p.52, exhibition poster, 1977 (left), exhibition poster, 1979 (right)
p.72, Solothurner Filmtage, 1987
p.82, designs for the theater poster "echec et mat", 1987
p.140, exhibition poster, 1993 (left), exhibition poster, 1994 (right)
p.144, exhibition poster, 1996 (left), exhibition poster, 1998 (right)
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Biography
Werner Jeker (b. 1944) has received numerous national and international awards,
including an Award for "Exeptional Use of Photography in Graphic Design" from
the International Center of Photography in New York in 1988, the First Prize for
a new series of Swiss Bank Notes in 1989 and the "Grand Prize of Applied Arts"
in 1991, awarded by the Vaudoise Foundation for artistic promotion and creation.
Furthermore, a great number of his posters have been awarded at the Warsaw,
Lathi and Toyama poster exhibitions. His posters are in public collections
worldwide.
Werner Jeker is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
He has implemented various corporate designs like "Weimar '99" (European
cultural city 1999, art director for communications); Foundation Schloss
Neuhardenberg, Berlin (2001); Institut national du partimoine (INP), Paris (2002);
City of Geneva (2004) and since 1984 he is responsible for the corporate design
of "Theatre de Vidy", Lausanne. He developed and implemented concept,
architecture and scenography of the pavilion SIGNALPAIN at the Swiss National
Exhibition EXP0.02 (1998-2002).
In 1984 he co-founded the graphic and industrial design studio "Les Ateliers du
Nord" with Antoine Cahen and Claude Frossard. He regularly collaborates with
various major, social and commercial institutions such as the "Swiss Foundation
for Photography", the "Cinematheque Suisse", various museums in Lausanne,
the "Collection de l'Art Brut", the "Musee de l'Elysee" and the "Musee des Arts
decoratifs". In Paris he worked for the "FNAC Galeries Photo", the "Cite de la
Musique" and the Magnum photo agency.
Since 1965 he has been living and working in the Lausanne area. He set up his
own studio in Lausanne in 1972, while teaching at the Lausanne School of Art
and Design, where from 1974 to 1986 he was head of the graphics department.
He teached 1995-97 as professor in the State College for Design,
Karlsruhe/Germany and 1997-98 as visiting docent in the Ecole Superieure des
Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD), Paris/France. Since 2003 he is co-head of studies in
Visual Communication at Berne University of the Arts BUA, Bern/Switzerland.
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