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. 

  • 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 

  • Henry Taylor’s B Side

    Henry Taylor’s B Side

    The joy that brings Henry Taylor’s exhibition “B Side” to the art geeks is immaculate! Rich in references, from pop culture, art history, music, sports, and politics, Taylor’s visual world is full of color,…

  • Tracey Rose in Queens Museum

    Tracey Rose in Queens Museum

    A vibrant, radical, and full of references and symbolism retrospective exhibition of Tracey Rose at Queens Museum. In “Shooting Down Babylon” the South-African multimedia artist uses body as a site of protest, outrage, resistance…

  • She Is The Fountain. On María Magdalena Campos-Pons.

    She Is The Fountain. On María Magdalena Campos-Pons.

    Only an artist can tell … what it is like for anyone who gets to this planet to survive it. James Baldwin This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is…

  • Behold Symposium on  María Magdalena Campos-Pons

    Behold Symposium on  María Magdalena Campos-Pons

    Symposium The “Behold” symposium at Brooklyn Museum was carefully crafted with wisdom, love, and admiration for the artistic practice of María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Congrats Carmen Hermo, what a fantastic curatorial work. This exhibition raises many important topics…

  • Research at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freien Universität Berlin

    Research at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freien Universität Berlin

    Funded by Initiative of Excellence – Research University AMU.   Library During my stay, I had the privilege and opportunity to explore the collection of JFKI’s Library as well as the library of the…

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Julia stachura

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

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