Sebastian Loerscher
Sebastian Loerscher, born in Paris in 1985 and grown up near Munich, is an illustrator and author living in Berlin. He studied Visual Communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Würzburg and at the Academy of Art Berlin-Weissensee. His graphic novels have received a host of honours and are in the catalogues of various publishers in Germany and France.
Loerscher’s recent work focuses particularly on the medium of illustrated features. He travels to faraway lands with pencils and sketchbook and captures his impressions in drawings, texts and comic strips done in situ. He tells about his adventures in his books and in readings on Europe’s stages. His latest projects took him to Bangalore in southern India, Haiti in the Caribbean, the wilds of Austria and finally, Nigeria.
For his clients he works in the fields of illustration and graphic recording and conducts all sorts of workshops on drawing and storytelling.
Contact:
mail@sebastian-loerscher.de
+49 (0) 176 6000 6227
Bibliography
»Ziegenmilch & Zeichenstift« (»Goat’s Milk & Crayon«), 2011, Kunstanstifter Verlag
»Muskulöse Zeiten« (»Muscle Times«), 2012, Eichborn
»Haiti Chéri«, 2013, Eigenverlag
»Making Friends in Bangalore«, 2014, Büchergilde Gutenberg/Edition Büchergilde
»A bisserl weiter geht’s immer!« (»A little bit further …«), 2015, Büchergilde Gutenberg/Edition Büchergilde
Awards
2019
Scholarship of Foundation Kulturwerk (for »Germany – A mood picture«)
2015
Scholarship of Foundation Kunstfonds (for »A little bit further …«)
DAAD Scholarship (for »A little bit further …«)
2014
Sondermann Newcomer Award
Sondermann, Association for Comical Art and Literature (for »Making Friends in Bangalore«)
»One of the 25 most beautiful German books
German Foundation for Book Art, Frankfurt (for »Making Friends in Bangalore«)
»Best International Travel Sketchbook«
Rendez-Vous de Carnet de Voyage, Clermont-Ferrand, France (for »Making Friends in Bangalore«)
2013
Mart Stam Award (for »Haiti Chéri«)
2011
:Output Award (for »Goat’s Milk & Crayon«)
2010
100 Best Posters (for »Terror – a poster exhibition«)
Exhibitions
2022
»Les Voyages«, Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, France
»Ballad for empty Billboards«, Casa Salvini, Ile Rousse, France
2021
»comiXconnection / Shadows of the Society«, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
2020
»Images of Human Beings«, Die Kleine Galerie, Berlin
2019
»Shadows of the Society«, WühlischVierzig, Berlin
»Shadows of the Society«, KARUNA Übernacht-Café, Berlin
2018
»VorOrt«, Landesmuseum Mainz
»ABC des Reisens«, Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
2017
»Zeichensprache(n)«, Gallery Parterre, Berlin
2016
»A little bit further …«, Direktorenhaus, Berlin
»A little bit further …«, Gallery Büchergilde, Frankfurt
2015
»Retrospective«, PH Ludwigsburg
2014
»Vis-à-Vis«, Artist House Bethanien, Berlin
»Seitenblick«, Comic Festival Erlangen
»Been here, made this«, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg
»Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage«, Clermont-Ferrand, France
»Making Friends in Bangalore«, Gallery Büchergilde, Berlin
»90 Years of Büchergilde«, Museum for Printing Art, Leipzig
2013
»Happy Hour at the Hypnotist«, Neurotitan, Berlin
»Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage«, Clermont-Ferrand, France
»Sichtzone«, H|O Berlin
»Haiti Chéri«, German Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2012
»Law of the Market«, Freies Museum, Berlin
2011
»Law of the Market«, Goethe Institute Bangalore, India
»Terror – A poster exhibition«, Palace of Justice, Heidelberg
»100 Best Posters 2010«, Berlin Kulturforum
Press
»Dialogues reminiscent of Nestroy and Thomas Bernhard.«
Süddeutsche Zeitung about »A little bit further …«.
»A sensation!«
Andreas Platthaus (FAZ) about »Making Friends in Bangalore«.
»Pale face with crayons«
Sebastian Loerscher in conversation with »Die Zeit«.
»A hilarious drawn madness!«
Andreas Platthaus (FAZ) about »Muscle Times«.
»Five questions to …«
Drawn interview with TYPO Talks.
Clients (selection)
Red Cross, FC Bayern Munich, Futurium Berlin, Sky Germany, Revue XXI, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, Volkswagen, TYPO.Berlin, TEDxBerlin, University of Bamberg, Federal Office for Civil Protection, German Archaeological Institute, Ensemble Quillo, GIZ, THW, Federal Ministry for Research and Education, Planpolitik, AMD – Academy for Fashion & Design, Goethe-Institute, TypeMates … and many more.
Friends & Partner
Partner
unfun (Design & Digital Development)
Berliner Ideenlabor (Design Thinking)
Büchergilde Gutenberg (Publishing house for beautiful books)
Friends
Markus Mrugalla (Art & Design)
Rico Greb (Graphics & Illustration)
Julia Krusch (Drawing & Illustration)
Xaver Boehm (Film & Music)
Jannis Schulze (Photography & Graphic Design)
Christian Schiebe (Drawing)
Anselm Hirschhäuser (Drawing & Illustration)
Anna Gusella (Illustration)
Laura Junger (Illustration)
Henriette Artz (Illustration)
Yimeng Wu (Graphic-Design & Illustration)
Till Lassmann (Illustration & Live sketching)
Florian Hauer (Graphic-Design)
