Hans Stoll
Bio
He studied Communication Sciences and Photography. He began his career in the arts before turning his attention to portraiture, a genre he pursued alongside fashion and advertising photography for over ten years.
Since 2005, he has focused on the arts again, exhibiting in major galleries and cultural centres in Lima. He has held nine solo exhibitions, including at: Galería Cecilia Gonzales, the San Isidro Municipal Cultural Centre, the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Cultural Centre, the Galería Vértice, the Peruvian-British Cultural Centre, the ICPNA in Miraflores and the Carlos Caamaño Photo Gallery. He has also held a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Bahia, Brazil.
He has participated in over fifteen group projects, exhibiting his work in Lima, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, New York, Santiago, Bahia, San José, Bogotá, Frankfurt, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Brasília and Paris. He has participated in the ArtLima, ArtBo, Scope Miami, Lima Photo, Buenos Aires Photo, Pinta New York, Fotofever Paris, Este Arte Uruguay, Photo Basel, Positions Berlin and Photo London art fairs.
Stoll was a finalist for the Petrobras – Buenos Aires Photo award and the Repsol – Lima Photo award for three consecutive years, in 2011, 2012 and 2013. His work was included in the Jan Mulder Collection group exhibition at Casa de América in Madrid as part of Arco 2019.
His photographs are included in several renowned private collections in Latin America, including the prestigious Deutsche Bank Collection in New York, Fola Argentina, the Jan Mulder Collection and the Hochschildt Collection.
Statement
His work could be described as a visual architecture that evokes perceptions of place through the construction of austere, formally clean images. Whether in portraiture, natural and urban landscapes, or architecture—genres he continually explores—his images flow organically and naturally, synthesising a photographic image that captures moments of contemplation and reflection. Whether through more traditional modes of photographic representation or via other techniques such as collage or photo-sculpture, a broader consideration of his work leads us to interpret his perspective as emerging from a space of modernist thought and creation.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
