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Kristijan Popović (b. 1998) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2025, in the class of doc. art. Predrag Pavić. Since 2018, he has been actively working in the fields of theatre and film scenography. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and has held four solo exhibitions. He is the recipient of the Rector’s Award (2021/2022 and 2022/2023), the Third Prize for Young Artists Ivan Kožarić at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (2022), the Jury’s First Prize at the Starter Prize competition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (2023), and the Summa cum laude commendation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb for both his undergraduate and graduate studies in 2024 and 2025. He is also one of the finalists for the Radoslav Putar Award in 2026.