Graphis Poster Awards 2027

I'm proud to announce that my posters have been awarded by the prestigious Graphis Poster Awards 2027, the Platinum Award for the poster Hedda Gabler, Gold Award for the poster Richard II, Silver Award for the poster Eldorado, and Honorable Mention for the poster The People's Deputy, placing them among the most distinguished achievements in this year's poster competition. All four posters were created for JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia.

"After a rigorous review by our distinguished panel of world-renowned design leaders, your submission stood out for its clarity of concept, strength of visual language, and excellence in poster design execution. This recognition reflects the highest standards of contemporary graphic communication and affirms your place within Graphis's global community of leading designers.

As an award winner, your work will be prominently featured in the prestigious Graphis Poster Annual 2027 Digital Book and showcased across our official platforms, including the Graphis website and social media channels, helping strengthen your portfolio's international presence.” – Graphis

You can see more of my posters here.

Neo-Nazi Vandalism

Within a few days of my posters for the 15th Miroslav Krleža Festival being put up around Zagreb, Croatia, they were torn up and vandalized. This is not the first time. This has been happening for the past three years. The posters for the Miroslav Krleža Festival are probably the most vandalized posters in Zagreb in recent years.

Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981) was a Croatian writer, widely considered the greatest of the 20th century. I created his portrait with his characteristic hat, and because one of his most famous novels is titled Zastave (The Flags), I made his profile from all of the incarnations of the Croatian flag during his lifetime.

In the past, neo-Nazis and nationalists have satisfied themselves by tearing up posters, scratching off Krleža's name and the red stars, and carving a swastika next to one of them. This time, they were not satisfied just with drawing a swastika. This time, they decided to add two more symbols of hatred to the swastika. Letter U with a cross, symbol of the Ustaša, a Croatian fascist movement that nominally ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. And the number 88. 88 is a neo Nazi and white supremacist numerical code for "Heil Hitler." H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, so 88 = HH = Heil Hitler.

And all on the main square, Ban Jelačić Square in the center of Zagreb. 

Here are the reactions of two major Croatian newspapers to this vandalism, Jutarnji list and Večernji list.

Kunstbibliothek Posters Donation

Some time ago, the Kunstbibliothek-Staatliche Museen zu Berlin requested some of my posters for their collection. On June 22nd, while visiting Berlin, I delivered about 60 of my posters to them.

The Kunstbibliothek is one of the largest museum libraries dedicated to all facets of art history and cultural studies. Above and beyond this, however, it also boasts valuable collections on the history of architecture, photography, graphic design, fashion, book art, and media art. It's extremely diverse, vast holdings include works in a wide variety of media: first editions and historical postcards, illustrated placards and posters, fashion designs, architectural drawings and models, bequests of photograph collections, and Fluxus assemblages. Together, the library and the various museum collections it contains represent the full spectrum of source material on the history of art.

You can see some of the donated posters here.

J. Oscar Molina at the Venice Biennale

I am pleased to share with you some of the promotional material that I designed for “Cartographies of the Displaced,” a show of J. Oscar Molina’s work at the 61st International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia. The show opened at the Palazzo Mora as part of the Exhibition’s El Salvador Pavilion. Molina’s show is the first to represent El Salvador at the International Art Exhibition.

J. Oscar Molina (El Salvador, 1971) is a painter and sculptor whose work explores resilience, memory, and transformation. He grew up along the Gulf of Fonseca during El Salvador’s civil war, an environment marked by conflict and displacement that would later inform his artistic vision.

In 1989, at sixteen, Molina and his family migrated to the United States, seeking refuge from the violence of his homeland.

Molina’s ongoing project, Children of the World, reflects his enduring interest in migration and human endurance. Cast in concrete, copper, and bronze, these sculptures—ranging from intimate to monumental scale—stand as quiet witnesses to displacement and belonging. Through these figures, Molina offers a meditation on fragility and endurance, grounding personal history in a broader reflection on the shared human search for home.

I am grateful to J. Oscar Molina and Project Director Matko Tomičić for this opportunity. 

You can see more pictures of the promotional material here.

 

Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020, launch & exhibition

 

I am pleased to share with you the press release for the graphic novel launch & exhibition for the upcoming international release of my book Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020.

It will be held at the Coningsby Gallery in collaboration with SelfMadeHero, the book's publisher.

Milton Glaser Show in Moldova

I am pleased to let you know that on June 3rd, the exhibition "Milton Glaser: ART IS WORK" opened at the National Museum of Art of Moldova. The exhibition brings together almost 50 original posters by Milton Glaser.

The exhibition can be visited between 3 and 27 June 2026.

The speakers at the opening were Tudor Zbârnea - the National Museum director, Viorica Cerbușca - executive director of COR, Cristian Jardan - Minister of Culture of Moldova, and Monica Irina Garcia - former senior manager at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Special thanks to Ovidiu Hrin for his effort that made this show possible.

 

Design for Change Zagreb Exhibition

I am pleased to let you know that on Friday, May 29th, an exhibition opened as a part of the Design for Change project in front of the ŠPUD in the open air - Trg Republike Hrvatske 11 and in front of the Academy of Music in Zagreb, Croatia. This is the finale of the UBU project of the School and Faculty of Design and Algebra Bernays University, as well as Sintoment, Organism, and others. This exhibition is the product of the Design for Change student art workshop.

"The Design for Change project/collaboration seeks to connect education, the creative process, and social responsibility, encouraging young authors to actively reflect on the world around them through design and recognize their own potential for action within the community.

Mirko Ilić, New York, workshop leader, guest critic, lecturer / creative director; Marija Juza, workshop leader, project/collaboration leader, Design Studio, UBU (collaborators: Maša Poljanec, Franka Tretinjak, Tomislav Vlainić, Dina Milovčić); Bernarda Cesar, workshop leader, project/collaboration leader, exhibition curator, UBU, ŠPUD (collaborators: Dinka Pavelić, Vinka Mortigjija Anušić, Petar Novak, Igor Kozlina, Nenad Weltinger, Andro Grdinić, Marina Ćurković); Iva Babaja, workshop leader, coordinator, Algebra Bernays (collaborators: Siniša Bogdanović, Goran Božić, Ivana Kos, Ivan Klanac); Tena Bošnjaković, project coordinator for Sintoment Visual; identity authors: Mila Cuculić and Dora Šimpović (Design Studio); Design and layout: Marija Juza, Katja Malešević; SD Gallery, exhibition set-up: Filip Vrcić, Klara Crčić, Nera Hasan, Mila Cuculić and Dora Šimpović ISO – Izidor Kršnjavi Exhibition Hall, manager; Jelena Daić, assistant; Igor Blaha Filip Pintarić, director of ŠPUD."

Photos by Lana Andjelopolj and Ivica Črep