About
Nando von Arb was born on October 10th 1992 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is a trained graphic designer since 2012. In 2018 he graduated in Illustration Fiction at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In early 2019 his first graphic novel «Drei Väter» was published by Edition Moderne in Zurich. Between 2019 and 2020 he was living and working in Ghent, Belgium, where he simultaneously obtained his Master in Fine Arts in Illustration at the LUCA School of Arts. Since 2020 he is back in his hometown of Zurich and works as a freelance illustrator and author of comics. His second graphic novel «Fürchten lernen» was published in 2023 by Edition Moderne in Zurich for which he was awarded the Max und Moritz Preis 2024.
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Contact
Nando von ArbStrapazin Ateliers
Eglistrasse 8
CH–8004 Zurich
n.vonarb@gmx.ch
Archive
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Exhibitions, Murals, Workshops & Readings
2024 – XOXO – Fürchten lernen – Kunsthalle Luzern, Fumetto Comic Festival
2024 – Die große Salatschüssel des Lebens – Nextcomic Festival, Linz, Austria
2023 – Fürchten lernen – Material Zürich – Zürich liest 2023
2023 – Ausstellung an der KIBUM 2023 – Oldenburg, Germany
2023 – Fürchten lernen – Raum LinksRechts – Comicfestival Hamburg, Germany
2023 – Die große Salatschüssel des Lebens – Galerie Neurotitan Berlin, Germany
2022 – Weisse Hasen, Arabische Cola & die letzte Wandertaube – Goethe-Institut Lyon
2021 – Comic Stories from «Germany» – Goethe-Institut Wellington, New Zealand
2021 – Laboratory Russia / Switzerland – Pro Helvetia – Psch Gallery Moscow
2021 – Vater & Sohn – Ganz Real – Galerie e.o.plauen – Plauen, Germany
2021 – NextComic Festival Linz «next family»
2020 – Zürich Liest – Workshop at «Karl der Grosse» – Cancelled
2020 – Festival BD de Colomiers –with Misma Editions – Cancelled
2020 – Livre sur le Quais – Talks, Booksignings – with Noyau – Cancelled
2020 – LUCA Masters – Jury Exhibition – Prinsenhof – Ghent, Belgium
2020 – Solothurner Online Literaturtage – Readings, Talks and Workshops
2020 – Wortlaut St. Gallen – Reading and talk – Cancelled
2020 – Book signing – Angoulême International Comics Festival
2019 – Open Books Frankfurt a. M. – Reading from «Drei Väter»
2019 – COZI Frankfurt a. M. – Reading from «Drei Väter»
2019 – Comicfestival Hamburg – «Sieben» – Group Exhibition
2019 – Lesereise 2019, Camera Lit Obscura, Wetzikon – Reading from «Drei Väter»
2019 – Bookpresentation «Real Talk» – Edition Zazel – at Convivio Zurich
2019 – Delémont’BD – Finalist Exhibition Prix Delémont with «Drei Väter»
2019 – Fumetto Festival Satellit – Paranoia Store Lucerne
2019 – Bookpresentation for «Drei Väter» at Never Stop Reading Zurich
2018 – Werkschau 2018 – HSLU Bachelors Exhibition, Messe Lucerne
2018 – Art With Heart – Starkart Zurich
2017 – Kunstsammlung Zürich – Ein Augenschein at Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zurich
2017 – Fumetto Festival – Poster Live Painting, Lucerne
2017 – Exhibition – HSLU IDA – Oil Series «Pestering Holes»
2017 – Gut Magazin – Crowdfunding Vernissage at Atelier Gut
2016 – Several small Graffiti at Restaurant Rechberg 1837– Zurich
2016 – Livepainting at Tarzan Store Viadukt – Zurich
2016 – Mural for Neusicht Festival – Neubad, Lucerne
2015 – Painting in two Elevators at Maaghof Zurich
2015 – Grafik 15 Livepainting
2014 – The art collection of Zurich bought some of my works
2014 – Schaustellerei Dynamo Zurich
2014 – Blue Balls Festival Lucerne – Livepainting
2014 – DineUpArt Zurich – Livepainting and Auction
2014 – Artgau 2014 – Mural and Group Exhibition – Brugg
2014 – Mural at Europaallee Zurich
2014 – Sponsored Booth at Grafik 14, Maag Halle Zurich
2014 – SCD II / Swiss Character Design II at Büro Discount Zurich
2013 – Calendarium Culinarium Launch at Bachsermärt Zurich
2013 – WineUpArt – Group Exhibition – Zurich
2013 – Jungkunst 2013 – Group Exhibition – Winterthur
2013 – LivePainting Streetart Limited – Cabaret Voltaire Zurich
2013 – Triptych for Kulturbüro Zurich
2013 – Streetart Archive – Calendar Exhibition
2013 – Livestream Mural – Comfortnoise
2013 – Sponsored Booth at Grafik 13 – Maag Halle Zurich
2013 – Red Bull Curates – Cooler Canvas
2012 – Group Exhibition Artyschocke at BLOK Zurich
2012 – Beboheme Group Exhibition – Zurich
2012 – Group Exhibition Untergang at Gang Club Zurich
2012 – Sponsored Booth at Grafik 12 – Maag Halle Zurich
2012 – Mural Vernissage at Tarzan Flagship Zurich
2012 – Degree Exhibition at Gestalterische Berufsmaturitätschule Zurich
2012 – Degree Exhibition at Medien Form Farbe
2012 – Mural at Das Pure, Wetzikon
2011 – Designomat Zurich
2011 – Group Exhibition «Mir Händs Nötig» – Starkart Gallery Zurich
2011 – Exhibition at Café Zähringer Zurich
2010 – Fumetto Comic Festival – Competition Exhibition
Awards, Grants & Scholarships
2024 – Max und Moritz-Preis, Bester deutschsprachiger Comic for «Fürchten lernen»
2024 – Finalist: Schweizer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for «Fürchten lernen»
2023 – Kulturelle Auszeichnung Stadt Zürich, Literatur for «Fürchten lernen»
2023 – Nomination: Comic-Förderpreis der Internationalen Bodensee-Konferenz (IBK) for «Fürchten lernen»
2023 – Fumetto 2023 – Comic-Stipendium der Deutschschweizer Städte for «Fürchten lernen»
2022 – UBS Kulturstiftung – Werkbeitrag 2022 for «Fürchten lernen»
2022 – Stadt Zürich – Covid Work Scholarship for «Fürchten lernen»
2022 – Gold Award, BCM 2022 – «Helsana Ratgeber: Depressionen»
2021 – Stadt Zürich – Covid-19 Work Scholarship for «Fürchten lernen»
2021 – Air Scholarship Linz – February 2021 – Cancelled
2020 – Pro Helvetia – Comic Creation Grant for «Fürchten lernen»
2020 – Schweizer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for «Drei Väter»
2019 – Shortlist of the Rudolph Dirks Award for «Drei Väter»
2019 – Appreciation Award – Fachstelle für Kultur Kanton Zürich for «Drei Väter»
2019 – Finalist – Prix Delémont’BD for the best swiss comicbook with «Drei Väter»
2018 – HSLU Illustration Fiction – Award for the bachelors project «Drei Väter»
2018 – Zeugin-design Award for «Drei Väter»
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Selected Clients
Volcom, Khruangbin, Madlib, Reportagen Magazin, Miró Coffee, L’Oroboros, Tim Atlas, Tsüri, Jacobin Magazine, Spiegel Magazin, SoYoung Magazine, Raffinerie AG, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Helsana, Kuš Comics, WOZ Die Wochenzeitung, NZZ Folio, PEFC Schweiz, Edition Moderne, Nadja Zela, Strapazin Magazin, Das Narr Magazin, Bildwurf Kinowerbung, Schweizer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband SBVV, Schweizerisches Institut für Jugend- und Kindermedien SIKJM, bz Basel, Cartoonmuseum Basel, Polle Kindercomic Magazin, Konservatorium Winterthur, Pro Helvetia, Slow Food Youth, Slow Food Schweiz, Edition Zazel, Wortlaut St. Gallen, Le Monde Diplomatique, Delémont’BD, Everpress London, Bullinger Turnier Zürich, Vanguards Magazine, Slanted Magazine, Autonome Schule Zürich, Blue Balls Festival, Circolino Pipistrello, Fantoche Festival, ETH Zürich, Verein Archiv & Utopie, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Misma Éditions, Fumetto Festival, Dr. Bähler Dropa AG, Nakayama Krupp, Gut Magazin, Hora’Band, Kulturbüro Zürich, Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst, MedienFormFarbe, Metzgerhalle Luzern, Miteinander Musik, Susanna Schwager, Myanh Clothing, Playground, Restaurant Rechberg 1837, Lauter Label, Tarzan, Luusbuebe, R. Daneel Olivaw, Zweikommasieben Magazin, MC MR Bison, Berufsschule für Gestaltung Zürich, Source Associates AG.
Selected Publication
Memberships, Organisations
Support Your Local Artist:
www.supportyourlocalartist.ch
Swiss Comics Artists Association – SCAA:
www.bd-scaa.ch
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Selected
Publications
Selected Publications
«Fürchten lernen»
2023 – Edition Moderne, Zürich, Switzerland
430 Pages, 17 × 24 cm, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-03731-256-8
Coming in Fall 2023
www.editionmoderne.ch
«Drei Väter»
2019 – Edition Moderne, Zürich, Switzerland
304 Pages, 17 × 22 cm, Half-Linen, ISBN 978-3-03731-190-5
2. Edition: April 2020, 3. Edition: Juni 2020 –www.editionmoderne.ch
«3 Papas»
2020 – Misma Éditions, Toulouse, France
French edition of «Drei Väter» – Translated by Yves Noyau
296 Pages, 17 × 22 cm, ISBN 978-2-916254-76-0
www.misma.fr
«Mini-Zine»
2020 – ArtZi-Talk-Zine
As part of the International Comic-Salon Erlangen
Published by ArtZi, Munich, Germany
Artdirection: Dominik Wendland
artzi.bigcartel.com
«Short Comic – Untitled»
2020 – Published from the Online-Literaturedays Solothurn
Scrollcomic, 11 Images, Online-Publication
www.literatur.ch
«Le Monde Diplomatique»
2020 – Comic on the last page of the german edition of «Le Monde Diplomatique»
Artdirection: Karoline Bofinger
www.monde-diplomatique.de
«Züri Brännt!»
2019 – Coverillustration and 9-page comic for Strapazin Magazine Number 137
Strapazin Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland
www.strapazin.ch
«Narr Magazin»
2019 – Illustration of Narr Magazin Number 27
Published by Das Verlag, Basel, Switzerland
www.dasnarr.ch
«Calendarium Culinarium»
2014 – Illustrations and Graphic-Design for Slow Food Youth
«Fresh, organic and regional: The Swiss seasonal calendar of 100 local vegetable and fruit varieties.»
Ten Editions since 2014
www.slowfoodyouth
Education
2008 – 2009
Artistic Preliminary Course ︎
www.sfgz.ch
2009 – 2012
Apprenticeship as Graphic Designer at Source Associates AG
Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence (SFGZ)
Artistic Vocational School-leaving Certificate (GBMS)
www.source.ch
www.sfgz.ch
www.bms-zuerich.ch
2015 – 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication – Illustration Fiction
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland
www.illustration-fiction.ch
www.hslu.ch
2019 – 2020
Master of Fine Arts in Illustration
LUCA School of Arts, Gent, Belgium
www.luca-arts.be
Press
nzz.ch
srf.ch – Literaturclub
PSZeitung.ch
bewegungsmelder.ch
bookgazette.xyz
Jetzt.de
illustration-fiction.ch
swissinfo.ch
tagesspiegel.de
borromaeusverein.de
srf.ch – Kultur – Kontext
srf.ch – Buchzeichen
Tagesanzeiger
kommbuch.com
siebenaufeinenstrich.de
stadtlandkind.de
comic.de
Solothurner Literaturtage
page-online.de
Wortlaut
zh.ch
cozi-ffm.de
luzernerzeitung.ch
delemontbd.ch
lvz.de
persoenlich.com
myswitzerland.com
buero-dlb.ch
myscience.ch
comicfestivalhamburg.de
ejz.de
