The body is a vessel through which we navigate the world. My artistic investigations -which span curatorial projects, art writing, collaborations, community engagement, events coordination and panel moderation – are all driven by this core principle, in Thinking Flesh. Steered by feminist phenomenology and critical queer and anti-racist theory, I work with communities on the margins of society: artists of colour, gender non-conforming people and dissident voices, to problematise the social construct and systemic violence of the gender binary, of heteronormativity and whiteness. For our everyday experiences cannot be detached from our bodies: as sites of tension, affect and sensation, they can also be dissident and transformative for those on the margins of society, offering new and imaginative ways of being-in-the-world, and working towards a more tolerant and representative society.
Maggie Kuzan
Freelance curator and writer
b. 23 March 1992
Based in London, England and Valencia, Spain
@thinkingflesh
EDUCATION
MA Gender Media Culture – First Class Honours, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2013-2014
Thesis: Do young women in East London exhibit ‘ambiguous transcendence’ through their everyday clothing choices? A feminist phenomenological account of fashion and the self (Available on request)
BA Criticism, Communication and Curation – First Class Honours, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, 2010-2013
Thesis: Why is female-to-male cross-dressing underrepresented compared to male-to-female cross-dressing? (Available on request)
OTHER EVENTS (selected)
Panel moderator
Exoskeleton East Panel Discussion with the Artist and Curator, The Old Bank Vault, London, UK, 9 August 2018
The Boom of the Independent Art Magazine, The Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK, 17 October 2015
Guest speaker
Central and Eastern European Artists and Curators, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK, 20 March 2018
Critical Perspectives on Fashion Research and Methodology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 18 February 2015
LANGUAGES
English, Polish (native proficiency)
Spanish (intermediate proficiency)
REFERENCES
Available on request
MA Gender Media Culture – First Class Honours, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2013-2014
Thesis: Do young women in East London exhibit ‘ambiguous transcendence’ through their everyday clothing choices? A feminist phenomenological account of fashion and the self (Available on request)
BA Criticism, Communication and Curation – First Class Honours, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, 2010-2013
Thesis: Why is female-to-male cross-dressing underrepresented compared to male-to-female cross-dressing? (Available on request)
OTHER EVENTS (selected)
Panel moderator
Exoskeleton East Panel Discussion with the Artist and Curator, The Old Bank Vault, London, UK, 9 August 2018
The Boom of the Independent Art Magazine, The Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK, 17 October 2015
Guest speaker
Central and Eastern European Artists and Curators, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK, 20 March 2018
Critical Perspectives on Fashion Research and Methodology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 18 February 2015
LANGUAGES
English, Polish (native proficiency)
Spanish (intermediate proficiency)
REFERENCES
Available on request