Jakup Ferri (1981) Prishtina – Kosovo, based in Prishtina and Amsterdam. He studied at Prishtina Art Academy and Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. In 2006 he received the prestigious award Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft (The Future of Europe), Museum of Contemporary Art (GfZK) Leipzig. In 2008 he received the Buning Brongers Award in Amsterdam and in 2003 the Muslim Mulliqi Prize and the Artists of Tomorrow Award. In 2020 Gjelosh Gjokaj Prize.
He has been an artist-in-residence at numerous places, including the International Studio and Curatorial Program New York, or Kultur Kontakt Austria. In addition to private collections, his work is also in of the collection of Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest. Ferri’s work has been shown extensively at international (solo and group) exhibitions in museums and galleries, festivals and biennials, including Venice Biennale, Istanbul Biennale, Prague Biennale, Cetinje Biennale, Manifesta Biennale, Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art, Autostrada Biennale, Hannah Ryggen Triennial, U-Turn Quadrennial for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen, etc.
Jakup Ferri
