Artist
Stephan Hostettler
Born 1988 in Unterseen, lives and works in Bern
Stephan Hostettler paints mainly in detailed oil on canvas, combining realism with a cartoon aesthetic. His pictures of people, scenes and objects from contemporary life tip familiar motifs into the absurd, with odd characters and surreal situations that bring out the contradictions of society through gentle humour. Hostettler's underlying subject is how people live, or could live, in the world, and his humour is meant to be critical and to start conversations.
