Selected Awars & Recognitions
2024
• Illustrators 66 Annual Exhibition & Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
2023
• Illustrators 65 Annual Exhibition & Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
• American Illustration 42
2022
• The Economist, The year, illustrated – hightlights of 2022
2021
• The New York Times, The Year in Illustration 2020 Selection
• The Economist, The year, illustrated – hightlights of 2020
2020
• Illustrators 62 Annual Exhibition & Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
2019
• Artist in Residence, Mothership NYC, New York City
2018
• The New York Times, The Year in Illustration Selection
• The Economist, Top 10 Artworks of the Year
• Travel Grant, Otto Pfeifer Foundation
• Artist in Residence, Mothership NYC, New York City
2017
• Hong Kong Poster Triennial 2017: Judge's Award by Ariane Spanier (Open Days Poster)
• AOI World Illustration Awards, Shortlisted in category New Talent (Series Entry: Silent Letters)
• 3x3 Magazine Illustration Annual 2017, Merit
• Taiwan International Graphic Design Award 2017, Final Selection
• Hong Kong Poster Triennial 2017, Final Selection
• Lahti Poster Triennial 2017, Final Selection
2016
• ARC Awards 2016 – Winner Best of llustrations for VP Bank's annual report
• Member of the Jury at Weltformat’s International Student Poster Competition
• Talk at the Preliminary Course at HGK Basel
• Lecture at the illustration course of Lucerne School of Art & Design
• Member of Illustratoren Schweiz (Illustrators of Switzerland)
• Drawings for the Fumetto Symposium with lectures by Joe Sacco, Tom Gauld, Joost Swaarte a.o.
2015
• Nomination for Lucerne School of Art & Design's Alumni-Award
• 100 Beste Plakate 2014
• Trnava Poster Triennial, final selection, Trnava, Slovak Republic
2014
• 100 Beste Plakate 2013
• Weltformat International Poster Competition, final selection
Publications / Features
• The Neubad Plakat, Slanted Publishers, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Illustrators 66 Annual Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
• Mein Wortschatz, Thomas Widmer, Echtzeit Verlag, Switzerland
• Moins, C'est Moins, Mathias Plüss, Editions Salamandre, France
• Weniger ist Weniger, Mathias Plüss, Echtzeit Verlag, Switzerland
• Illustrators 65 Annual Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
• Illustrators 62 Annual Book, The Society of Illustrators, New York
• Poster Town. Contemporary Poster Design from Lucerne. Spector Books, Leipzig DE, 2017
• 3x3 Magazine Illustration Annual No.14, New York, 2017
• Talgenossen. SJW Verlag, Zürich CH, 2015
• Trnava Poster Triennial. Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava SK, 2015
• Ultrashort / Reframed. Nº5, Hochschule Luzern CH, 2015
• 100 Beste Plakate 2014. Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz DE, 2015
• 100 Beste Plakate 2013. Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz DE, 2014
Teaching, Lectures & Juries
2024 –
• Guest lecturer, HSLU Lucerne School of Art & Design, Switzerland
2023
• Guest lecture at Pratt Institute, NYC
• Guest lecture at Parsons School of Design, The New School, NYC
• Guest lecture at Financial Institute of Technology, NYC
2022
• Guest lecture at Pratt Institute, NYC
• Guest lecture at Last Frontier, NYC
2021
• Guest lecture at MICA GD, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore US
• Member of the Diploma Jury (BA), illustration department, HEAD Genève
• Workshop in Editorial Illustration, HEAD Genève
• Guest teacher in illustration at HSLU – Lucerne School of Art and Design
2020
• Guest teacher in illustration at Lucerne School of Art and Design
2017
• Workshop at Museum of Art Lucerne, Fumetto Comic Festival
• Workshop on digital drawing with Nina Wehrle / It‘s Raining Elephants, Fumetto Comic Festival
• Talk at the illustration evening course, HGK Basel
2016
• Member of the Jury at Weltformat’s International Student Poster Competition
• Lecture at the Preliminary Course at HGK Basel
• Lecture at the illustration class of HSLU – Lucerne School of Art & Design
Selected Exhibitions
2024
• Illustrators 66, Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators, New York
2023
• The Neubad Plakat, Raum für drastische Massnahmen, Berlin, Germany
2022
• Omen, Permanent Collection, NOoSphere Arts, New York
2020-2021
• Believe in Science, Museum 1, Lucerne, Switzerland
2020
• Illustrators 62 Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators, New York
2019
• Silent Letters, interactive installation at Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland
• Poster Town – Contemporary Poster Design from Lucerne, LAD Fest, Lima, Peru
• Poster Town – Contemporary Poster Design from Lucerne, Fig. festival, Liège, Belgium
2018
• Silent Letters, interactive installation at Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland
2017
• Hong Kong International Poster Triennial, Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
• AOI World Illustration Awards, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London
• Fake Fashion Factory, Group show at Ambit Project Space, London
2016
• 99 / Group Exhibition at Gallery K25, Lucerne
2015
• Trnava Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovak Republic
• Werkschau Design & Kunst, Lucerne
• 100 Beste Plakate 2014 – Kulturforum Berlin, Neues Museum Nuremberg, Kornschütte Lucerne
• Auf der Suche nach Meinrad Lienert – Museum FRAM, Einsiedeln
2014
• 100 Beste Plakate 2013 – Kulturforum Berlin, MAK Vienna, Kornschütte Lucerne a.o.
• Weltformat International Poster Competition, Lucerne
• Spamam and Friends, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully
• Minimale 2 w/ Mahtola Wittmer, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne
2013
• Weltformat International Poster Competition, Lucerne
• Wanderbilder (Kollektiv Leinenlos), Tatort Bernstrasse, Lucerne
Press
The New York Times, The Year in Illustration 2020, 14th January 2021
The Economist, The year, illustrated – hightlights of 2020, 5th January 2021
The New York Times, The Year in Illustration 2018, 28th December 2018
The Economist, Artwork of the Year, 14th December 2018
Coop Zeitung, 18th September 2018, print and online
PAGE Magazine, 28th August 2018
BZ Basel Newspaper, 13th April 2018
Plain Magazine, 21st December 2017
PAGE Magazine, Issue 11/17 (print only)
Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 20th June 2015
Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 10th May 2015
20 Minuten Online, 5th April 2015
Tagesschau Mittag, Schweizer Fernsehen SRF, 31st October 2014
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