Paulina Kurc-Maj 鈥� art historian, director of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oro艅sko.
In 1999, she graduated in art history from the University of 艁贸d藕. She also completed Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Humanities at the University of Warsaw, Postgraduate Studies in Museology at the University of Warsaw and Postgraduate Studies in Culture Management at the Jagiellonian University. In 1999-2000, she worked at the Manhattan Gallery in 艁贸d藕, and then from 2001 to 2025 she was associated with the Museum of Art in 艁贸d藕, where she served as head of the Modern Art Collection Department and Deputy Director for Promotion and Dissemination. Since 2025, she has been the director of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oro艅sko.
Curator and co-curator of numerous exhibitions, including: Joseph Beuys. Polentransport 1981 (with A. Saciuk-G膮sowska, Bratislava, 2003); Swinging London. The Grabowski Collection (with A. Saciuk-G膮sowska, 艁贸d藕 2007), Afterimages of Life. W艂adys艂aw Strzemi艅ski and Rights for Art (with J. Lubiak, 艁贸d藕 2010-2011), Un Mundo Construido. Polonia 1918-1939 (with J. M. Bonet, Madrid, 2011), Change of Perspective. Modern Printing and the Avant-Garde (艁贸d藕 2014), Dada Impulse(s). The Egidio Marzona Collection (with P. Polit, 艁贸d藕 2015), Superorganism. Awangarda i do艣wiadczenie przyrody (with A. Jach, 艁贸d藕, 2017), Organizatorzy 偶ycia. De Stijl polska awangarda i design (艁贸d藕, 2017-2018), S艂owo k艂amie 鈥� oko nigdy. Modernity in Polish Photography 1918-1939 (with M. Franecka, D眉sseldorf, Budapest 2017-2018), The Great War (with A. Saciuk-G膮sowska and P. Polit, 艁贸d藕, 2018-2019), puls.y Ewa Latkowska-呕ychska (艁贸d藕 2023), Nowosielski in 艁贸d藕 (with J. Go藕dzik, 艁贸d藕, 2023), Beata Bols. Art and Evacuation (艁贸d藕 2024).
Author of numerous texts and lectures on 20th-century art, particularly the interwar avant-garde, she co-edited, among others, the book: International Collection of Modern Art by the 鈥榓.r.鈥� group (艁贸d藕, 2019) and prepared the anniversary exhibition and catalogue Sala Neoplastyczna. Stan pocz膮tkowy (Neoplastic Room. Initial State) (艁贸d藕, 2023). She co-curated the conference Maszyna do Komunikacji. Around the Avant-Garde Idea of New Typography (with D. Muzyczuk, 艁贸d藕 2014), Dadaist Impulse in Polish Literature and Art of the 20th Century (with P. Polit, 艁贸d藕 2015). Since 2025, editor-in-chief of Kwartalnik Rze藕by Oro艅sko (Oro艅sko Sculpture Quarterly). In 2025, she was a member of the jury of the 1st International Ceramic Sculpture Triennial in Warsaw, the International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture and the residency programme of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oro艅sko, as well as the CRP's own nationwide grant programme, Sculpture in Public Space for Independence; including co-creator of the 4th Congress of Sculpture in Public Space for Independence.
In 2015, she received an honorary award from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, 鈥楧istinguished Service to Polish Culture.鈥� Member of the Association of Art Historians. In 2024/2025, chair of the Programme Council of the Kordegarda Gallery of the National Centre for Culture.