Dr. 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 and in 2026 she defended her PhD with distinctions. 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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SPIRITUAL MACHINES curatorial text, Flux Factory, Governors Island NY
SPIRITUAL MACHINES Flux Factory, Governors Island, New York Exhibiting artists include Nimrod Astarhan, LadyK, Dennis Delgado, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, [M] Dudeck, Gabe Duggan, Sherese Francis, In Her Interior, TwinArt, Sophie Kahn, Sylvia Ke,…
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Opening of Jevijoe Vitug’s IN THE REAL TIME at Ankhlave
Photos from the opening reception and participatory event of Jevijoe Vitug’s “In the Real Time” at AnkhLave Arts Alliance, curated by Julia Stachura IN THE REAL TIME presents new works from Jevijoe Vitug, delving into invisible narratives centering…
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Opening of SPIRITUAL MACHINES, Flux Factory, Governors Island
Recap of the opening of Spiritual Machines show at Flux Factory Governors Island, New York! I’m so happy to be a part of it and it’s so cool to see my text on the…
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Curatorial statement – Joanna Piotrowska’s exhibition
YOU LOVE HOME AND THE SILENCE OF ITS OWN In her latest exhibition, You Love Home and the Silence of Its Own [Kochasz ty dom co ciszą swą], Joanna Piotrowska looks at female protagonists in domestic interiors,…
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Joanna Piotrowska’s exhibition opening
Joanna Piotrowska, Kochasz ty dom co ciszą swą / You Love Home and the Silence of Its Own Fundacja Czas Kobiet / Foundation Women’s Time Opening: June 27th, 2024, Exhibition runs through July 25th,…
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Proszę to USUNĄĆ! Przedmiot s/o/poru – tekst kuratorski
Tekst kuratorski do wystawy “Proszę to USUNĄĆ” kolektywu POD CIŚNIENIEM w ramach Poznań Art Week 2024 Adres lokali: Mielżyńskiego 19, Poznań Tekst+dokumentacja: Julia Stachura Proszę to USUNĄĆ! Przedmiot s/o/poru Miejsca wspólne wymagają od nas…
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Wernisaż wystawy “Proszę to USUNĄĆ” Kolektyw POD CIŚNIENIEM, Mielżyńskiego 19 | 24/05/2024
Relacja z wystawy “Proszę to USUNĄĆ” Kolektywu POD CIŚNIENIEM, w składzie: Cyryl Ambroziak, Patryk Bosco, Wiktoria Cwityńska, Mateusz Drozdowski, Kasia Knychała, Bartek Kościołek, Gabriel Kryszpiniuk, Julia Białas, Katarzyna Strzykalska. Wystawa zrealizowana w ramach 8.…
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Zuzanna Janin’s SHAME (femmage a Aneta Szyłak), “Overcoming the shame culture,” curator’s statement
Overcoming the shame culture It seems very likely that the structuring of associations and attachments around the affect shame is among the most telling differentials among cultures and times: not that the entire world…
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Opening of Zuzanna Janin’s SHAME / wernisaż wystawy Zuzanny Janin SHAME
Zuzanna Janin, SHAME, femmage a Aneta Szyłak, curator: Julia Stachura, Gallery Women’s Time, opening 05/22/2024 6 pm., cooperation Anna Świątkowska, Maria Czarnecka, Monika Młynarczyk. Night dedicated to memory of Aneta Szyłak and Ana Mendieta.…
Polish art historian and independent curator with a passion for photography.
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