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Endi Poskovic: Biographical Sketch
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1969, Poskovic studied art and music from an early age and performed music of the Balkans at music festivals throughout Europe and the Middle East. A graduate of the Sarajevo School of Music (Diploma 1982-86), the Sarajevo School of Applied Arts (Diploma 1983-86) and the University of Sarajevo-Academy of Fine Arts (B.F.A. 1986-90), Poskovic also studied in Norway (1990-91) on a grant from the Norwegian Government before moving to the United States to continue his graduate education. He holds a graduate degree in print media from State University of New York at Buffalo (M.F.A. 1991-93).
The graphic work of Endi Poskovic reflects on the strategies of early cinema, Eastern European propaganda posters, and classic ukiyo-e block prints. He merges visual representation with text, often shifting the reading of the imagery through continuous representation and re-contextualization. The amalgam of diverse scenarios and visual narratives in Poskovic's work imply accounts from personal and social histories. It also references themes of cultural and environmental shifts, migration and alienation that are at once magnificent and dystopian.
Widely exhibited, Poskovic has represented the United States in major international biennales and triennials and most recently at the Krakow International Print Triennial, la Biennale internationale d'estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Egyptian International Print Triennial, Deutsche Internationale Grafik Triennale Frechen, Tallinn International Triennial, Xylon International, and Ljubljana International Biennale. Comprehensive surveys of Poskovic’s prints have been organized by the Philadelphia Print Center, Des Moines Art Center, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Plains Art Museum and, most recently, the Frans Masereel Centrum, which traveled to Stad Leuven Academie en Conservatorium and Atelier Vrije Grafiek, Academie voor Beeldende Kunst-Ghent.
Poskovic is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the John D. Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Durfee Foundation, Art Matters Foundation, MacDowell Colony, Kala Art Institute, McColl Center for Visual Arts, VCCA, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, New York State Arts Council, Indiana Arts Commission, Flemish Ministry of Culture Frans Masereel Center (Belgium), Valparaiso Foundation (Spain), Camargo Foundation (France), Can Serrat International Art Centre (Spain), the Open Studio Centre (Canada), as well as numerous merit and purchase prizes for his work.
His graphic works are in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Royal Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts, Belgium, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Cairo, Egypt; Fogg Art Museum-Harvard University; New Orleans Museum of Art; Orange County Museum of Art, California; the University of Iowa Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Tampa Museum of Fine Arts; Vaasa Ostrobothnian Museum, Finland; Musée d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca-Saint-Louis, France and numerous other museum and public collections in the US and abroad.
Currently, Poskovic teaches at the University of Michigan, School of Art and Design where he is an Associate Professor.
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