Marta Marsicka
she/they

I am a curator, researcher and an art historian based in the Midlands. My curatorial interests are East-Central European identities and representation, migration and xenoracism, institutional critique, equity in UK-based art institutions. Read more about my work here.


Selected Projects:

1. 07.03 - 11.04.24 - Curator - WRACK LINE, High Holborn, LCF UAL, London

2. 04 - 06.24 (upcoming) - Co-curator - The Future of Curatorship, Paul Mellon Centre

3. 12.2023 - Co-Curator - Spoken Worlds, British Art Network

4. 02-06.2023 - Guest Curator - On Resilience, Migration Matters Festival, Sheffield

5. 04.2023 - Curator - Becoming a body of water, David Kovats Gallery, London

6. 09-12.2022 - Curator - Food Resilience, Polish Migrants Organise for Change, London

7. 02-05.2022 - Producer - OUTCOME, BACKLIT, Nottingham

8. 06.2021- Co-Curator - Piotr Krzymowski: Major Incident, Project THIRTEEN, London

Selected Writing:

1. 08.2023:

Exotic Cosmopolitanism: Magdalena Abakanowicz at Tate Modern, Art Margins


2. 05. 2022: The Porosity of British Art, British Art Network

3. 01.2022: For some, home is somewhere in between, British Art UnCanon

4. 06.2021: Piotr Krzymowski: Major Incident, Project THIRTEEN, London

Selected Awards, Grants and Bursaries:

1. Paul Mellon Centre Seminar Support Grant 2024

2. ECG Legacy Fund 2023

3. 10.2023-10.2029: Techne 

AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership for PhD: Representation of East-Central European women artists in the history of exhibitions in England after 1989.


4. 06.2022: Art Trade Training and Bursary, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

5.12.2021-12.2022: Developing Your Creative Practice Grant, Arts Council England

6.10.2020-11.2021: Emerging Curators Group Bursary, TATE, British Art Network and Paul Mellon Centre  


︎ m.marsicka@gmail.com
Mark

My work



As a curator and researcher, I explore issues of East-Central European identity and representation in post-Brexit Britain. My practice looks at the systemic and cultural frameworks of CEE-related art production, curation, and facilitation. It often includes interrogation of politics of gender, national stereotypes, and underrepresentation of CEE artists in the UK and globally.

My approach towards working with artists, fellow curators, and institutions is based on mutual respect, empathy, and care. My practice is transnational and feminist.

My Ph.D. study at the London College of Communication is an integral part of my practice. My project looks at the history of exhibitions of East-Central European women artists in Britain after 1989.

I am also working as an Artist Development Coordinator at BACKLIT Gallery in Nottingham. As part of my role, I implement development strategies for BACKLIT’s studio and associate artists.




Mark