Viktor Popović lives and works in Split, Croatia. In his installations and objects, he often employs found materials, archival sources, and raw industrial elements, exploring the relationship between the artwork and its audience, as well as the historical and physical context of the exhibition space. In his recent works, he focuses on the modernist heritage of Croatia from the socialist period, particularly the recontextualization of architecture from the 1960s and 1970s. He has exhibited in galleries, museums, and alternative exhibition spaces across Europe and the United States.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished awards and fellowships, including: Special Recognition at the 15th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb (2025); Ex Aequo Award at the 29th Slavonian Biennial (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, 2024); Grand Prix at the 9th Croatian Triennial of Graphic Arts (Department of Prints and Drawings of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2024); Ex Aequo Award at the 27th Slavonian Biennial (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, 2020); A:D: Curatorial (Formally Aperto Raum) Residency Program (Aperto Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2019); Award of the Croatian Section of the International Association of Art Critics at the 54th Zagreb Salon (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, 2019); Art Omi Residency Program (Art Omi, Ghent, New York, USA, 2017); Award of the 36th Split Salon (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Split, 2009); ArtsLink Residency Program, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, USA, 2006); Annual Young Artist Prize (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, 2006); Filip Trade Contemporary Art Collection Prize (Filip Trade, Zagreb, 2005); Cité internationale des arts Residency Program (Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2005); and the Grand Prix at the 8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2003).
His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, the Museum of Fine Arts in Split, the Gallery of Fine Arts in Zadar, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, as well as the Carinthian Gallery of Fine Arts in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
Since 1998 he has taught painting and drawing at the Department of Painting at the Arts Academy in Split, where he was promoted to full professor with tenure in 2018.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished awards and fellowships, including: Special Recognition at the 15th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb (2025); Ex Aequo Award at the 29th Slavonian Biennial (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, 2024); Grand Prix at the 9th Croatian Triennial of Graphic Arts (Department of Prints and Drawings of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2024); Ex Aequo Award at the 27th Slavonian Biennial (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, 2020); A:D: Curatorial (Formally Aperto Raum) Residency Program (Aperto Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2019); Award of the Croatian Section of the International Association of Art Critics at the 54th Zagreb Salon (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, 2019); Art Omi Residency Program (Art Omi, Ghent, New York, USA, 2017); Award of the 36th Split Salon (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Split, 2009); ArtsLink Residency Program, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, USA, 2006); Annual Young Artist Prize (Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, 2006); Filip Trade Contemporary Art Collection Prize (Filip Trade, Zagreb, 2005); Cité internationale des arts Residency Program (Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2005); and the Grand Prix at the 8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2003).
His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, the Museum of Fine Arts in Split, the Gallery of Fine Arts in Zadar, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, as well as the Carinthian Gallery of Fine Arts in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
Since 1998 he has taught painting and drawing at the Department of Painting at the Arts Academy in Split, where he was promoted to full professor with tenure in 2018.