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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“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

Michael Kvium

“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

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Untitled, 1999

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Untitled, 1999

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Compositions

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“Aorta”, part 3 of 3, 1998

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“Aorta”, part 3 of 3, 1998

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La Vida, 2009

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La Vida, 2009

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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Composition, 1994

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Composition, 1994

Sale Date: September 22, 2020

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Half dead Dane, 2010

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Half dead Dane, 2010

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Den dobbelte fremdrift (The Double..., 2014

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Den dobbelte fremdrift (The Double..., 2014

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Black & White Painting, 1998, 1998

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Black & White Painting, 1998, 1998

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Naturel Pattern, 2008–2009

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Naturel Pattern, 2008–2009

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Absolute Nature, 2007, 2007

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Absolute Nature, 2007, 2007

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Overgivelse til Omgivelse (Surrender to the..., 2004

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Overgivelse til Omgivelse (Surrender to the..., 2004

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Be Creative, 1999, 1999

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Be Creative, 1999, 1999

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Future Jam, 1995, 1995

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Future Jam, 1995, 1995

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Double composition from “Hu-hej, vilde Dyr”, 1995

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Double composition from “Hu-hej, vilde Dyr”, 1995

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“Nabobillede II”, 1995

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“Nabobillede II”, 1995

Sale Date: July 28, 2020

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Future View, 2004

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Future View, 2004

Sale Date: July 16, 2020

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“Naiv Opstilling”, 1995

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“Naiv Opstilling”, 1995

Sale Date: June 23, 2020

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Gravity Piece, 2005

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Gravity Piece, 2005

Sale Date: June 16, 2020

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Lime light bastard

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Lime light bastard

Sale Date: June 9, 2020

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Lime light bastard

Michael Kvium

Lime light bastard

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Lime light bastard, 2005

Michael Kvium

Lime light bastard, 2005

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Lost horizon, 2006

Michael Kvium

Lost horizon, 2006

Sale Date: June 2, 2020

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Lost horizon, 2006

Michael Kvium

Lost horizon, 2006

Sale Date: June 2, 2020

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