Poster exhibition of Niklaus Troxler (Switzerland)
September, 8—31, 2023 / Georgia, Tbilisi, Simon Janashia st., 22-26, Auditoria Booksbar
With the support of The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
$360 was raised from the sale of posters, money was sent to Oleg Shishkov, who helps the Ukrainian army with medical equipment
September, 8 — opening, lecture 20:00 (free)
September, 9 — tape show / concert 20:00 (free)
September, 10 — workshop 16:00—19:00
Niklaus Troxler born in Willisau/Switzerland in 1947. Studied graphic design at Art School of Lucerne. 1972 Art Director in Paris. Own graphic design studio since 1973 in Willisau. From 1966 to 2013 organizer of Jazz concerts in his home town Willisau, from 1975 to 2009 an annual Jazz Festival. Cultural Award of Inner Switzerland 1982. Honorary citizen of Willisau 1994. From 1998 to 2013 Professor at State Academy for Art and Design in Stuttgart/Germany. Winner of many national uand international design awards. His posters are in the most important design collections and museums, at such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum New York, the Art Institute in Minneapolis, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the poster collection of the State Museums of Berlin and the Design Museum in Zurich.
Important personal exhibitions in New York, Michigan, Minneapolis, Tokyo, Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi’an, Caracas, Mexico City, Paris, Pau, Marseille, Lissabon, Warschau, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Geneva, Zurich and Lucerne.
Since 1989 member of AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale.
In 2019 Niklaus Troxler visited Typomania in Moscow and Arkhangelsk with exhibitions, lectures and workshops.
