Danielle Kovalski Monsonego creates sculpture, installation, and performance that probe memory, identity, and the echoes of personal and collective histories. She engages with materials such as clay, wood, glass, and honey, transforming everyday and domestic forms into objects that evoke both fragility and resilience. Her works capture the poetic and tactile qualities of lived experience, inviting viewers to reflect on the traces left by time, memory, and human presence. Her installations create immersive environments in which objects function as carriers of narrative, inviting viewers to reflect on how spaces and materials hold memory. By layering materials and forms, Kovalski Monsonego examines the passage of time, the accumulation of histories, and the ways in which identity is shaped by personal and cultural context. At the core of her practice is an interrogation of belonging, home, and the politics embedded in domestic and urban spaces. Through a careful manipulation of materials and spatial arrangements, she constructs poetic, contemplative works that reveal the tension between intimacy, memory, and collective experience. ...
