Operating at the intersections of art and fashion, Jasko Begovic (Sko Habibi) explores narratives of identity, belonging, spirituality and exclusion through a wide range of media. Employing painting, illustration, tapestry collages and wearable sculpture, his work spotlights the many questions plaguing our current age. Utilizing found fabrics and found objects that reference countries plagued by war and stigmatized by the American media— Begovic’s constructions explore narratives of identity, belonging and borders—psychological and physical.

Born in Bosnia, or the former Yugoslavia, in 1980, his childhood was divided when the war began in 1992. After a civilian exchange he escaped with his family to Croatia as a refugee to Germany, before immigrating to the United States. As a child of war, Begovic’s life is marked by crossing boundaries, and yet he defines his art by the lack of them. Similar to his lifestyle growing up as a refugee, his art finds a natural home as it blends into its surroundings; whether in India, Cuba or China.