Niklaus Troxler ist eine lebende Gestalter-Ikone und einer der wichtigsten Plakatgestalter aller Zeiten.
Er studierte an der Schule für Gestaltung in Luzern. Nach seiner Tätigkeit als Art Director in Paris (1972) gründete er ein eigenes Grafik-Studio in Willisau. Seit 1966 organisiert er Jazzkonzerte in Willisau, seit 1975 zudem ein jährliches international ausgerichtetes Jazz Festival, für die er regelmässig Plakate und Plattencover – etwa für Irène Schweizer – gestaltet.
Troxler erhielt wichtige internationale Designpreise wie die Toulouse-Lautrec-Medaille in Gold (1987 und 1994), den Grand Prix und Erste Preise in Lahti/Finnland 1993, auf dem Chaumont Festival de l’affiche (1992), in Helsinki/Finnland 1995, Hong Kong 2000, Hangzhou/China 2002, Ningbo/China 2006, Taiwan 2005, Colorado/USA 2006. 1982 wurde ihm der Innerschweizer Kulturpreis zuerkannt.
Er ist Mitglied der Alliance Graphique Internationale. Seine Plakate sind in den wichtigsten internationalen Designsammlungen vertreten, so im Museum of Modern Art in New York, im Museum of Modern Art in Toyama/Japan, im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, im Deutschen Plakat Museum in Essen, im Museum für Gestaltung Zürich und im Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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since 1973
own Graphic Design Studio in Willisau/Switzerland
since 1966
Organizer of the Willisau Jazz Concerts
since 1975
Organizer of the Willisau Jazz Festival
since 1989
Member of AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale
1998-2013
Professor at State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart/Germany
since 2020
Life Taping Performances with live music
1977
Vestag Cultural Prize, Lucerne/Switzerland
1982
Cultural Prize of Central Switzerland
1984
scholarship for applied art
1989
Touristic Prize of Central Switzerland
1994
Honorar citizen of hometown Willisau
2000
ADC (Art Directors Club of Switzerland): Special Award
1977-1999
22 'Swiss Posters of the Year' (competition ends 1999)
1977-2023
Grand Prize and First Prize Awards:
Essen/Germany: Poster Triennale 1987, 1994
Chaumont/France: Festival Internationale de l’Affiche 1992
Lahti/Finland: International Poster Bienniale 1993
Vienna/Austria: Best Cultural Poster of the Year 1994, 1995
Helsinki/Finland: International Poster Bienniale 1997
Trnava/Slovakia: International Poster Trienniale 1997
Rzeszow/Poland: International Theatre Poster Bienniale 1997
Swiss Graphic Designers: SGD A4 Award 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005
Hong Kong/China: International Poster Triennial 2001
Hangzhou/China: International Poster Bienniale 2003
Moscow/Russia: Golden Bee Graphic Design Bienniale 2004, 2006, 2008, 2022
Colorado/USA: Internaional Invitational Poster Bienniale 2005
Taipei/Taiwan: Internaional Poster Bienniale 2005
Ningbo/China: Internationale Poster Bienniale 2006
Zagreb/Croatio: ZGRAF International Graphic Design Bienniale 2008
Type Directors Club New York: Best in Show Award 2011
Ecuador International Poster Biennial 2022
1979-2023
Many Awards from the Art Directors Club of Switzerland, Art Directors Club New York, Art Directors Club of Europe, Type Directors Club New York, Tokyo Type Directors Club, Red Dot Communication Award. 100 Best Posters Austria/Germany/Switzerland, European Design Annual Awards a.m.o.
Participation and prize winner of many Design and Poster Competitions, such as Warsaw Poster Biennale, Brno Design Biennale, Chaumont Festival de l’Affiche, Toyama Poster Trienniale, Mexico Poster Bienniale, Lahti Poster Bienniale, Helsinki Poster Bienniale, Trnava Poster Trienniale, Ogaki Invitational Poster Bienniale, Colorado Invitational Poster Bienniale, Moscow Poster Bienniale, Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, Ningbo Poster Bienniale, Hongkong International Poster Trienniale, Zgraf International Design Competition, Hangzhou Poster Bienniale, a.m.o.
Posters in many important Poster Collections such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Musem New York,
Museum for Art and Craft Hamburg, Toyama Museum of Modern Art Japan, Ogaki Poster Museum Japan, Berlin Academy of Art, Berlin Art Library,
Poster Museum Essen, Stadedeljk Museum Amsterdam, Zurich Poster Collection, Basel Poster Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art a.m.o.
exhibitions
1978
Luzern/Switzerland, Raeber Gallery
1979
Martigny/Switzerland, Le Manoir
Nervi/Italy, Teatro di Parco
Paris/France, Galérie Artcuriel
1986
Brunnen/Switzerland, Park Hotel
1987
New York/USA, Reinhold Brown Gallery
1989
Stansstad/Switzerland, Hotel Acheregg
1991
Lucerne/Switzerland, Kornschütte Rathaus
1992
Frankfurt/Germany, Amerika Haus
1993
Chaumont/France, Poster Festival, Grand Garage
Lucerne/Switzerland, Gallery Ars Collect
Berlin/Deutschland, Akademie der Künste, Galerie Parterre
1994
Mexico City, La Casa del Poeta
Hannover/Germany, Galerie Grohnert & Weigelt, with Günther Kieser
1995
New York/USA, Reinhold Brown Gallery
Tokyo/Japan, Ginza Graphic Gallery
Guadalajara/Mexico, Centro de Arte Contemoraneo
1996
Maracaibo/Venezuela, Centro de Bellas Artes
Zofingen/Switzerland, Thut Gallery
1997
Horgen/Switzerland, Plakat Forum, with Ivar Breitenmoser
1998
Warsaw/Poland, Gallery Grafiki i Plakatu
St. Niklausen/Switzerland, MAZ
1999
Willisau/Switzerland, Rathaus: Jazz Posters by Niklaus Troxler
Essen/Germany, German Poster Museum. Niklaus Troxler Posters
2000
Nyon/Arzier/Switzerland: Art Nyon reçoit N.T., Poster Exhibition and Concerts
2001
Caracas/Venezuela: Exhibition at Museo de la Estampa y del Diseno
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Niklaus Troxler - Afiches de Jazz
Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. Hall for Poster Art
2002
Stuttgart/Germany: Design Center: Jazz & More. N.T. Posters
Warsaw/Poland: Studio Gallery: Poster exhibition with M. Wasilewski
Rottweil/Germany: Galerie B. Merz, Jazzplakate von N.T.
2005
Minneapolis Institute of Art
2006
Ljubljiana/Slovenia: at Emzin
2007
New York: AIGA/Cooper Union
Havana/Cuba: at Galeria de la Biblioteca Publica
2008
Rovereto/Italy: A Century of Jazz, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea
2009
Paris/France: Musée Branly: Le siécle du Jazz
Coimbra/Portugal: Museu Nacional de Machado da Castro: Jazz Cartazes de Niklaus Troxler
Marseille/France: Espace muséal Villeneuve-Bargemont: Affiches de Niklaus Troxler
Barcelona/Spain: Centre de Cultura Contemporània: El Segle de Jazz
Berlin/Germany: Pigasus Gallery: Niklaus Troxler Posters
Berlin/Germany: Grünwald Gallery Köpenick
2010
Moscow/Russia: Tsereteli Gallery
2011
Torun/Poland: Wozownia Gallery: Niklaus Troxler Poster Art
Tehran/Iran: Momayez Gallery: Niklaus Troxler Poster
2012
Zagreb/Croatia, ZGRAF, Museum of Contemporary Art
Lucerne/Switzerland, Weltformat, with students, Kunsthalle/Bourbaki
Amsterdam/The Netherlands, North Sea Jazz Club
2013
Zhongshan/China, with students, Museum of Art
Shenzhen/China, OCT Art & Design Gallery
Beijing/China, with students, The Gallery/Taikoo Li
Macau/China, Tap Seac Gallery
Stansstad/Switzerland, Sust, with Ems Troxler
2014
Porto/Matosinhos, ESAD
2015
Pau/France, Le Bel Ordinaire
Willisau/Switzerland, Stadtmühle
Emmerich/Germany, PAN Kunstforum
Paris/France, Maryse Eloye
Beromünster/Switzerland, KKLB
Lucerne/Switzerland, Kornschütte
2016
Ann Arbor/Michigan/USA, Michigan University, Slusser Gallery STAMPS and The Work Gallery
Berlin/Germany, Bröhan Museum
Schloss Wiligrad near Schwerin/Germany
Beromünster/Switzerland, KKLB
2017
Cully/Switzerland, The Forestay Museum of Art: Niklaus Troxler - Jazz Posters
Basel/Switzerland, Rappaz Museum: Niklaus Troxler - Jazz Posters
Sursee/Switzerland, Museum Sankturbanhof: World Wide Willisau - Retrospektive Niklaus Troxler
Essen/Germany, Museum Folkwang: Jazz?n?More - Niklaus Troxler Posters
2018
Lucerne/Switzerland, Cantonal Hospital: Niklaus Troxler - Paintings, Collages and Posters
Konstanz/Germany, Turm zur Katz
2022
Stansstad/Switzerland, Sust
Horw/Switzerland, Raum K
Bucharest/Romania, Unfinished Festival
2023
Konstanz/Germany, Turm zur Katz
Lucerne/Switzerland, Arlecchino
