Galleri Faurschou

Michael Kvium

Born 1955 in Horsens, Denmark

Education:
1979- 85
The Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark

Solo exhibitions:
2008
"An eye for a tale and a tale for an eye, Faurschou CPH, Denmark
"European Intruder", Faurschou Beijing, China
"Intruder's 'Eyes", The Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Michael Kvium in China", Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum, China

2007
"Night Eye", Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Silent Eye", Ordrupgaard Collection, Charlottenlund, Denmark
2006
“Jay Walking Eyes”, retrospective, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2005
”Michael Kvium”, Nordiska Akvarell Museet, Sverige
Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, Holland
2004
“Silence”, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norge
“Deep Forest”, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norge
“Paradise Fall”, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norge
“Silence”, Gallery Faurschou, København, Danmark
2003
“Eye Fall”, DCA Gallery, New York, USA
“Deep Forest”, Horsens Kunstmuseum
2002
“The Wake”, DCA Gallery, New York, USA
“Bidrag til Bedrag”, Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Danmark
2001
“Nieuwe Schilderijen”, Galerie Hof und Huyser, The Netherlands
”Maleriets Rum”, Galleri Brandstrup, Norge
”Gifted Paintings”, Galleri Faurschou, Denmark
2000
”Baroque Coherence”, DCA Gallery, New York, USA
”The Wake”, in cooperation with Christian Lemmerz, Statens Museum for Kunst,Copenhagen
”Baroque Coherence”, DCA Gallery, New York
1999
”135”, Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Tyskland
1998
”Fools”, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
“Short Stories”, Galleri Faurschou, Købehavn, Denmark
”Opretstående Malerier”, Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Danmark
“Eyes of Reality”, Nordens Hus
“Momentum”, Galleri Brandstrup, Moss, Norge
“Fools”, Det dansk Kulturministerium, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Black Nose”, DCA Gallery, New York, USA
1997
“Pay Back”, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
“Circus Humanus”, Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark
1996
“Omstendige Historier”, Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark
1995
“Double Pain,” DCA Gallery, New York, USA
“Domestic Scene,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Basic Rhythm,” Vejle Art Museum, Vejle, Denmark, (catalogue) Additional venue:
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
1994
“Natural Paintings,” Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1993
“Global Dwarf,” Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Art Unto Sickness,” Galleri F15, Moss, Norway, (catalogue) Additional
venues: 1994: Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, Denmark; Nordic Art
Center, Sveaborg, Finland
1992
“Arvtagerbilleder,” Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
1991
“Livogdødelleringentingtil,” Galleri Specta, Aarhus, Denmark
“Chorós,” Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, (catalogue) Additional
venue 1992: South Jutland Museum of Art, Denmark
1990
“Lucias øjne,” Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark; (catalogue) Additional venue:
Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark
“Untitled paintings,” Galleri Prag, Copenhagen, Denmark “Titelless Paintings” Gallery
Arctius, London, England
1989
“Overflodsbilleder,” Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
1988
“Re.Kvium,” Galleri Prag, Copenhagen, Denmark, (catalogue)
“Papirvirus,” West Zealand Art Museum, Sorø, Denmark, (catalogue) Additional
venue: 1989: Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, Denmark
“Michael Kvium,” Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
1987
“Kvinder,” Galleri Prag, Copenhagen, Denmark, (catalogue)
“D.N.A.,” Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany, (catalogue) Franz Pedersens
Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
1986
“Michael Kvium & Lars Nørgaard,” Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens,
Denmark
1985
“Michael Kvium,” Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
1984
“Sorte 80'ere,” Galleri A-Gruppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1983
“Michael Kvium,” Galleri 33, Roskilde, Denmark
“Michael Kvium,” Galleri A-Gruppen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Group exhibitions:
2010
Cornelius Völker og Michael Kvium: ECHO. Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2008
Jesus Crisis with Christian Lemmerz, Galleri Brandstrup, Norway
2007
Grønningen, Charlottenborg, Denmark
2005
“Lemmerz, Kvium, Frandsen”, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norge
2004
”KLF”, Michael Kvium, Christian Lemmerz, Erik A. Frandsen, DCA Gallery, New York
“Lost”, Martin Bigum, Michael Kvium, Andrea Lehman, Astrid Nondal,
Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam
2003
”Titel”, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Kjell Erik Killi Olsen og Michael Kvium
2002
”Erik A. Frandsen, Michael Kvium, Christian Lemmerz,” Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
”Socle du Monde”, Herning Kunstmuseum
1999
”Mennesket”, Arken Museum of Modern Art
”Utopia”, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
”Eyegoblack”, Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasilien; Den 7. Internationale biennale, Havanna, Cuba; Eyegoblack”, Museo National de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Eyegoblack”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Chile, Eyegoblack”, Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
1998
”Eyes of Reality”, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Island
1997
“Liber Blu”, Galleria Blu, Milano, Italy
“Grosse Kunstaustellung NRD,“ Düsseldorf 1996, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
1996
”KLF,” med Christian Lemmerz og Erik A. Frandsen, Arken Art Museum, Ishøj, Denmark; DCA Gallery, New York, USA
1995
“From the Golden Age Until Today. 200 Years of Danish Art and Handicraft,” City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Great Britain (catalogue)
“Dänemark,” Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany (catalogue)
“Stockholm Art Fair 95,” Galleri Faurschou, Stockholm, Sweden
“On Location,” Bruxelles, Belgium
“10 år med årets kunstner,” Aarhus Artbuilding, Aarhus, Denmark
“Copenhagen Art Fair,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
“X/Y Identity and Position in Contemporary Nordic Art,” Turku Art Museum, Turku,
Finland, (catalogue) Additional venue: 1995: Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
“Cityslang,” Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Stockholm Art Fair 94,” Galleri Faurschou, Stockholm, Sweden
“Works on paper,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
“FIAC,” Galleri Faurschou, Paris, France
“Art Cologne,” Galleri Faurschou, Cologne, Germany
“Danish Contemporary Art,” 420 W. Broadway, New York, USA
“Blind Date. Ten Years After,” Hersegade 17, Roskilde, Denmark
“Nordiskt Önskemuseum,” Gothenburg Art Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Copenhagen Art Fair,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
“HJÆLP! Jeg er samler,” Randers Museum of Art, Randers, Denmark
1993
“FIAC,” Galleri Faurschou, Paris, France
“Billedbytning,” Vejle Art Museum, Vejle, Denmark
“Spejlbilleder,” The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
“Copenhagen Art Fair,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
1992
“Norsken 92,” Biennale for Young Scandinavian Art, Kunsthallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Inferno,” The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, (catalogue)
“Kitch bli'r Kunst,” Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991
“Nordiska Teckningar,” Nordic Art Center, Sveaborg, Finland (catalogue) Additional
venues: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark; 1992: Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
“Kirsten and Palle Diges Fonds 25 års Jubilæumsudstilling, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
1990
“Noordkunst,” Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Groningen, Netherlands
1989
“Udsøgte akvareller,” The Department of Prints and Drawings at The Royal Museum
of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Skulls,” Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988
“Danemark. Ateliers en liberte. 17 artiste danois,” Foundation Cartier, Paris, France
“Focus,” Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
“Danish Art,” Galleri F15, Moos, Norway
“Himmelgåden,” The Free Exhibition Building, Copenhagen, Denmark
1987
“Eighty. European Painters,” European Traveling Exhibition, Strasbourg, France, (catalogue) Additional venue: Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Nye billeder i 80'erne,” The Department of Prints and Drawings at The Royal Museum of
Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1986
Villiam H. Michaelsen Legat, The Department of Prints and Drawings at The Royal Museum
of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Limelight,” Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Vild med Kunst,” Hunov's Collection, Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark (catalogue)
“Kunst i offentlige rum. Realitet/utopi,” Køge Museum of Art Sketch Gallery, Køge,
Denmark
1985
“Vi har ingenting at sige, men vi gør det så koncentreret som muligt,” (with Christian
Lemmerz), Galleri Kongo, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue)
Eks-Skolens Forlag (w. Chr. Lemmerz), Copenhagen, Denmark
Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens, Denmark
“Tegneserie,” Galleri Basilisk, (w. Christian Lemmerz), Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue)
“Børn og unge i dansk kunst,” Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, Denmark
1983
“Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling,” The Free Exhibition Building, Copenhagen, Denmark
1981
“Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling,” The Free Exhibition Building, Copenhagen, Denmark
1980
“Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling,” The Free Exhibition Building, Copenhagen,Denmark

Performance:
1997
“Failagain Wake”, w. Christian Lemmerz, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj,
Denmark
1989
“Luxus/Fluxus,” (Performance group Vaerst), “The Musicians Paints-The Painters Make
Music and The Writers Shut Up,” Kulturministeriet, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Body,” (Performance group Vaerst), Aarhus Festival, Aarhus, Denmark; Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988
“A Twin,” (w. Sonny Tronborg), Billedfabrikken, Odense, Denmark
“Work in Progress,” (Performance group Vaerst), The Festival Permutant Wurst,
Copenhagen, Denmark
1987
“Afasi I,” (Performance group Vaerst), Café Kellerdirk, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Afasi II,” (Performance group Vaerst), Sveaborg, Finland
“Afasi III,” (Performance group Vaerst), Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
1986
“Afasi,” (Performance group Vaerst), Sole, Stavanger, Norway
1985
”We have nothing to say, but we do it as concentrated as possible”, Performance group
Værst,Galleri Kongo, Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Mountaineers” and “In the Valley”, Performance group Værst, Fall Exhibition, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Hans U.N.K.”, Performance group Værst, Stockholm, Sweden
“Hans,” Performance group Værst, Holbæk Art School, Holbæk, Denmark; Additional venue: Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen, Denmark
1984
“Cordelia I,” (Performance group T'um), Tranegaarden, Gentofte, Denmark
“Cordelia II,” (Performance group T'um),
“Gud og Grammatik,” Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Danish,” (Performance w. Chr. Lemmerz), The Cultural House, Stockholm, Sweden
“Nihil”, w. Chr. Lemmerz, Galleri Sub-Set, Copenhagen, Denmark


Film:
2008
The Wake, 11th Cairo International Bienniale, Cairo, Egypt
2001
The Wake, a film by Christian Lemmerz and Michael Kvium
The Wake on Tour:
13/11-00 - 30/1-2001 Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16/11-00 - 30/1-01 Bienal de Arte de la Habana, Cuba
6/12-00 – 31/1-01 Bienal Arte de Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina
16/1 – 10/2-01 The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburg, England
9/2-4/3-91 Horsens Museum of Art, Horsens, Denmark
30-31/3-01 Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lissabon

1999
”The Wake”, film by Christian Lemmerz and Michael Kvium
The Wake on tour:
13/9, Royal Museum of Art, Art Biennal 2000
16/12 – 15/10, Amsterdam, World Wide Video Festival
4/11 - Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
1992
“Voodoo-Europa,” 35mm., w. Chr. Lemmerz
1991
“Albert at Andy's,” Portrait of (the danish artist) Albert Mertz
1986
“Grød,” (Porridge), 16mm., w. Performance group Værst


Represented at:
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum, China
ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
Cabinet Des Estampes, Geneve, Switzerland
Esbjerg Art Museum, Esbjerg, Denmark
Frisia Museum, Spanbroek, The Netherlands
Gothenburg Art Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Haugar Vestfold, Tønsberg, Norge
Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark
Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, Denmark
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
South Jutland Museum of Art, Denmark
The Department of Prints and Drawings at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Nordic Watercolour Muesum, Göteborg, Sweden
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vejle Art Museum, Vejle, Denmark
West Zealand Art Museum, Sorø, Denmark
The Nordic watercolour museum, Sweden

Bibliography:
”Ateliers en liberte: 17 artistes danois”, Foundation Cartier, Paris, 1988
B. Mats, ” Dansk Nutidskunst 9, Michael Kvium”, Copenhagen, 1991
Bjørnstrand, Gabrielle, “Det fulas övertag”, in: Paletten, 1, 1989, p. 15-16
Damsgaard, Nina, ”Figur i fokus”, Vejle Art Museum, 1994
”Michael Kvium. Kvinder”, Galleri Prag, Hellerup, 1987
”Michael Kvium. ReKvium”, Galleri Prag, Hellerup, 1988
Gottlieb, Lennart; Høgsbro, Cecilie, “Inferno”, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1993
“Michael Kvium: Basic Rhythm: Tegning, Akvarel og Gouache.” Ed.; Hobolth, Nina; Jacobsen, Signe, text by Grøndahl, Jens Christian.Vejle Art Museum, Denmark; Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Hagedorn-Olsen, Claus, “Lars Nørgård & Michael Kvium”, Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, 1986
Hagedorn-Olsen, Claus, “Papirvirus”, Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, 1988
Hagedorn-Olsen, Claus; “Dansk Kunst i Galleri F15”, Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Horsens, 1988
Sandberg, Lotte, “Overflodsbilleder”, Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Denmark; Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark; Herning Art Museum, Denmark.
“Michael Kvium Kunsten til Sygdom” (The Art Unto Sickness), ed: Hagedorn-Olsen, Claus 1992, Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Denmark; Galleri F15, Norway; Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Nordic Arts Centre, Norway.
Hunov, John, “Limelight”, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, 1986
“Jaywalking Eyes”, ed.: Kvium, Michael & Ørskou, Gitte, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2006
Jensen, Carsten, Danish Contemporary Art, 420 West Broadway, New York, USA, 1994.
Jensen, Carsten, “X/Y Identity and Position in Contemporary Nordic Art”, Turku Art Museum, Finland
“Chorós: malerier af Michael Kvium,” ed.: Kvium, Michael and Gottlieb, Lennart, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark; South Jutland Museum of Art, Denmark
Larsen, Ane Heilskov, “Under Versushimmel” in: Cras, 58, p. 96-103, 1990
Meyer, Peter S., “Kunst er hjernens affald” (interv.m.M.K.) in: Atlas, nr. 7, 1985
Michael Kvium og Christian Lemmerz, ”Værst-private stykker”, København, 1986
Runolfsson, Halldø Björn, ”Nordiska Teckningar”, Nordisk Konstcentrum, Helsinki 1991
Tøjner, Erik Poul; Stjernfelt, Frederik, ”Billedstorm”, København, 1989
Tvermose, Michael, ”Danske akvareller. Fra Cramer til Kvium”, København, 1994
Østergaard, Martin, ”Kvium - den svævende dreng,” in: Månedsbladet Press, nr. 88, 1993