Monika Czyżyk is a Polish visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She works with dirty media: moving images, VR and clay within the context of experimental documentaries and socially engaged projects. Monika collects clay from a variety of places and uses it to create spiritually driven clay window paintings. Her working methodology is divided into travel-led and site-specific research and studio practices based on Vartiosaari Island in Helsinki, where she is part of the Vartiosaari Island association. She considers the island as an active partner and collaborator in all her projects. Her work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals including Malmö Konstmuseum, Sequences biennial, Reykjavik, Sinne gallery, Helsinki, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, and Floating University, Berlin.