Izabela Gola (b. Poland) is a curator, advisor, public speaker, and artist based in New York. She leads the Visual Arts and Design programs at the Polish Cultural Institute New York. Gola works across contemporary visual arts through curatorial projects, public engagement, and cultural diplomacy. Her multidisciplinary curatorial practice focuses on human rights and ecology, specifically human health and well-being, through an intersectional feminist lens. This choice responds to the urgency of today’s humanitarian and environmental crises and a polarized public discourse. Since January 2024, Gola has curated a long-term public project by New York-based Polish artist Monika Weiss, titled "Nirbhaya monument/antimonument". Scheduled to open at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York, this memorial is dedicated to forgotten victims of gender-based violence. The installation includes an outdoor sculpture, underwater video projection, and vocal and movement performances. Created in response to global violence against women, Monika Weiss’ "Nirbhaya" provides a space for reflection and urgently calls for activism to effect change within political structures. According to the artist, “A place of meditation and stillness, "Nirbhaya" offers a pathway for reimagining a memorial by abandoning victorious vertical patriarchal monumentality and celebrating a horizontal and peaceful future of humanity.” Gola is developing programs addressing human rights and the elimination of violence against women, collaborating with the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations.Since 2016, Gola has developed programs at the Polish Cultural Institute NY that foster Polish-American and international dialogue through exhibitions, international initiatives, and discursive projects. One such initiative is the yearly recurring ECO Solidarity (2020-ongoing), held in May at the Javits Center in NYC. This movement focuses on ethics and sustainability in design and architecture, emphasizing restoring balance in public spaces and urban habitats concerning the natural environment and human health. The program includes an exhibit, panels, and workshops and is a provocative cultural intervention into the commercial design fair ICFF, coordinated with US and international cultural and diplomatic institutions under the European Union National Institutes for Culture.