artist
Peter Köhler
- Born
- Sweden
Dazzlingly beautiful and vaguely disturbing – is perhaps one way of describing Peter Köhler’s monstrous imagery. Köhler is inspired by a myriad of phenomena. Top of the list is folklore, the occult and esoterica. Literary sources are also vital, including the gothic tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Edgar Allan Poe. Some characters recur and architectonic elements such as enigmatic buildings, doors and staircases create mindboggling spatialities. The greenery is a living organism in itself. The viewer is simply forced to navigate the chaotic sceneries in imaginary places without maps or reliable coordinates.
Peter Köhler was educated at The Nordic Art School in Karleby, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design i London and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.