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Julia stachura

Julia Stachura is an art historian and independent curator. In 2025, she completed her PhD studies at the School of Humanities at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2023–24, she was a Fulbright Junior Research Award grantee at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has curated exhibitions in Poland and the United States, collaborating with art institutions and non-governmental organizations. Her research and curatorial practice focus on the photography of BIPOC women artists and artists from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as on the invisibility of power structures and the tangibility of memory. 

  • Fulbright Ambassador in Poznan, Poland

    2024—25 Lecturer, Department of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

    2023—24 Visiting Researcher, Department of Photography & Imaging (DPI), Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Fulbright Junior Research Award  

    2023 Visiting Researcher, John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freien Universität Berlin, funded by Initiative of Excellence – Research University AMU 

  • Mecenat kwiatowy Pani Doroty

    Mecenat kwiatowy Pani Doroty

    W grudniu autorka podsumowuje współpracę z florystką Dorotą Sołtykowską, podkreślając jej wpływ na artystyczne wystawy i symbolikę kwiatów w sztuce.

  • Julia & Julia

    Julia & Julia

    Współpraca Julii i Julii efektem dwóch wystaw, z dynamicznymi pracami, które łączą malarstwo z haptycznymi obiektami, eksplorując międzygatunkową czułość i doświadczenie obrazu.

  • HOST in press

    HOST in press

    The exhibition Host, created with Julia Królikowska, gained significant online traction, featured on multiple platforms, enhancing its presence beyond the historical villa.

  • INES Magazina feature

    INES Magazina feature

    The “Cosmologies, Affects, Allyships” panel featured in INES Magazina discusses contemporary Polish art’s engagement with decoloniality, highlighting ongoing dialogues about race, gender, and class.

  • Julia Królikowska, HOST at historical villa in Poznan

    Julia Królikowska, HOST at historical villa in Poznan

    Julia Królikowska’s HOST exhibition at the Villa of Art History in Poznan showcases transformative, layered artwork using textile and paint, exploring bodily boundaries and interspecies identity from October 1-3, 2025.

  • Amelia Marzec’s performance + pop up exhibition in an abandoned library

    Amelia Marzec’s performance + pop up exhibition in an abandoned library

    Amelia Marzec’s performance and exhibition at Wroniecka 15 explored the queer Eastern European diaspora. It combined traditional themes with technology and addressed climate migration issues.

  • Julia Królikowska, Czułe powłoki

    Julia Królikowska, Czułe powłoki

    Wystawa “Czułe powłoki” Julii Królikowskiej bada złożoność cielesności w malarstwie, łącząc delikatne materiały z organicznymi formami i kwestionując granice tożsamości.

  • Joanna Czarnota, I Remember Through the Image / Pamiętam obrazem, opening

    Joanna Czarnota, I Remember Through the Image / Pamiętam obrazem, opening

    Joanna Czarnota’s exhibition “Pamiętam obrazem” explores memory, family, and art reproduction through photography and sound, engaging multiple senses and addressing intimate and monumental contexts.

  • Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s “Dark Room A-Z”

    Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s “Dark Room A-Z”

    Excerpts from my academic article on Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s photographic work are published in “Dark Room A-Z,” celebrating connections in photography. Honored to contribute!

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Julia stachura

Polish art historian and independent curator with a passion for photography.

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