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)

Hair I-III (3 works), 1997

Michael Kvium

Hair I-III (3 works), 1997

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Composition, 1987

Michael Kvium

Composition, 1987

Sale Date: September 15, 2014

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Three compositions: Identity I-III, 1997

Michael Kvium

Three compositions: Identity I-III, 1997

Sale Date: September 15, 2014

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Basic Rhytm II, 1995–1996

Michael Kvium

Basic Rhytm II, 1995–1996

Sale Date: September 24, 2014

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Untitled, 2003

Michael Kvium

Untitled, 2003

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Basic Rhythm II, 1996

Michael Kvium

Basic Rhythm II, 1996

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Basic Rhythm II, 1996

Michael Kvium

Basic Rhythm II, 1996

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Mønsterbillede (Pattern Painting), 2002

Michael Kvium

Mønsterbillede (Pattern Painting), 2002

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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U.T. (Untitled), 1998

Michael Kvium

U.T. (Untitled), 1998

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Three compositions. Hair I-III, 1997

Michael Kvium

Three compositions. Hair I-III, 1997

Sale Date: September 2, 2014

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Naiv Opstilling, 1995

Michael Kvium

Naiv Opstilling, 1995

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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Troner, del 3 (Thrones, part 3), 1989

Michael Kvium

Troner, del 3 (Thrones, part 3), 1989

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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Troner, del 2 (Thrones, part 2), 1989

Michael Kvium

Troner, del 2 (Thrones, part 2), 1989

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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Troner, del 1 (Thrones, part 1), 1989

Michael Kvium

Troner, del 1 (Thrones, part 1), 1989

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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Man kan hvad man vil

Michael Kvium

Man kan hvad man vil

Sale Date: August 18, 2014

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Selvportræt som Eckersbergs Thorvaldsen and...

Michael Kvium

Selvportræt som Eckersbergs Thorvaldsen and...

Sale Date: August 11, 2014

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Fools (3 works)

Michael Kvium

Fools (3 works)

Sale Date: August 4, 2014

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Your Rights When You're Arrested - Gang Wars , 1981

Michael Kvium

Your Rights When You're Arrested - Gang Wars , 1981

Sale Date: August 4, 2014

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Amorphous compositions, 1989

Michael Kvium

Amorphous compositions, 1989

Sale Date: June 23, 2014

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Your Rights When You're Arrested - Gang Wars , 1981

Michael Kvium

Your Rights When You're Arrested - Gang Wars , 1981

Sale Date: June 9, 2014

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Model, 1991

Michael Kvium

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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Model, 1992

Michael Kvium

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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For Men Only, 1983

Michael Kvium

For Men Only, 1983

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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For Men Only, 1983

Michael Kvium

For Men Only, 1983

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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