On September 13th, Nika Art Gallery will open two solo exhibitions. The gallery presents works by two artists: Elena Done and Daria Muhina. Both artists carefully and passionately explore the theme of femininity in today's world, testing the boundaries of common understanding and striving to move beyond them. Two sharp perspectives, two creative concepts, two deep analytical approaches—both results are equally compelling for the viewer.

Elena Done's exhibition — “My Femininity” — brings together nine paintings created in her most recent period. The artist drew inspiration from Jacqueline Shaeffer’s psychoanalytic model of subjectivation and Roberto Assagioli’s theory of subpersonalities and disidentification. These works record the dissolution of the traditional bond between body and identity. They raise the question of how identity evolves at a time when old structures—especially those related to the body, femininity, social roles, and visibility—begin to dissolve, while new ones acquire embodiment and fullness.

Daria Muhina's exhibition — “Imagined Language” — is a profound study of art as an attempt to preserve and convey meaning in situations where spoken words are no longer enough. Drawing from her own memory, the aesthetics of folk art, and her private mythology, Daria has created her own imaginary alphabet expressed through painting, embroidery, and textile forms. Muhina’s visual system exists beyond the borders of a single culture, yet it invites interpretation from everyone. It connects the personal with the universal, turning personal memory into a shared experience and transforming visual perception into an act of translation from the internal to the collective. The curator for Daria Muhina's exhibition is Irina Machneva Mota.