Biography

Dr Vlad Morariu is a researcher, curator and academic based at Middlesex University London. His work sits across 20th Century philosophy, semiotics, and visual and material cultures, particularly focusing on the construction and deconstruction of institutional narratives. In 2017, together with Raluca Voinea and Judit Angel, Morariu initiated Collection Collective: an international art collection established, owned, and managed collectively by its more than 50 members.

Teaching

Postgraduate Examination and Supervision

External Examination

Tanya Abraham (2025) Across the Spectrum: The Kochi-Muziris Biennale's Possibilities within India's Complex Socio-Cultural Structure, with Dr James Hellings, Reading School of Art, University of Reading.

Internal Examination

Brian Baderman (2024): 'Navigating Netherne: Correlating Feeling with Place,' with Prof. Barry Curtis, Royal College of Art

Neda Mohamadi (2022): ‘A Curatorial Study of Migration in Arts,’ with Prof. Dorothee Richter, University of the Arts Zurich (ZHdK)/University of Reading

Viva Voce Chair

Casey MacKenzie (2023): Blood, Death and Desert. Engaging with Radical Theology Through Art Practice, History, and Theory’

Paula St. Clare Chambers (2020): ‘Feral Objects and Acts of Domestic Piracy: Sculpture, Secular Magic and Strategies of Feminist Disruption’ 

PhD Supervision Completions

Noura Al Otaibi (2020-Completion): ‘The Intercorrelation between Arabic Calligraphy and Graphic Design in Saudi Arabia’ (Director of Studies)

Current PhD Students 

Olgica Momirowska (2024-2027): 'Redefining Boundaries: Correlations between Fine Art and Fashion Design' (Director of Studies)

Matthew Maxwell (2022-2025): 'The Ghost in the Cloud: Generative Artificial Intelligence in contemporary art practice' (Director of Studies)

Elisabetta del Ponte (2023-2026):  'Est-Ethica! Toward an epistemology of ethical artistic collaboration between humans and non-human entities via our shared matter'  (Director of Studies)

MA Modules: Critical Debates in Contemporary Art (Level 7); Advanced Research (Level 7)

BA Modules: Visual Cultures Research Project (Module Leader – Level 6); Fashion Cultures and Social Responsibility (Co-Module Leader - Level 5); Fashion History and Social Identity (Co-Module Leader - Level 4)

Loughborough University (previous)

MA Modules: Publics: Histories, Theories and Critical Practices (Level 7)

BA Modules: Art and Design Dissertation (Level 6); Visual Culture: Histories and Theories (Level 5); Contemporary Art and Aesthetics (Level 5); Art and Society (Level 5); Research, Analysis and Study Skills in Art and Design (Level 4); Drawing: Discourses and Debates (Level 4)