Paweł Leszkowicz (born 17 December 1970) is a Polish art historian and art curator. He works as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of History of Art,

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University ( pl, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. It traces its origins to 1611, when under the Royal Ch ...

, and lectures at the

University of Fine Arts in Poznań Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan Poznań (in Polish: ''Uniwersytet Artystyczny im. Magdaleny Abakanowicz w Poznaniu'') is one of the major fine-art academies in Poland. It was founded in 1919 as the State School of Decorative ...

. He is a member of

International Association of Art Critics The International Association of Art Critics (''Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art'', ''AICA'') was founded in 1950 to revitalize critical discourse, which suffered under Fascism during World War II. Affiliated with UNESCO AICA was ad ...

Biography

Leszkowicz studied art history, gender studies and journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

in London; and he was a

Fulbright scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

New School University The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

in New York. In 2000, he defended his doctoral dissertation on

Helen Chadwick Helen Chadwick (18 May 1953 – 15 March 1996) was a British sculptor, photographer and installation artist. In 1987, she became one of the first women artists to be nominated for the Turner Prize. Chadwick was known for "challenging stereotypic ...

at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Leszkowicz is an

LGBT rights activist A list of notable LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance LGBT rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically. Argentina * Claudia Castrosín Verdú, she and her partner were the first lesb ...

. Together with his partner Tomasz Kitliński he took part in Poland's lesbian and gay visibility campaigns ''Let Them See Us'' and ''Equal in Europe''. He is a member of Poland's

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...

Exhibitions

* ''GK Collection'', the first exhibition of the private art collection of

Grażyna Kulczyk Grażyna Kulczyk (born 5 November 1950) is a Polish investor, art collector and philanthropist. Education and career She graduated in law and administration from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Upon finishing her studies, she began t ...

(the main private collector of contemporary art in Poland) * ''Love and Democracy'',

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

and

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

, 2006 * ''Ars Homo Erotica'' at the

National Museum in Warsaw The National Museum in Warsaw ( pl, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie), popularly abbreviated as MNW, is a national museum in Warsaw, one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in the capital. It comprises a rich collection of ancient art (Egy ...

, 2010 * ''Civil Partnerships: Feminist & Queer Art & Activism'' at the

University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

, 2012 (with Lara Perry and Tomasz Kitliński)http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/65385/CivilP_Booklet_FINAL_email.pdf

Books

* ''Helen Chadwick. Ikonografia podmiotowości'' elen Chadwick: The Iconography of Subjectivity(2001) * ''Miłość i demokracja. Rozważania o kwestii homoseksualnej w Polsce'' ove and Democracy: Reflections on the Queer Question in Poland(2005, with Tomasz Kitliński) * ''Art pride. Polska sztuka gejowska'' rt Pride: Gay Art from Poland(2010) * ''Nagi mężczyzna. Akt męski w sztuce polskiej po 1945 roku'' he Naked Man: The Male Nude in post-1945 Polish Art(2012)

Bibliography

* Jon Davis, "Towards an Intimate Democracy in Europe: Pawel Leszkowicz's Queer Curating", ''Journal of Curatorial Studies''; February 2013, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p. 54-69.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leszkowicz, Pawel 1970 births Academic staff of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań European art curators Polish LGBT rights activists Polish art historians Living people The Greens (Poland) politicians Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art Academic staff of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań Polish curators Fulbright alumni