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Kristoffer Zetterstrand (born September 27, 1973, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish surreal artist.

Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Born	(1973-09-27) September 27, 1973 (age 49) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Website	Artist's web site

Education and work

Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid.[1] Zetterstrand's works are influenced by both classical and Renaissance artwork, as well as computer graphics and 3D modeling.[2] His debut exhibition in 2002 consisted of compilations for the game Counter-Strike. In 2010, Markus Persson added some of Zetterstrand's paintings in his flagship title, Minecraft,[1] a sandbox and survival simulator based on Infiniminer, and ever since then the paintings have become an iconic part of the game. His paintings are often based on virtual still lifes and scenography sculpted in 3D applications, and he has broadened his sources of images to include vintage photography and imagery.[3]

Awards

In 2008 Zetterstrand received the IASPIS artist in residency grant. In 2012 he received the Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Art Award.[4] In 2013 he was awarded the Stora Kakelpriset, an annual prize for the most innovative use of tiles or ceramics in construction in Sweden, for his mosaic Ager Medicinae (The Medical Landscape).[5][6] The work is 340 square metres (3,700 sq ft) in size and was commissioned for the exterior of the parking garage at New Karolinska University Hospital in Solna. It depicts a rough timeline of the development of medicine in pixellated style.[7]

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  The game, 2009
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  The stage is set, 2006
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  Wanderer, 2008
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  The master, 2008
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  Dante and the three beasts, 2007
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  Thawing, 2008
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  Artist and still life, 2007
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  Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, 2008
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  Graham, 2003

References

Further information

• Jansson, Mathias (March 24, 2010). "Interview: From traditional painting to Game Art: Kristoffer Zetterstrand". Gamescenes.
• Jansson, Mathias (January 19, 2012). "Kristoffer Zetterstrand: King of Old School". Art21 magazine.
• "Pixels and Painting: Artist Talk with Kristoffer Zetterstrand". The Art of Video Games Webcasts. Art Babble, Indianapolis Museum of Art. September 7, 2012. (video, 1:06:50)
• Zetterstrand, Kristoffer; Håkan Nilsson (text) (2009). Virtual Artifacts: Works 2002–2009. Bandhagen: Biondi. ISBN 9789197442251.

External links

• Artist's web site
• Stene Projects gallery

На других языках

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[de] Kristoffer Zetterstrand

Kristoffer Zetterstrand (* 27. September 1973 in Stockholm) ist ein schwedischer Künstler. Er studierte an der Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm und der Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Er arbeitet auf eine klassische Weise, aber seine Werke werden oft auch von Kunstgeschichte, verpixelter Computergrafik und 3D-Welten beeinflusst. Seine Debüt-Ausstellung 2002 bestand aus Bildern basierend auf dem Egoshooter Counter-Strike. Seine Bilder basieren oft auf virtuellen Stillleben und Szenographien, die mit 3D-Software modelliert wurden. Er wird von der Peter Bergman Galerie in Stockholm vertreten. 2008 empfing er den IASPIS Künstler in Residenz Preis. Einige seiner Bilder befinden sich in dem Computerspiel Minecraft, da seine Schwester Elin mit Markus Persson, dem Erfinder und ehemaligen Hauptentwicklers des Spiels, verheiratet war.

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- [en] Kristoffer Zetterstrand

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