Julia Stachura is an art historian, independent curator, and Fulbright Ambassador. 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.
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Fulbright Ambassador in Poznan, Poland
2024—26 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
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Guest lecture in Łódź
Last week I had the pleasure of delivering a lecture at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź as part of the 18th International Triennial of Textile. My lecture, “Tangible Memories: Reconstructions of Memory…
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Save the date – Łódź
The event features Julia Stachura discussing how photography and fabric create tangible memories, emphasizing material experience, identity, and decolonial perspectives in art.
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Mecenat kwiatowy Pani Doroty
W grudniu autorka podsumowuje współpracę z florystką Dorotą Sołtykowską, podkreślając jej wpływ na artystyczne wystawy i symbolikę kwiatów w sztuce.
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Julia & Julia
Współpraca Julii i Julii efektem dwóch wystaw, z dynamicznymi pracami, które łączą malarstwo z haptycznymi obiektami, eksplorując międzygatunkową czułość i doświadczenie obrazu.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Julia Królikowska, Czułe powłoki
Wystawa “Czułe powłoki” Julii Królikowskiej bada złożoność cielesności w malarstwie, łącząc delikatne materiały z organicznymi formami i kwestionując granice tożsamości.
Polish art historian and independent curator with a passion for photography.
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