Margarita Korol creates a protected space for dogs and incorporates a loop of recorded sound—the murmurings of sweet nothings that multilingual owners use to comfort canines—to address an issue common in the canine community: anxiety. Korol hopes her piece will comfort dOGUMENTA visitors who may encounter social anxiety, how ever it manifests for them on the spectrum from fear aggression to skittishness, when meeting other furry friends in the show. 

“Spoils of War” is a poem illustrated by a series of panels commemorating the artist’s mother’s 1988 immigration from the Soviet Union to Chicago. The poem, published originally in Tablet Magazine and then presented together with the panels at an exhibition at the National Arts Club, is now available as an illustrated monograph at local bookstores and on Amazon.

A series of propaganda prints created for Brooklyn's annual ArtOnBrighton art festival at the NY Aquarium. Each print branded with the motto, WITH GREAT FREEDOM COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, a hybrid quote of Eleanor Roosevelt and Voltaire, speaking directly to the generation of immigrants whose turn it is to make it big in the new country.

Exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl promoting active democracy and transparency as tools that empower individuals within their political systems. On display at NYC's KGB Bar through June 2011. Her portrait of Malcolm X is part of the collection at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center in Washington Heights, in the Audubon Theater where Dr. X was assassinated.

Originally commissioned by Harper College, this installation titled "Die, Mauer," commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It is currently housed at Chicago's DANK-Haus German Cultural Center.

Immigrating City puts Chicago in the limelight along with many of its notable icons: The El, Lake Michigan, the city’s diversity, and even biking culture. For gallery inquiries to display parts of this series,

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