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

Michael Kvium (1,532 results)

Hellway, 2006

Michael Kvium

Hellway, 2006

Sale Date: June 2, 2020

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White flood, 2004

Michael Kvium

White flood, 2004

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Komposition No, 1988

Michael Kvium

Komposition No, 1988

Sale Date: June 17, 2020

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Naturel Pattern”, 2008–09, 2008–2009

Michael Kvium

Naturel Pattern”, 2008–09, 2008–2009

Sale Date: June 16, 2020

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Brown Gifted, 2005

Michael Kvium

Brown Gifted, 2005

Sale Date: June 16, 2020

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Pos, 1996

Michael Kvium

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Europa underholder, 1993

Michael Kvium

Europa underholder, 1993

Sale Date: June 16, 2020

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Man kan altid få en Pige til at smide Tøjet, 1987

Michael Kvium

Man kan altid få en Pige til at smide Tøjet, 1987

Sale Date: May 26, 2020

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Untitled, 1979

Michael Kvium

Untitled, 1979

Sale Date: May 26, 2020

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Untitled, 1997

Michael Kvium

Untitled, 1997

Sale Date: May 26, 2020

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Lime light bastard

Michael Kvium

Lime light bastard

Sale Date: May 26, 2020

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Lime light bastard

Michael Kvium

Lime light bastard

Sale Date: May 26, 2020

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Three composition from “Princes and Prinsesses, 2010

Michael Kvium

Three composition from “Princes and Prinsesses, 2010

Sale Date: April 21, 2020

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Two part story

Michael Kvium

Two part story

Sale Date: April 7, 2020

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Michael Kvium

"Fremtidsskitse” (Sketch for the future), 1999

Sale Date: April 7, 2020

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Clothes on chair, 1980

Michael Kvium

Clothes on chair, 1980

Sale Date: March 31, 2020

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Growth picture, 1988

Michael Kvium

Growth picture, 1988

Sale Date: March 31, 2020

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Composition, 1987

Michael Kvium

Composition, 1987

Sale Date: March 31, 2020

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The person behind, 2017

Michael Kvium

The person behind, 2017

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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Westerneyed Salesman, 2015

Michael Kvium

Westerneyed Salesman, 2015

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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From the series “Kunsten til sygdom, 1992

Michael Kvium

From the series “Kunsten til sygdom, 1992

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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Blind End, 1997

Michael Kvium

Blind End, 1997

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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Tankemodel, 1990

Michael Kvium

Tankemodel, 1990

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From the series “Kunsten til sygdom, 1992

Michael Kvium

From the series “Kunsten til sygdom, 1992

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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