Created for Mural Fest Kosova 2025

This piece depicts a blackbird, from which the name “Kosovo” has its etymological roots. And, although lesser celebrated than the Albanian eagle, to which this piece is a gentle nod, the blackbird is the national bird of Kosovo.

My first time in Ferizaj, I was struck by the presence of great flocks of birds that settle upon the city every evening, calling out their existence in a din of oddly metallic chatter. I wanted to create a work that paid respect to the beings that we co-inhabit this world with and the ways in which these species leave their impression on us, on our cultures, and, in the case of Kosovo, on the very name of the country itself.”