Thomas Escher Illustration

Bio / Clients / Exhibitions

Biography:

1966 born in Essen (Germany)

1989—1994
studied graphic design at Essen University

1994—1996
M.F.A. Illustration Program, School of Visual Arts,
New York, NY (1994/95: DAAD scholarship)

1997—2021
freelance illustrator and graphic designer in Hamburg

since 1998
focus on linocut as artistic medium

since 2021
illustrator and graphic designer in Essen

Illustrations for:

ADAC Reisemagazin
ARTE Magazin
Best Life
Büro Hamburg/Trendbüro
Chrismon
Diesterweg Verlag
die tageszeitung
Financial Times Deutschland
Frankfurter Allg. Sonntagszeitung
GEO Special/GEO Saison
Gerasch Communication
Goldmann Verlag
grunauplus
Gruner + Jahr Corporate Editors
Handwerk und Technik
Lisa
Lufthansa Magazin
manager magazin
Maxim
Men's Health
Mobil
New Investor
NZZ am Sonntag
Oldenbourg Verlag
Piper Verlag
Rapp Germany
Rheinischer Merkur
Runner's World
Stern
Süddeutsche Zeitung
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
WirtschaftsWoche

Exhibitions:

2019 “Panische Freuden – Panischer Schrecken”,
Schloss Ettersburg/Weimar

2018 “Don Quijote lebt!”,
Schloss Ettersburg/Weimar

2017 Schloss Ettersburg/Weimar (solo exhibit)

2011 “Ich Wolkenstein”, Schloss Tirol, Italy

2009 “Schiller-Male”, Goethe-Institut, Weimar

2006 “Being There”, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

2005 47th Annual Exhibition,
Society of Illustrators, New York

2003 “The Magazine Rack”, School of Visual Arts,
New York

1998 RSVP, Society of Illustrators, New York

1996 M.F.A. Illustration Thesis Show,
Art Directors Club, New York

1995 “The Turning Page”, The Visual Club,
New York

1994 Art Directors Club für Deutschland, Berlin