Education
Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
His debut exhibition in 2002 consisted of paintings based on the online computer game Counter-Strike. His paintings are often based on virtual still lifes and scenography sculpted in 3D software, and he has broadened his sources of images to include old photographs. Zetterstrand is represented by Stene Projects gallery in Stockholm.
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 Artist September 7, 2012. (video, 1:06:50)
Zetterstrand, Kristoffer. Håkan Nilsson (text) (2009).
Virtual Artifacts: Works 2002–2009.
Bandhagen: Biondi.
In 2008 Zetterstrand received the IASPIS artist in residency grant. In 2012 he received the Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Art Award. 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). 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. lieutenant depicts a rough timeline of the development of medicine in pixellated style.
