About

Linda Fährlin, Illustrator & Designer

Linda Fährlin

Linda Fährlin is an artist and illustrator inspired by the wild Atlantic Ocean and the landscape of the north west of Ireland. In her most recent solo exhibition Linda explores and visualises the rhythms of the ocean. In a series of works she makes the unseen visible by interpreting signals from waves, tides and winds.

As a visual artist and illustrator Linda also creates children’s picture books.

Having worked internationally her illustrations and design have been used for books, logotypes, packaging, products, environmental graphics, textile, user interface design, icons, buttons and information graphics.
Linda’s design has been very well received with mentions in national press and magazines in Ireland and Australia. She has been invited to participate in events at some of Australia’s most prestigious institutions like Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Craft ACT in Canberra and the NSW State Library. Under the name Supertrooper Studio she has been represented in Craft ACT in Canberra, Manly Art Gallery Shop in Sydney, The Emporium – Townhall Art Gallery, Hawthorn in Melbourne, State Library of Queensland. She has also illustrated The Great Irish Science Book by Luke O’Neill.

She is a member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland.
V.A.I. – Visual Artists Ireland

Clients include; GILL Books, Scholastic Publishers, The O’Brien’s Press, National Concert Hall, IMAGE Magazine, Education Research Centre – Ireland, HEINZ, Davy, Red Dog Design, Rothko, ESB, FOLENS Publisher, Heineken/Orchard Thieves, Goosebumps, GUINNESS Store House, AMP Financial Services, Tourism Victoria, Brisbane Marketing, Tourism & Events Queensland, Surfdock Watersports, LandNSea, Ghost Rock Vineyard to name a few.

Books

2025 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Irish Seashore. Author Lucy Taylor. Illustrator Linda Fährlin. GILL Books.
2024 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses. Author David Hare. Illustrator Linda Fährlin. GILL Books.
2022 | Bedtime Stories: Incredible Irish Tales from the Past. Author Rachel Pierce. Illustrator Linda Fährlin and various. Scholastic.
2021 | Ireland the People, the Places, the Stories. Author Rachel Pierce. Illustrator Linda Fährlin and various. Scholastic.
2019 | The Great Irish Science Book. Author Luke O’Neill. Illustrator Linda Fährlin. GILL Books.

Covers

Our Wild World. From the birds and the bees to our boglands and the ice caps. Éanna Ni Lamhna. O’Brien Press
Wild and Wonderful. Around the World with Éanna. Éanna Ni Lamhna. O’Brien Press

Exhibitions (Selected)

  • 2025 | Affinities. Group Exhibition, Irish Design Week.
  • 2025 | Signals. Solo Exhibition. Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
  • 2025| Illustrators Ireland 25 years. Group Exhibition, United Arts Club, Dublin
  • 2025 | (P)raising the Dead. Group Exhibition, Culturlann, Belfast & Cork
  • 2024 | Welcomings. Group Exhibition, Garter Lane, Waterford + 2025 in RiSalto Bologna, Italy
  • 2023-24 | In Memory of the Future. Group Exhibition, dlr Lexicon, Dublin + Cultúrlann, Belfast
  • 2022 | Bookworms. Group Exhibition Illustrated Children’s Books, United Arts Club, Dublin
  • 2021 | Representing Ireland Selected for Bratislava Illustration Biennal, Bratislava Slovakia
  • 2021 | A Way Home. Group Exhibition, Siamsa Tíre, National Irish Folk Theatre, Tralee, Kerry
  • 2021 | Commissions Award, Irish Book Week, Children’s Books Ireland
  • 2020 | Coding with Macaroni. Dutch Design Week, Playhouse, UK + Netherlands
  • 2020 | Exquisite portraits. Group Exhibition, The Lab / Cruinniú na nÓg
  • 2019 | Winter. Group Exhibition, United Art Club, Dublin
  • 2018 | Urban – Rural. Group Exhibition, United Art Club, Dublin
  • 2017 | State of us. Group Exhibition Illustrators Guild of Ireland
  • 2017 | Without the words.  Group Exhibition Illustrators Guild of Ireland, Mckenna gallery & Children’s Gallery Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
  • 2017 | Matters of the Heart. – Group Exhibition Illustrators Guild of Ireland, The United Arts Club, Dublin, Feb 2017 + dlr Mill Theatre, Dublin
  • 2017 | Colouring Between the Lines’. Curated by OFFSET,  Só Collective Kildare
  • 2016 | Without the words. Group Exhibition Illustrators Guild of Ireland, Luan Gallery, Athlone. + Galway Arts Centre and Garter Lane in Waterford during 2017

Awards
2025 | KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards, Shortlisted finalist ‘The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses’
2024 | AnPost Irish Book Awards. Shortlisted finalist ‘The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses’
2019 | AnPost Irish Book Awards 2019. Shortlisted finalist ‘Best Irish Published Book of the Year’ The Great Irish Science Book

One Show Merit Award Design
Melbourne Art Directors Club Bronze Packaging Design
Create Awards, Australia Best Packaging Design of the Year

Champion of Reading, Children’s Books Ireland

  • 2026 | Champion of Reading, Residency Kilglass NS, Sligo
  • 2025 | Champion of Reading. Residency Cuilmore NS, Mayo
  • 2024 | Champion of Reading. Residency Errew NS, Mayo
  • 2023 | Champion of Reading. Residency St Johns NS, Sligo

Residencies & Events (selected):
(Contact me directly if you are interested to hear more about a particular residency:)

  • 2025 | Young at Art Belfast Children’s Arts Festival.  Workshops at: Ashfield Boys High School, St Brides Primary School, & Killyhommon PS, Fermanagh (In Person) + Ballysillan PS (Online)
  • 2025 | Dublin Book Festival. Workshop for schools. TU Grangegorman.
  • 2025 | Book Illustration Workshop. Ballybane Public Library, Galway.
  • 2022 | The Lighthouse Project, Baboro International Children’s Festival 2022, Galway. Claddagh NS, Galway and Inisheer NS, Aran Islands

BLAST (Bringing Live Arts to Students & Teachers)

  • 2025 | Enchanted Forest – Nature & Art. Calry NS, Sligo
  • 2025 | Marine and Seashore animals. Carbury NS, Sligo
  • 2025 | Book illustration using local stories from the Duchas Archives. Kilglass NS (2nd/3rd class)
  • 2024 | Seashore. Exploring the seashore with art. Mixed media. Ennsicrone NS, Sligo (2nd class)
  • 2024 | Coral Reef. Collaborative Artwork Mixed Media, Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf, Collooney (2nd class)
  • 2024 | Owenmore River. Collaborative Model Artwork, by 1st class at Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf, Collooney. (1st class)
  • 2023 | Aughris to Tra Bhui. Outdoor Wall mural, Kilrusheighter NS, Co Sligo
  • 2023 | We are all unique, but the same. Collaborative Wall mural. St Attractas Secondary College, Co Sligo Transition year students.
  • 2023 | Hazelwood. Outdoor Wall Mural, Scoil Ursula NS, Co Sligo.
  • 2023 | Killavil – Past, present and future. Outdoor mural. Killavil NS, Co Sligo. Junior + Senior room
  • 2022 | Meadhbh & the Bull. Local legends. Large collaborative artwork, canvas. Carraroe NS, Co Sligo 2nd class
  • 2022 | Exploring cultures through investigating their inventions: China. multimedia: clay, printing, craft, construction 5th class A+B+C) Scoil Ursula NS, Co Sligo
  • 2022 | Exploring cultures: Australia. Individual artworks and large collaborative “Barrier Reef” artwork. Senior infants A) Scoil Ursula NS, Co Sligo.
  • 2022 | Exploring cultures: China + Australia. Mixed media 5th classes Scoil Ursula NS, Co Sligo.
  • 2022 | Boat building. Individual artworks. All school approach Junior + Senior Room) Scoil Bhríde Carns NS, Co Sligo.

The illustrations and all content on this website are protected by copyright and cannot be scraped, used or published in any way without the owner’s consent. ©Linda Fahrlin 2024