Matylda Borcuch

Matylda Borcuch is a Ph.D. student at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University under the supervision of Professor Pierre Wat. She holds a Master’s degree in Art History from the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw and in French Modern Letters from the University of Warsaw. Specializing in the field of Polish Artists in France in the 20th century, her Master’s thesis on the exhibition Autour de Bourdelle: Paris et les artistes polonais. 1900-1918 received distinction in the competition held by the National Art Gallery Zachęta in Warsaw and the Gessel Foundation.

Currently, she is focusing on her thesis dedicated to the Polish-Jewish painter Alice Halicka (1889-1974), who lived and created in France upon 1912. During her stay at Columbia, Matylda Borcuch will explore the lesser-known American chapter of Halicka’s career in the 1930s, including research in archives of different institutions, among others: MoMA, The New York Public Library for Performing Arts, Yale University Art Gallery. A stay at the American institution will be also an opportunity to enrich her research with new methods and examine the reception of Halicka’s art in the US.

In addition to her doctoral dissertation, Matylda Borcuch works in the cultural field between France and Poland and has collaborated with different institutions such as Bourdelle Museum or Polish Institute in Paris.