Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Kristoffer Zetterstrand (born 27 September 1973) is a Swedish artist, known for creating most of the paintings featured in the video game Minecraft and being the brother of Elin Zetterstrand, Markus Persson's ex-wife.
Kristoffer Zetterstrand
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- Name
- Kristoffer Zetterstrand
- Born
- 27 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- painter
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Kristoffer Zetterstrand (born 27 September 1973) is a Swedish artist, known for creating most of the paintings featured in the video game Minecraft and being the brother of Elin Zetterstrand, Markus Persson's ex-wife.
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Kristoffer Zetterstrand was a painter of Sweden nationality. Born in 1973 at Stockholm. Works include Minecraft.
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• Name — Kristoffer Zetterstrand • Born — 27 September 1973 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Website — zetterstrand.com
Education and work
Education and work
Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and at Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Zetterstrand's works are influenced by both classical and Renaissance artwork, as well as computer graphics and 3D modeling. His debut exhibition in 2002 consisted of compilations for the video game Counter-Strike. In 2010, Markus Persson, Zetterstrand's former brother-in-law, included some of Zetterstrand's paintings in his game Minecraft, a sandbox and survival game inspired by Infiniminer. Since then, these paintings have become an iconic part of the game. In June 2024, Mojang Studios collaborated with Zetterstrand to add fifteen more paintings to Minecraft in commemoration of the game's fifteenth anniversary. 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.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — The game, 2009 • Illustration — The stage is set, 2006 • Illustration — Wanderer, 2008 • Illustration — The master, 2008 • Illustration — Dante and the three beasts, 2007 • Illustration — Thawing, 2008 • Illustration — Artist and still life, 2007 • Illustration — Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, 2008 • Illustration — Graham, 2003
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1973
Kristoffer Zetterstrand was born in 1973 at Stockholm.
Awards
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 sqm 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.
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- 1.Zetterstrand, Kristoffer. Kristoffer Zetterstrand's CV. Kristoffer Zetterstrand. 2012.
- 2.Galleri Mårtenson & Persson. Kristoffer Zetterstrand: Nya målningar. June 2012.
- 3.Landin, Per. Painting the Overworld. Minecraft.net. April 30, 2024.
- 4.Olofsson, Anders. Kristoffer Zetterstrand på Peter Bergman. Konsten.net. August 30, 2012.
- 5.Svanholm, Sofia. 30th anniversary of The Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Arts Fund. Sofia Svanholm. June 14, 2012.
- 6.NKS Bygg. Konstverk på NKS vinnare av Stora Kakelpriset. New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm County Council. November 22, 2013.
- 7.Byggkeramikrådet. Stora kakelpriset 2013. 2013.
- 8.Nordin, Charlotta. First art work at NKS inaugurated. New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm County Council. September 5, 2013.
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