Helena Łomnicka is an independent researcher and curator focusing on contemporary spirituality and its entanglements with modern politics and visual culture. Having background in Cultural Analysis and an MA in the History of Esotericism, she investigates the ways in which spiritual and political imaginaries influence and co-produce one another. Her recent work has focused on neo-Marxist perspectives on spirituality and the analysis of modern esoteric discourse in digital culture. She has lectured on these and related topics at institutions such as Willem de Kooning Academy [2022], Garage Rotterdam [2024], and Post-Office Amsterdam [2025], Through her work she seeks to spotlight the alternative forms of knowledge and to explore the ongoing significance of belief, myth, and magic in the modern world.
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 (with the film AKVO) [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]
“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
Spoiler Young Curators Programme [2024, NL]
CBK Impuls and Verdieping with Antoni Czarczyński [2024, NL]