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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Short Story, 2004

Michael Kvium

Short Story, 2004

Sale Date: September 30, 2013

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Organic composition, 1989

Michael Kvium

Organic composition, 1989

Sale Date: September 23, 2013

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Bubblehead, 1998

Michael Kvium

Bubblehead, 1998

Sale Date: September 16, 2013

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Engle eksisterer skam (Angles do exist)..., 1987

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Engle eksisterer skam (Angles do exist)..., 1987

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Fruits, 2006

Michael Kvium

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Two Part Story, 2006

Michael Kvium

Two Part Story, 2006

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Forest piece, 2004

Michael Kvium

Forest piece, 2004

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Forest piece, 2004

Michael Kvium

Forest piece, 2004

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Those bloody Hands, 2003

Michael Kvium

Those bloody Hands, 2003

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Composition with breast, 1984

Michael Kvium

Composition with breast, 1984

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Baghåndsmaleri (Backhand Painting), 2001

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Baghåndsmaleri (Backhand Painting), 2001

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Basic Rhytm II, 1996

Michael Kvium

Basic Rhytm II, 1996

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Fool, 2006

Michael Kvium

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Freestyle Body (series of 6), 2004

Michael Kvium

Freestyle Body (series of 6), 2004

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Mønsterbillede (Pattern Painting), 2002

Michael Kvium

Mønsterbillede (Pattern Painting), 2002

Sale Date: September 24, 2013

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Deep Forest, 2003

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Deep Forest, 2003

Sale Date: September 24, 2013

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Eternal Head and Shithead (2 works), 1998

Michael Kvium

Eternal Head and Shithead (2 works), 1998

Sale Date: August 26, 2013

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Self portrait as Eckersbergs Thorvaldsen, 2001

Michael Kvium

Self portrait as Eckersbergs Thorvaldsen, 2001

Sale Date: August 5, 2013

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On Line, 2003

Michael Kvium

On Line, 2003

Sale Date: June 24, 2013

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Begyndelsen til enden (The Beginning of the..., 2002

Michael Kvium

Begyndelsen til enden (The Beginning of the..., 2002

Sale Date: June 10, 2013

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Woman with apple, 1994

Michael Kvium

Woman with apple, 1994

Sale Date: June 10, 2013

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Pale Eyed View, 2006

Michael Kvium

Pale Eyed View, 2006

Sale Date: June 10, 2013

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Ambivalent painting III (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1998

Michael Kvium

Ambivalent painting III (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1998

Sale Date: June 12, 2013

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Organic composition, 1988

Michael Kvium

Organic composition, 1988

Sale Date: June 12, 2013

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