Her artistic practice unfolds at the intersection of illustration, visual art, and design.
mail@johannaschaible.ch
Publications
2021 Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More, published in ten
languages
2021 Amphorea Me Kéfi, with family Charamandas and Martina Meier, self-published
2014 Nuit Blanche with Dimitra Charamandas, Edition Fumetto
2013 Zahlen erzählen, self-published
Awards & Nominations
2024 Prix de l’album traduit, IBBY Section Belge Francophone
2022 Nomination for Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
2022 Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern
2022 European Design Award (Gold in Sign & Displays)
2022 Schweizer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis
2022 Bologna Ragazzi Award (Special Mention in Opera Prima)
2022 Nomination for Paul Maar-Preis 2022
2019 dPictus Unpublished Picturebook (Showcase at Frankfurter Buchmesse)
2014 Fumetto Schleuder (with Dimitra Charamandas)
Exhibitions
2025 Out of the Cage: Picturebook makers roaming wild and free, BOOM!, Bologna (IT
2024 Luminious Reveries, Dotwalk Gallery, Delhi (IN)
2023 BIB, Biennale of Illustration, Bratislava (SK)
2022 Bilderbuchkunst, MAK, Vienna (AU)
2022 Bolo Klub, Allegra, Brussels (BE)
2022 Bilderbücher: illustriert & inszeniert, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur (CH)
2022 Bolo Klub, Villa Bernasconi, Genf (CH)
2019 Unfrozen Education, Rethymno (GR)
2019 Curraint d’ajer, Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol (CH)
2019 BoloKlub, Scuderia, Bologna (IT)
2018 The Lands We Know, Project Space Sfera, Athen
2018 La Tigra Performance Festival, Réunion, Tegucigalpa (HON)
2018 Vida Privada, Contemporary Art Space Despacio, San José (CR)
2017 Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunstmuseum Thun (CH)
2017 Wahnsinn mit Methode, ZooBar, Bern (CH)
2016 Seico Toys, Fumetto Internationales Comic Festival, Luzern (CH)
2016 Dear Friend, Buskers Festival, Bern (CH)
2014 Nuit Blanche, Komiksfest, Prag (CZ)
2014 Nuit Blanche, Fumetto Internationales Comic Festival, Luzern (CH)
2013 Mein Tier, Projektum, Bern (CH)
2013 Werkschau, HSLU Design & Kunst, Luzern (CH)
2009 Keep the Secret, Random Institute, London (GB)
Residencies & Festivals
2024 MBFIL, Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters, Thiravananthapuram (IN)
2023 Bookaroo, Children’s LitFest, Delhi and Vadodara (IN)
2023 Pro Helvetia, Research and Networking Residency, India
2023 Atelier Bick Stadt Bern, Ticino (CH)
2022 Europäische Kinder- und Jugendbuchmesse, Saarbrücken (DE)
2022 Tuttestorie Festival, Cagliari (IT)
2022 Babel, Bellinzona (CH)
2022 Le livre sur les quais, Morges (CH)
2022 Litteralund Festival, Lund (SE)
2022 Solothurner Literaturtage (CH)
2019 Fiera Internacional del Libro Guadalajara (MEX)
2019 Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol (CH)
Art education
Since 2021 Guest lecturer, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst
Since 2021 Guest lecturer, Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel
2020-2023 Kidswest, artstudio for children, Artistic Director
Board member
Since 2021 Bolo Klub, Board member
Since 2025 Kidswest, artstudio for children, Board member
Artistic training
2010-2013 Bachelor of Arts, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst
2009-2010 Gestalterischer Vorkurs, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst