Luca Schenardi is a Swiss based Illustrator and Artist. He studied “Illustration Fiction” at the HSLU Art & Design. Since 2003 he has worked as a Freelance Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Artist. His Illustrations appear in renowned international Newspapers and Magazines like New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin and Die Zeit to name a few. During the recent years he has made a name for himself in the Music Scene as a Designer of LP, Single, Cassette Covers and Band Merch Shirts. Luca has been a visiting Professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Luzern (HSLU), The Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), The Staatliche Hochschule der Künste Karlsruhe (HfG) and The Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Art de Besançon (ISBA).
In 2021 he was the Winner of a “Swiss Design Award” in the Section “Graphic Design”.
Since a four-month studio residency (Central Switzerland Cantons) in 2017, he has lived and worked in New York City for several Weeks or Months each Year.
In 2012 and 2017, his two books “An Vogelhäusern mangelt es jedoch nicht” and “Meyer spricht von Gratiskaffe” were published by Edition Patrick Frey.
Clients (Selection)
Bloomberg Businessweek (US), The Baffler (US), Elsewhere (US), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (DE), Hochparterre (CH), The Lot Radio NYC (US), Les Others (F), Das Magazin (CH), The New York Times (US), The New York Times Magazine (US), Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ (CH), NZZ Folio (CH), Pro Helvetia (CH), PatienceImpatience NYC (US), Reportagen Magazin (CH), Republik Magazin (CH), Rolling Stone (US), Schauspielhaus Zürich (CH), Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin (DE), Strapazin (CH/DE), Tame Impala (AUS), The Wire Magazine (UK), WOZ (CH), Die Zeit (DE), Zeitmagazin (DE/CH)