Biography

Dr Vlad Morariu currently leads Middlesex University's REF 2029 submission and coordinated the university's REF 2021 UoA32: Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory. He is a researcher, curator and academic whose work sits across 20th Century philosophy, semiotics, and visual and material cultures, particularly focusing on the construction and deconstruction of institutional narratives.

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

PhD Supervision Completions

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

Matthew Maxwell (2025): 'Something Rich and Strange: A psycho-geographic exploration of Shoreditch, London, using Generative Artificial Intelligence and Shakespearean text' (Director of Studies)

Current PhD Students 

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