting back against its own erasure. This resistance continues as Shir Shoval-Simhoni uses repetitive manual labor to mimic and critique the bureaucratic structures that dictate our value. Finally, Elinor Sahm counters the clinical, patriarchal archive by channeling “old ghosts” through storytelling; her work gives presence to familial narratives and mystical spaces, proving that the personal and the fantastical are rooted in a very real, lived experience.

 

Participating Artists

 

 

 

 

Penny Monogiou

pennymonogiou.art

STILL LEBEN, 2025

Altar- Stainless steel and aluminum.

Icons- Oil, oil pastel, and gold leaf on wood, aluminum casting, video
143 x 86 x 17cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shir Shoval Simhoni

shirshovalsimhoni.cargo.site

The other woman, 2025
Silkscreen mesh, digital print on paper, turpentine print on photo paper, digital print on transparency paper
15 x 21cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elinor Sahm

elinorsahm.com

Ani VeRonen (Uncle and Niece), 2024
Oil pencil and graphite on canvas
110 x 90cm
Photo credit: Boaz Arad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Lukomsky

lukomsky.art

Worn and Kept, 2025
Vintage aprons and textiles, embroidery
130×150 cm

 

 

 

 

 

Lihi Shmuel is part of GlogauAIR’s recently established curatorial residency program. Curatorial residents have the opportunity to meet and engage with the artists and curators in our program, as well as develop their own projects.