Luca Harlacher
Frag den Schmetterling, Vebikus Kunsthalle Schaffhausen, solo exhibition, 2022
Luca Harlacher is a Swiss artist based in Winterthur whose practice explores the sensory overload and fragmented realities of contemporary life. His work thrives on contrast – chaos and clarity, playfulness and introspection, the personal and the planetary – without succumbing to cultural pessimism. Instead, he sees the simultaneity of contradictions, the coexistence of seemingly incompatible elements, as a source of energy, curiosity, and joy. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in 2019, Harlacher also completed an exchange semester at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) in Buenos Aires. Earlier, he attended the Propädeutikum at ZHdK, where he began shaping his visual language: dense, layered, and often infused with references to collective memory, pop culture, and absurdity. Harlacher’s solo exhibitions include 111 Screws to Unscrew in Space at ELEVEN TEN STUDIO in Basel (2025), After Work Mood & Beach Ball at CoinCoin Offspace in Zurich (2024), and Free Swimming Lessons for Everyone at Kunstkiste Akku Uster (2023). His 2022 solo show «Erstens: Frag den Schmetterling» at Kunsthalle Schaffhausen marked a significant moment in his career, showcasing his ability to transform dense visual codes into poetic, open-ended narratives.
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2025 111 Screws to unscrew in space, ELEVEN TEN STUDIO, Basel
2024 After work mood & beach ball, CoinCoin Offspace Zurich
2024 Few times around some islands, Kulturhaus Chäslager Stans
2023 Free swimming lessons for everyone, Kunstkiste Akku Uster
2022 Erstens: Frag den Schmetterling, Kunsthalle Schaffhausen
2022 Land of a 1000 Dances, KeinMuseum, Zurich
2022 Fairy Tale Castle points to the Stars, Galerie Visarte, Zurich
2022 Schaufensterkunst, Atelier62, Schaan
2019 Look@JKON 2019, Kunsthaus Zofingen, Zofingen
2019 Fischer/Collegen Kunstpreis, Colorado Tower, Stuttgart
Group (selected)
2024 Playground Legends, Galerie 710, Winterthur
2024 Bilder eines Lebens, Lager 14, Baar
2024 25th anniversary Swiss Prime Site, Prime Tower/ Maag Areal Zurich
2023 Yarlajrrot, BSM Art Building, Buenos Aires
2023 Mikrokosmos, Mättelipark Badenfahrt, Baden
2023 Konfrontation, Galerie Kulturort Weiertal, Winterthur
2023 Heimspiel, Photobastei, Zurich
2022 IL CIRCOLO DEL FRATTEMPO, Spoiler, Berlin
2022 Best of 2022 - Visarte Zürich und Gäste
2022 Kunst Take Away, Kunstraum Baden
2021 ReA! Art Fair 2021, Fabricca del Vapore in Milano, Milano
2021 KUNSTpause Zug, Chollerhalle, Zug
2021 The Touch of Things, Bagno Popolare, Baden
2020 Phantastische Tierwesen - Winterthurs Versprechen, Oxyd, Winterthur
2020 Kunst in der Stadt, Weriplatz, Brig
2019 Jungkunst Winterthur, Halle 53, Winterthur
2019 JKON, Junge Kunst Olten 2019, Schützi Olten
