Tristan

Tristan Berthoud is a young Franco-Bosnian artist that grew up in Sarajevo, currently finishing his graphic design MA in Budapest. Through series of bold and saturated posters, Tristan explores the notion of identity through different prisms, the fragmentation of identity in a digital era, inherited cultural identity, the tension between collective and individual identity.

His introduction to the alternative and street art scene of Budapest during his studies showed him how art can be used as a vector for political protest and for the expression of the ideas, feelings, issues and longings of a community. He since then believes that art is not only the expression of the artist, but also a visual representation of a collective spirit, that it has the power to bring people together, to understand one another without needing words.

With a particular interest for printmaking techniques, he also works with linocuts and incorporates halftone, duotone and risograph textures in his posters and worked on the illustration and printing of his version of "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri for his bachelor's diploma graduation project.