Michael Kvium

(Danish, born 1955)

Michael Kvium is a Danish artist best known for his illustrations and paintings of grotesque creatures rendered in a realistic way. Kvium’s works are obliquely meant to comment on the ugliness of humanity and himself. “When you are working existentially, as I do, it's very important, all the while, to try to include the whole person, and the whole person is, of course, also the feeling of being human, from when one is very young until old age,” he remarked. “The feeling of being vulnerable, the feeling of frailness. But here, I'm working much more abstractly seeing that ordinarily, people react very violently.” Many of his works depict figures that resemble the artist, but are somehow contorted or discolored. Born on November 15, 1955 in Horsens, Denmark, the artist studied under Albert Mertz and Stig Brøgger at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He would go on to create Værkstedet Værst, a collaborative workshop for performance art, alongside artist Christian Lemmerz. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Red Brick Contemporary Art Museum in Beijing, China, and the Cabinet Des Estampes in Geneva, Switzerland, among others. Kvium lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Michael Kvium Artworks

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Composition, 1994

Michael Kvium

Composition, 1994

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“Blind end”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Blind end”, 1997

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“Fingerprint” Portfolio comprising 25 unique , 2001

Michael Kvium

“Fingerprint” Portfolio comprising 25 unique , 2001

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“Neighbours”, 2006

Michael Kvium

“Neighbours”, 2006

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Three compositions from the series..., 1995

Michael Kvium

Three compositions from the series..., 1995

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“Paper tale”, 2016

Michael Kvium

“Paper tale”, 2016

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“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

Michael Kvium

“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

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“Limelight Bastard”, 2005

Michael Kvium

“Limelight Bastard”, 2005

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Untitled, 2018

Michael Kvium

Untitled, 2018

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“Fools no. 3

Michael Kvium

“Fools no. 3", 2003

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“Fools no. 2”, 2003

Michael Kvium

“Fools no. 2”, 2003

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“Short Story”, 2014

Michael Kvium

“Short Story”, 2014

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“Warscape”, 2022

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“Warscape”, 2022

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“Z-one”, 2022

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“Z-one”, 2022

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Untitled, 2001

Michael Kvium

Untitled, 2001

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Composition from the series “Engle..., 1987

Michael Kvium

Composition from the series “Engle..., 1987

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Michael Kvium

"Pos./neg. prints III", 1997

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Michael Kvium

"Pos./neg. prints II", 1997

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Michael Kvium

"Pos./neg. prints IV", 1997

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Michael Kvium

"Pos./neg. prints I", 1997

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Michael Kvium

"Short Story", 2020

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Michael Kvium

"As simple as life", 2011

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Michael Kvium

"Naiv opstilling", 1995

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Michael Kvium

"Fruits", 1995

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