Dorota Jarecka

Dorota Jarecka is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), specializing in the social history of art and visual culture. She is also the director of Warsaw’s Galeria Studio since 2016, and a renowned curator and author. Her work focuses on 20th-century art, surrealism, and gender studies in Eastern Europe.

Key professional roles include:

• Adiunkt (Adjunct Professor) at PAN’s Institute of Literary Research
• Kurator of major exhibitions including the Erna Rosenstein series (2011–2014)
• Editor of monographs on artists like Krystiana Robb-Narbutt, Natalia LL, and Ewa Zarzycka

Research highlights include her 2021 monograph analyzing surrealism, realism, and Marxism in post-war Polish art, and a 2013 interview with Anda Rottenberg. Her 2022 article on Helena Berlewi explores avant-garde movements and gendered artistic identity.

Her exhibitions and publications emphasize underrepresented female artists and political contexts shaping art production in communist Poland.