Monsters In Bloom - Pai_32
26 July - 16 August 2026
Cyprian Szablak, Nacoca Ko, Andrea Samory, Edyta Olszewska, Karen Ösp Pálsdóttir, Kang Li, Kirsi Pirhonen, Julianna Hellerman
What grows when the conditions are no longer gentle?
MONSTERS IN BLOOM draws on Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of the Shadow — the parts of ourselves we reject, suppress, or project onto others — to explore transformation under pressure. Bodies, identities, materials, environments, technologies, memories, and relationships that shift, mutate, or resist fixed forms.
The monster is the shadow given shape: the hybrid, the wounded, the excessive, the misunderstood. Bloom is what happens when the shadow is made conscious — emergence, survival, and unexpected growth.
In a world shaped by instability, acceleration, and synthetic realities, MONSTERS IN BLOOM asks: what becomes possible when we stop fearing what lives in the dark?
Temporary Art Gallery, 90 Chalton Street. London, UK. NW1 1HJ
