Martin Zebracki (1984) holds an honours BSc degree (Cum Laude) and an MSc degree by Research (Summa Cum Laude) in Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, which he obtained from Utrecht University in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In 2006, Zebracki attended graduate research courses in geography and art history at the University of Florida. He was teaching assistant in Human Geography at Utrecht University and in Social Statistics at the University of Florida. From 2007 through 2011, Zebracki conducted PhD research on the interrelationships between art, public space and people at Utrecht University. During this research, he supervised the theses of various honours Bachelor and Master’s students, in whom he endeavoured to instil enthusiasm for conducting multidisciplinary research. In 2007-2011, Zebracki also gave diverse courses and lectures at Utrecht University and the international Utrecht Summer School. Moreover, he has contributed to several international conferences in terms of presentations and special sessions. Zebracki is currently lecturer and researcher in the Cultural Geography Group at Wageningen University and academic adviser at University College Utrecht, an international honours college. He holds several academic reviewing and editing positions and has published sundry academic and professional articles in the field of cultural geography. His current research interests revolve around space and place, public art, representation, identity, power, gender, sexuality, and embodiment.

Contact: martin AT zebracki . com

International academic peer-reviewed publications

Zebracki, M. (2012), Engaging geographies of public art: Indwellers, the 'Butt Plug Gnome' and their locale. Social and Cultural Geography, forthcoming

Zebracki, M. (2011), Beyond public artopia: Public art as perceived by its publics. GeoJournal, doi: 10.1007/s10708-011-9440-8

Zebracki, M. (2011), Does cultural policy matter in public-art production? The Netherlands and Flanders compared, 1945-present. Environment and Planning A 43(12), pp. 2953-2970

Zebracki, M., R. van der Vaart & I. van Aalst (2010), Deconstructing public artopia: Situating public-art claims within practice. Geoforum 41(5), pp. 786-795

Professional publications

Zebracki, M. & E. Maliepaard (2012), Amsterdam Gay Capital af [Amsterdam Gay Capital back to square one]. Geografie 21(1), pp. 24-25

Zebracki, M. (2011), Het grenzeloze land van Reynaerde [The boundless country of [the Fox] Reynaert]. Geografie 20(2), pp. 30-33

Zebracki, M. (2011), Naar een geografie van de queer [Towards a queer geography]. Geografie 20(4), pp. 36-39

Zebracki, M. (2010), Geografie en kunst. Entropa: Provocerende kunstgeografie [Geography and art. Entropa: Provocative art geography]. Geografie 19(3), pp. 26-28

Zebracki, M. (2009), Non-representatieve theorie: Belichaamde geografieën [Nonrepresentational theory: Embodied geographies]. Agora, 25(5), pp. 36-37

Zebracki, M. & Y. Rijpers (2008), Kunst met sociaal engagement [Art with social engagement]. Agora 24(1), pp. 8-11

Wevers, M., Y. Rijpers & M. Zebracki (2008), De stad als kunstlandschap [The city as artscape]. Agora 24(1), pp. 4-7

Zebracki, M. (2006), Proeftuin voor Europa. Baarle kampt met botsende wetgeving [Experimental plot for Europe. Baarle labours under conflicting legislation]. Geografie 15(9), pp. 20-23

Conference contributions

Zebracki, M. (2012), Convenor of three special sessions on Spacing the arts: Exploring Geographies of Public Art from Within. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, February 24-28

Zebracki, M. (2012), Engaging geographies of public art: The case of Paul McCarthy's 'Butt Plug Gnome' in Rotterdam. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, February 24-28

Zebracki, M. (2010), Public art as perceived by its publics. Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, December 4-5

Zebracki, M. (2009), Policies and practices of public art in Western Europe: does institutional context matter? Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, March 22-27

Zebracki, M. (2008), Public-art rhetoric in question. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, April 15-19

Zebracki, M. (2007), Art and urban sphere in dialogue. World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning, Copenhagen, September 22-26