YLA
henri schoetter
Born in 1984 in Luxembourg.
Lives and works between Luxembourg and Vienna.
EDUCATION
2005-2010 BA Pharmacy, ULB Brussels, Belgium
2011-2016 BA Architecture, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2022 YLA - Young Luxembourgish Artists Vol.2, Valerius Gallery Warehouse, Luxembourg
2022 Live painting, Luxembourgish Democratic Party’s Congress, Luxembourg
2021 Exhibition at designers Market “Augenschmaus”
2020 Illustrations for les Theâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
2019 Visuals for the Luxembourgish Chamber of Trades, Luxembourg
2019 “The End Collective”, Rotondes, Luxembourg
2019 Designers Market “Augenschmaus’, Luxembourg


Basketball is a place, 2021,
20 x 21 cm,
Acrylic on cardboard
Due to mother’s passion for art and design, taking him to many art fairs, exhibitions and plays, from a very young age, Henri developed a natural and intuitive interest in aesthetics and different forms of expression. Spending a lot of time with his maternal grandfather, who had a habit of explaining math
problems and practical physics via hand drawings, 6 year old Henri was fascinated with the creative power that even the slightest of pencil strokes could hold and decided to learn how to sketch freely himself. Understanding thatanalyzing the structure of matter is key to predicting an object’s shape from
any angle. Kid Henri kept practicing on an almost daily basis and soon realized that in order to have more creative freedom, he needed to learn different styles and techniques. From reproducing pictures in zoological encyclopedia to learning
how to draw Walt Disney characters from scratch over portrait drawing, manga, graffiti, various forms of illustration, photography and finally graphic design,Henri experimented with many media before going to University in Brussels to
study pharmacy.
Navigating through a tough period dealing with the loss of his parents while being unsure about his career choices, in his mid-twenties, Henri realized he wanted to be a professional creative and set out for Vienna to train as an architect.
Heavily influenced by the graphical language in architecture and widely encouraged by his university professors and peers, Henri spent more and more time drawing and designing visuals until in 2016, when, motivated by a slowly growing number of illustration jobs and commission work, he first nurtured the idea of becoming an artist and independent graphic designer.
Now living between Vienna and Luxembourg, Henri works as a self-employed illustrator and graphic designer. His illustration work is heavily influenced by social psychology, every day lives, emotional landscapes, and contemporary culture. Caring deeply about human relationships in-between themselves but also nature in a larger sense, he constantly searches for ways to express even the most dreadful observations in a manner that makes you think and second-guess what you see and what you think about the matter.
exhibited works

Lucky You, 2022,
100 x 80 cm,
Acrylic and oilstick on canvas

I’m in love with the coco, 2022,
100 x 80 cm,
Acrylic on canvas

Cease Art Salad, 2022,
100 x 80 cm,
Acrylic and oilstick on canvas

Pipi an den Aen, 2019,
217 x 150 cm,
Acrylic, spaypaint & oilstick on paper

Smaller fish to fry, 2021,
29 x 21 cm,
Mixed media on cardboard