Christoph Eberle

Christoph Eberle, hyperrealist painter, born 1969, lives and works in Zurich. He graduated as an architect ETHZ, began painting in his early youth, was a self-employed graphic designer for over 20 years and lives now from painting.

Tradition and the present
Christoph Eberle's hyperrealistic oil paintings are created in the confrontation between tradition and the present. On the one hand, they continue the history of the old and newer masters such as Caravaggio, Jacques-Louis David, Caspar David Friedrich, Giovanni Segantini, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol or Franz Gertsch. These influences and especially Vermeer van Delft's almost photorealistic interpretation of reality meet in Eberle's work a sensitivity that has grown with the digital and high-resolution image reproduction possibilities.

Obsession with Detail
Christoph Eberle's pictures are constructed from photographs. However, they are not slavish copies of the photographic originals, but each represent a strong and independent pictorial idea. The hyperrealistic realisation is achieved with the finest and most precise brushstrokes. Such a meticulous approach limits the production to a few pictures per year.

Composing with light
Light as the medium of visual perception is ...

2024
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Das kleine Format​ #35 «Ins Blaue»
Group Show
Villa Meier-Severini, Dufourstrasse 86, 8702 Zollikon

2023

HYPER’23
Hyperrealistische Malerei aus Europa
Photobastei, Zürich
22. September bis 29. Oktober 2023

REAL’23
Realistische Malerei Schweiz Heute
zu Gast im Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil
5. – 14. Mai 2023
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Jubiläumsausstellung 20 Jahre Galerie Dutoit
Group Show
Galerie Dutoit, Unterentfelden
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Plus vrai que nature – l’hyperréalisme
Exposition dédiée au mouvement de l’Hyperréalisme
Group Show
Paris-Levallois, Hôtel de Ville (Frankreich)
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Das kleine Format​ #34 «Surprise»
Group Show
Villa Meier-Severini, Dufourstrasse 86, 8702 Zollikon
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2022

Art Dock
Group Show, Zürich
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Hyperrealismus – Oilpaintings
Solo show
Galerie Dutoit, Unterentfelden
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Juror at the International FiKVA Awards

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2021

Grosse Regionale
*Alte Fabrik​ / Kunst(Zeug)Haus
Jurierte Ausstellung regionaler Kunstschaffender
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Galería artelibre 20 años, en 20×20
Group show
Galería Arte Roma, Zaragoza, Spain
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Hallo, Tod!
Interdisciplinary cultural festival at various locations, Zürich

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2020

Finale 2020
Galerie Dutoit, Unterentfelden
Group Show
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Christoph Eberle
Medardus Hagner
Hyperrealismus trifft
Pop-Surrealismus
Galerie Wehrli zu Gast bei
Fabi...