Helena Łomnicka is an independent scholar based in Poland whose work focuses on the analysis of modern spirituality in relation to contemporary politics and visual culture. Having a background in Cultural Analysis, she has later obtained her MA in the History of Esotericism from Universiteit van Amsterdam. Her recent work focuses on neo-Marxist approaches to spirituality and on analyzing modern esoteric discourse in digital culture .
Curatorial Practice
“Równonoc-Equinox “, Nowogród [2025, PL]
“ALWAYS CONTAINER, SOMETIMES CONTAINED”, Oud House [2025, NL]
“Ashes to Ashes”, Garage Rotterdam [2024, NL]
Group Exhibitions & Film Festivals
Spiritual Bypassing, Window Licker Warsaw [2025, PL]
Occulture Conference Berlin [2025, DE]
Brzuch Wszechświata, Window Licker Warsaw [2025, PL]
Hermetic Film Festival Venice [2024, IT]
Marie Louis Residency, Time Window [2024, NL]
Witchy Clinic, Roodkapje [2024, NL]
Grey Space in the Middle [2020, NL]
Talks & Lectures
“W Dobie Ezo-Rozwoju”, Radio Kapitał [2025, PL]
“What do Ghosts and WitchToks Have in Common?”, de Zolder [2025, NL]
“Ghost Stories”, Post-Office Amsterdam [2025, NL]
“What do Ghosts and WitchToks Have in Common?”, Garage Rotterdam [2025, NL]
“Mark Fisher: From Capitalist Realism to Acid Communism”, Time Window [2024, NL]
“Witchcraft and Rejected Knowledge”, Willem de Kooning Academy [2022, NL]
Workshops
SPIN Collective [2022, NL]
Willem do Kooning Academy [2022, NL]
Published Writing
“Magia w Służbie neo-Marksizmu”, Szum Magazine [2024, PL]
“Lexicon of Political Sigils” [2021, NL]
Grants
Research & Artistic Residencies Programme of the Warsaw Observatory of Culture [2026, PL]
Spoiler Young Curators Programme [2024, NL]
CBK Impuls and Verdieping with Antoni Czarczyński [2024, NL]