Lina Müller is an illustrator and designer based in Switzerland. Her work has a focus on commercial illustration with a high artistic claim. She studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design, Zurich University of the Arts, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. She is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies. Her clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, DIE ZEIT, Reportagen Magazin and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin a.o. She loves working in the editorial field and illustrating challenging topics as well as dreamy ones. Whether it's a magazine page, a record cover, a poster, a whole book, a print for a T-Shirt or a post stamp, she likes to go in to details and still keep it simple and strong.
Contact:
hi@linamueller.com
+41 (0)79 793 29 53
MAILING ADRESS:
Höfligasse 7
CH-6460 Altdorf
Studio NO MAILING ADRESS
G11 / Hellgasse 25
CH-6460 Altdorf
Selected Clients
Amnesty International, CH
Black Sea Dahu, CH
Bloomberg, USA
Bloomberg Businessweek, USA
Cinema Riffraff Zurich, CH
Das Magazin / Tamedia, CH
DIE POST, CH
DIE ZEIT, CH
emergence Magazine, USA
Greenpeace Magazine, CH, D
HSLU Hochschule Luzern, CH
Kanton Solothurn, CH
Le Phare, F
Les Others, F
Migros Magazine, CH
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, CH
NEON, D
NZZ, CH
on running, CH
Opernhaus Zürich, CH
Other Means New York, USA
Pro Helvetia, CH
REPORTAGEN, CH
Republik, CH
Salzhaus Winterthur, CH
Schauspielhaus Zürich, CH
Strapazin, CH
SURPRISE Magazin, CH
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, D
SWISS International Air Lines, CH
Texas Monthly, USA
Theater Gessnerallee Zürich, CH
The Baffler, USA
The New Yorker, USA
The New York Times, USA
University of Zurich, CH
Unseen Worlds, USA
WOZ Die Wochenzeitung, CH
WWF, CH
Züritipp, CH
Awards
2024 Atelier X Japan 2025, Albert Koechlin Stiftung, with Luca Schenardi
2022 Atelier Berlin 2024, Zentralschweizer Kantone
2021 Nomination Swiss Design Awards
2020 Werkbeitrag «pro helvetia»
2017 Nomination Swiss Design Awards
2017 Artist Residency New York City
2015 2 x «100 Beste Plakate Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz»
2014 Exhibition «Danioth Pavillon», Haus für Kunst Altdorf, with Luca Schenardi
2013 Art Award «Förderpreis Bildende Kunst», Kanton Solothurn
2012 «100 Beste Plakate Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz», with Raffinerie AG, Zurich
2011 Project Grant «Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Heinrich Danioth»
Residencies
2018 Artist in Residence at Rud-Air, Sweden *
2017 Artist in Residence New York City, USA *
2015 Artist in Residence at Rud-Air, Sweden *
2014 Travel Grant Stiftung Otto Pfeifer, France / Spain *
2008 Artist in Residence LKV Trondheim, Norway
* with Luca Schenardi
Talks / Workshops
2017 Workshop at Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, France, with Luca Schenardi
2017 Talk at Propädeutikum ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
2014 Talk at Pratt Institute, New York, USA
Portrait by Manuel Rickenbacher