Tosia Leniarska is a writer, curator and researcher born in Poland and based in London. She holds a BA in Philosophy and History of Art from University College London and has undertaken postgraduate research with the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. Leniarska is currently the Assistant Director at Emalin, a contemporary art gallery in London, where she has contributed to a wide range of exhibitions and projects. In 2023, she curated the group exhibition ‘World as Diagram, Work as Dance’, with works by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, E Barker, Simon Denny, Ana Viktoria Dzinic, Win McCarthy, Gretchen Lawrence, Carolyn Lazard, Coumba Samba, and Diamond Stingily. In 2024, she conceived the video exhibition project ‘One for sorrow, two for joy’ with Lauren Auder at Emalin, which involved 50 contributing artists, curators, musicians and anonymous individuals.

Since 2020, Leniarska also played a key role in developing Kem School, an alternative institutional artist residency in Warsaw focused on critical practice and expanded choreography. She has delivered lectures, panel discussions and workshops held at Tate Modern, ICA London, Emalin, Eye To Pencil, and Kem School in Warsaw, alongside public events in collaboration with Ana Viktoria Dzinic, Nuts International and other artists.

Leniarska has contributed writing to the artist book ‘Propaganda and Decoration’ by Ana Viktoria Dzinic and Richard Turley, and to publications such as Apartamento, Buffalo Zine, Studio Magazine, AnOther or i-D. Her new essay commissioned by the Serpentine is upcoming in the inaugural issue of The Serpentine Reader, launching February 2025.

In London, you can currently see a permanent exhibition curated by her at La Camionera, the lesbian bar in Hackney.

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