BIOGRAPHY

Viktor Hertz was born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1983. In 2009, he started to do graphic design as a hobby, and has been freelancing since 2010. His work is usually inspired by pop-culture, satire and humor, often using visual metaphors and focusing on strong ideas. Viktor has been featured in numerous worldwide exhibitions, magazines and books, and has also had his own work exhibited. In 2014, he started to write and direct short films, and is currently combining commission work with personal projects.

CLIENTS

RAY-BAN / GREENPEACE / CHRISTIE’S / IKEA / UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL / MITT VATTEN / SWEDISH ARMED FORCES / VOLANTE FÖRLAG / PLAYGROUND MUSIC SWEDEN / FAROUK / ETC / FLM

AWARDS

2016: ‘Home Care Before Christmas’ – Winner of Swedish Championship in 1-minute films at Sveriges Kortfilmfestival
2015: ‘We Got Your Back’ – Comedy fan favorite – Wiper Winter Festival
2015: ‘We Got Your Back’ – Essence Award: Short Comedy, International Peace & Film Festival
2013: Silver, International Design Awards
2012: 2nd place in ‘Epicase’
2011: Winner of ‘Inspired! by e-Print by HP’
2011: 3rd place in ‘Cinema magazine fan art contest’
2010: 1 of 12 winners of ‘A new symbol for Europe’
2010: 3rd place in ‘Carpetvista international design contest’

PRESS QUOTES

“Viktor Hertz’s pictograms are clever illustrations packed with dark humor …” – Huffington Post

“If there’s a guy who knows how to trust his gut feeling and unleash his imagination, that one is Swedish artist Viktor Hertz.” 
– Writeca.com

“… Viktor Hertz has designed some rather spectacular song-inspired images …” – NME.com

PRESS (print)

2015: FEEL Magazine (Australia)
2014: EYE Magazine (UK)
2012: Monthly Design, Agefi Life (France), G Colon (South Korea), Snatch Magazine (France), UNT (Uppsala Nya Tidning, Sweden)
2011: Reader’s Digest (USA), Traço Magazine (Portugal), WIRED magazine (Italy), The Observer (UK), L’Officiel Hommes (South Korea), IdN World, Mundo Estranho (Brazil)

INTERVIEWS

2015: Artful Club
2014: Grafik, Juniqe
2013: Writeca, Funded By Me
2012: Scuola Italiana design, Poster Collective, I DO ART, Molempire
2011: My Modern Met, Coultique, Astrum People, Impose Magazine, Visualmente, Visualmente #2, E-junkie

EXHIBITIONS

2013: Pop art movie mash-ups (Gallery D12, Uppsala)
2013: ICONS (Scandic Grand Central, Stockholm)
2013: Personal artworks (L’Assassino, Gothenburg)
2012: Pictogram rock posters (Scandic Grand Central, Stockholm)
2011: 2011: a hertz odyssey (BittraBritta, Gothenburg)
2011: 2011: a hertz odyssey (F12, Stockholm)

BOOKS

2015: Design Funny: A Graphic Designer’s Guide to Humor (USA)
2014: Geek-Art: An Anthology Vol. 1 (France)
2013: Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground (USA), Give a Type a Face
2012: Never Sleep with the Director: And 50 Other Ridiculous Film Rules
2011: Anti Terrorism Cartoon Contest (Iran)

EDUCATION

2010-2011: Beckmans school of design, Visual communication (Stockholm)
2008-2009: Cinema studies, Stockholm University
2008: Film music studies – theory and analysis, Stockholm University
2007: Film music studies, Stockholm University