Academic & Teaching Staff
Dr Poposki, Zoran
Associate Head of Department, Assistant Professor
Fine Art, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts Management
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Dr Poposki, Zoran
Associate Head of Department, Assistant Professor
Dr Zoran Poposki, FRSA is an internationally acclaimed transdisciplinary artist, curator, and researcher working in the fields of practice-based research, visual semiotics, social practice, digital visual culture, and arts leadership.
His work has been shown in more than 100 gallery and museum exhibitions, biennials, and festivals worldwide, including in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Prague, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, Cairo, Hong Kong, etc. His public art projects have been presented on LED video screens, video billboards, posters, and billboards in New York, Dublin, Hong Kong, etc.
Dr Poposki's curatorial projects have been shown in Hong Kong, UK, Slovenia, Italy, etc.
Artist residencies include the School of Visual Arts (New York), Wooloo (Berlin), Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, OR), Vermont Studio Center (USA), etc.
Education: International Leadership in Visual Arts Management (New York University, University of Deusto, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao), PhD Cultural Studies (EUBA Skopje), MFA New Media (DUK Austria and TI New York).
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ExecCert (New York University, University of Deusto, Guggenheim Bilbao)
PhD (Euro-Balkan University, North Macedonia)
MFA (Danube University Krems, Austria)
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Areas of Teaching
Visual art
Cultural Studies
Contextual Studies
Arts Management
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Research Interests
Contemporary art
Practice-based research methodologies
Visual semiotics
Cultural studies
Curatorial studies
Art markets
Visual arts management
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Selected Outputs
- Poposki, Z. (2025, January 8–10). The case for quantum art education [Paper presentation]. New Schools of Thought: Critical Thinking and Creative Teaching Conference, Los Angeles, USA.
- Poposki, Z. (2024, July 10–13). A corpus based critical discourse analysis of the NFT art market [Paper presentation]. 7th Annual Conference of The International Art Market Studies Association, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
- Poposki, Z. (2024, June 11–15). Artificial intelligence augmented creativity in arts education [Paper presentation]. The 12th European Conference on Education (ECE2024), London, United Kingdom.
- Poposki, Z. (2024). Corpus-based critical discourse analysis of NFT art within mainstream art-market discourse and implications for the political economy of digital art. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, Article 1296. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03827-3
- Poposki, Z. (2024). Critique of reification of art and creativity in the digital age: A Lukácsian approach to AI and NFT art. Open Philosophy, 7(1), Article 20240027. https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2024-0027
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Research Projects
- Hong Kong Art Deco: Theatre buildings and the rise of modern cinema in transforming the city's socio-cultural landscape. 2020-2022. (Co-I)
- One City One Book Hong Kong, Shaun Tan’s The Arrival. 2018-19. (Co-I)
- Translating New Territories. International Visual and Interdisciplinary Arts project, 2015-18. (Co-I)
- Making Art with the Community, 2015-2016. (PI)
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Prizes and Awards
- 56th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Finalist (Experimental Film & Video Art), Houston, TX, 2023, USA.
- 53rd Annual USA Film Festival, Finalist (International Short Film & Video Competition), Dallas, TX, 2023, USA.
- International Dystopia Film Festival, Finalist (International Short Film Competition), Istanbul, Turkey.
- Make Art Not Fear International Film Festival, Best Poetry Short Award, 2022, Portugal.
- Experimental Film Odyssey, Abstract Award Winner, 2022, USA.
- Splice Film Fest, Honorable Mention, Film Noir Cinema Brooklyn, New York, 2022, USA.
- Art Rights Prize, Finalist, 2020, Italy.
- Premio Combat Prize Recommended Artist from Jury, 2020, Italy.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 2019, RSA The Royal Society of Arts, London.
- Rise Art Prize Shortlist, 2018, Rise Art, London.
- Global Art Awards Finalist, 2017, The Middle East Art Collector Association Dubai in association with The Wall Street Journal.
- ArtSlant Prize Showcase Juried winner, 2016, ArtSlant, Los Angeles.
- CEC ArtsLink Award, 2010, CEC ArtsLink, New York.
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External Appointments
- Senior Advisor, Advisory Board on Public Space, City Space Architecture, Bologna, Italy.
