Reflecting on the strategies of early cinema, Eastern European propaganda posters, and classic ukiyo-e block prints, Poskovic's graphic works merge visual representation with text, often shifting the reading of the imagery through continuous representation and re-contextualization. The visual narratives in his prints contain personal stories as well as social histories, and reference the twin themes of migration and alienation, which appear magnificent and dystopian at the same time.
Endi Poskovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in what was then the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied art and music from an early age and performed folkloric music of the Balkans at art and music festivals throughout Europe and the Middle East. A Minnefindet scholarship from the Norwegian Government enabled him to live in Norway for one year and study art and the Nynorsk language and culture. From Norway, Poskovic moved to the United States to study with Harvey Breverman and Adele Henderson at the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.F.A.) two years before the break up of Yugoslavia.
Widely exhibited, Poskovic has represented the United States in major international biennales and triennials in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Republic of China and most recently in the 14th Taipei International Print Biennial (2010), Krakow International Print Triennial (2009), Deutsche Internationale Grafik Triennale Frechen (2008), Xylon International (2008), Egyptian International Print Triennial (2006), Tallinn International Triennial (2005), la Biennale internationale d'estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (2003), and Ljubljana International Biennale (1999). Comprehensive surveys of Poskovic'c prints have been organized by the Philadelphia Print Center (2001), Plains Art Museum (2001), Des Moines Art Center (2006), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (2007), the Interlochen Arts Academy Dow Center for the Arts (2008), and, most recently in 2008, 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 (2010), the Open Studio Centre, Canada (2009 and 2008), Durfee Foundation (2008), Flemish Ministry of Culture Frans Masereel Center, Belgium (2008, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1999), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (2007 and 2004), McColl Center for Visual Arts (2007), Can Serrat International Art Centre, Spain (2006), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2003), Kala Art Institute (2002), Valparaiso Foundation, Spain (2000), Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1998), MacDowell Colony (1998), Camargo Foundation, France(1998), Indiana Arts Commission (1997 and 1996), Art Matters Foundation (1995), New York State Arts Council (1994), Norwegian Government (1990).
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; Kennedy Museum of American Art; the University of Iowa Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Seattle Arts Commission; Tampa Museum of Fine Arts; Vaasa Ostrobothnian Museum, Finland; Musée d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca-Saint-Louis, France.
Poskovic teaches at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design as an Associate Professor and CREES and CES-EUC Associate Faculty in the University of Michigan’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for European Studies. He has lectured as a visiting artist at universities throughout the United States and abroad, and previously served on faculty at Daemen College (1994-95), Ball State University (1995-97), California State University-Long Beach (2002), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2004), and Columbia College Chicago (2005), and Whittier College (1997-2008).
Endi Poskovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in what was then the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied art and music from an early age and performed folkloric music of the Balkans at art and music festivals throughout Europe and the Middle East. A Minnefindet scholarship from the Norwegian Government enabled him to live in Norway for one year and study art and the Nynorsk language and culture. From Norway, Poskovic moved to the United States to study with Harvey Breverman and Adele Henderson at the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.F.A.) two years before the break up of Yugoslavia.
Widely exhibited, Poskovic has represented the United States in major international biennales and triennials in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Republic of China and most recently in the 14th Taipei International Print Biennial (2010), Krakow International Print Triennial (2009), Deutsche Internationale Grafik Triennale Frechen (2008), Xylon International (2008), Egyptian International Print Triennial (2006), Tallinn International Triennial (2005), la Biennale internationale d'estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (2003), and Ljubljana International Biennale (1999). Comprehensive surveys of Poskovic'c prints have been organized by the Philadelphia Print Center (2001), Plains Art Museum (2001), Des Moines Art Center (2006), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (2007), the Interlochen Arts Academy Dow Center for the Arts (2008), and, most recently in 2008, 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 (2010), the Open Studio Centre, Canada (2009 and 2008), Durfee Foundation (2008), Flemish Ministry of Culture Frans Masereel Center, Belgium (2008, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1999), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (2007 and 2004), McColl Center for Visual Arts (2007), Can Serrat International Art Centre, Spain (2006), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2003), Kala Art Institute (2002), Valparaiso Foundation, Spain (2000), Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1998), MacDowell Colony (1998), Camargo Foundation, France(1998), Indiana Arts Commission (1997 and 1996), Art Matters Foundation (1995), New York State Arts Council (1994), Norwegian Government (1990).
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; Kennedy Museum of American Art; the University of Iowa Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Seattle Arts Commission; Tampa Museum of Fine Arts; Vaasa Ostrobothnian Museum, Finland; Musée d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca-Saint-Louis, France.
Poskovic teaches at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design as an Associate Professor and CREES and CES-EUC Associate Faculty in the University of Michigan’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for European Studies. He has lectured as a visiting artist at universities throughout the United States and abroad, and previously served on faculty at Daemen College (1994-95), Ball State University (1995-97), California State University-Long Beach (2002), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2004), and Columbia College Chicago (2005), and Whittier College (1997-2008).
