Kaarlo Stauffer

Kaarlo Stauffer works with figurative painting, oftentimes using different kinds of sourced materials such as photographs, drawings, illustrations or found images as his starting points. The relationship between his source material, the act of painting, observation and narrative are at constant interplay in Stauffer’s work.

Stauffer’s paintings, created in the alternation of rich, layered surfaces and light, airy strokes, depict simultaneously something familiar and something fantastical, strange and uncanny. Stauffer’s works are heavily influenced by art history, literature and philosophy. Through these inspirations, his skillful use of paint and colours and his treatment of landscape and casts of characters Stauffer creates his own unique world and vocabulary of painting.

Kaarlo Stauffer (b. 1988 Nastola) lives and works in Helsinki. He graduated with an MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2014 and has since held private exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions both in Finland and internationally. His works are found in several private collection as well as notable collections, such as those of Turku Art Museum, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Stockholms läns landsting, Lahti Museum of Arts, the Finnish State Art Commission and the Heino Foundation.