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Michael Kvium is a Danish painter, sculptor, and installation artist. He is best known for his large-scale, often grotesque, figurative paintings. He has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States, and his works are held in numerous public and private collections. Kvium was born in Horsens, Denmark, and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1975 to 1981. He has been a professor at the Academy since 1997. Kvium's works often feature distorted figures in surreal settings, often with a darkly humorous edge. His paintings often feature a combination of realism and abstraction, and he often uses a limited palette of colors. He has also created a number of sculptures and installations, often featuring figures in motion. Kvium has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Eckersberg Medal in 1988, the Thorvaldsen Medal in 1995, and the Prince Eugen Medal in 2002. He was also awarded the Danish Arts Foundation's three-year work grant in 1989. As of 2021, Michael Kvium's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 15 November 1955
Birthday 15 November
Birthplace Horsens, Denmark
Nationality Denmark

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His wife is Kristin Gudnason (m. 1987)

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2001

In 2001, Kvium was awarded the Eckersberg Medal. In 2010, he was decorated with the Order of the Dannebrog.

1981

Born in Horsens in the east of Jutland, Kvium studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Albert Mertz and Stig Brøgger. His paintings and graphic works often resemble comic strip art or extensions of 17th-century Baroque paintings. They depict the more negative aspects of Western culture. Motifs include grotesque monsters, half man half woman, sometimes approaching self-portraits. In 1981, together with Erik A. Frandsen and Christian Lemmerz, he was one of the cofounders of Værkstedet Værst, a collaborative workshop for performance art. From the 1980s, his works include virus-like shapes as part of the growth cycles. Works from the 1990s also include bandaged figures depicting paralysis and claustrophobia as can be seen in Kor (1991). Solo exhibitions at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (2006) and Ordrupgaard (2007) have included large works evoking relationships with the landscape and nature. His works also include videos, comic strips and performances. He has created stage sets in collaboration with Katrine Wiedemann. Together with Christian Lemmerz, in 2000 he created an eight-hour-long silent film titled The Wake inspired by James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

1955

Michael Otto Albert Kvium (born 15 November 1955) is a Danish artist. He has excelled in a number of fields such as painting, illustrating, sculpting and various performance genres. Since the early 1980s, he has created grotesque realistic works, depicting the darker side of life.