Kristoffer Zetterstrand Explained

Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Caption:Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Birth Date:27 September 1973
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden

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

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, Zetterstrand's former brother-in-law, 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. In 2024, Mojang Studios collaborated with Zetterstrand to add fifteen more paintings to Minecraft in commemoration of the game's fifteenth anniversary.[3] 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.[4]

Awards

In 2008 Zetterstrand received the IASPIS artist in residency grant. In 2012 he received the Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Art Award.[5] 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).[6] [7] The work is 340sqm 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.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kristoffer Zetterstrand's CV . Kristoffer Zetterstrand . August 16, 2012 . Zetterstrand, Kristoffer . 2012 . Pixelpaintings for the game Minecraft, Mojang AB . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234519/http://zetterstrand.com/cv.php . December 2, 2013 . dead .
  2. Web site: Kristoffer Zetterstrand: Nya målningar . Galleri Mårtenson & Persson . June 2012 . Swedish . 2014-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226080936/http://www.gallerimartenson-persson.se/vara-konstnarer/kristoffer-zetterstrand . 2013-12-26 . dead .
  3. Web site: Landin . Per . Painting the Overworld . Minecraft.net . April 30, 2024.
  4. Web site: Olofsson . Anders . Kristoffer Zetterstrand på Peter Bergman . Konsten.net . August 30, 2012 . Swedish .
  5. Web site: 30th anniversary of The Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Arts Fund . Sofia Svanholm . June 14, 2012 . August 16, 2012 . Svanholm, Sofia . Kristoffer Zetterstrand (b. 1973 in Sweden) in category art/painting . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012138/http://sofiasvanholm.com/30th-anniversary-of-the-marianne-sigvard-bernadotte-arts-fund . December 3, 2013 . dead .
  6. Web site: NKS Bygg . Konstverk på NKS vinnare av Stora Kakelpriset . New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm County Council . November 22, 2013 . Swedish . April 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226080022/http://www.nyakarolinskasolna.se/sv/Det-nya-sjukhuset/Aktuellt/Konstverk-pa-NKS-vinnare-av-Stora-Kakelpriset/ . December 26, 2013 . dead .
  7. Web site: Stora kakelpriset 2013 . Byggkeramikrådet . 2013 . December 25, 2013 . Swedish.
  8. Web site: Nordin . Charlotta . First art work at NKS inaugurated . New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm County Council . September 5, 2013 .