Per Kirkeby
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Per Kirkeby is a Danish
painter
, poet, filmmaker and sculptor.
1962 Studies at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; works in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces
1974 First exhibition with Michael Werner Gallery
, Cologne (still representing his work in Germany, UK and US); publishes 'Fliegende Blätter'
1976 Participates in Venice Biennale
(also in 1980, 1993, 1997 and 2005)
1977 One-man exhibition in the Museum Folkwang
, Essen
1978 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
1979 Purchases a house on the island Laeso in the Cattegat
1982 One-man exhibition in the Van Abbemuseum
, Eindhoven; Documenta
VII, Kassel
1988 Publishes books of essays on Delacroix, Manet, Picasso
1990 Receives the Art Prize of NORD/LB, endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art
1996 Receives the 'Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award' and the 'Henrik-Steffens-Award 1996'
1999 Designs “Swan Lake”, New York City Ballet
2000 Professorship at the 'Städelschule
', Frankfurt a.M.
2003 Receives 'Herbert-Boeckl-Preis' for his lifework
2007 Designs set and costumes for “Romeo and Juliet”, New York City Ballet
; first major exhibition in China at Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; “Per
Kirkeby”, Arts Club of Chicago
2008 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
, Denmark
2009 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Tate Modern
, London
Per Kirkeby currently lives and works in Copenhagen
, Læsø
, Frankfurt am Main and Italy
.
2008 - 09 Per Kirkeby, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
, Humlebæk, Copenhagen
2007 Designs settings and costumes for “Romeo and Juliet”, New York City Ballet
2007 Per Kirkeby, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2007 Per Kirkeby: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne and Julius Werner Berlin, Germany
2007 Per Kirkeby, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
2006 Per Kirkeby Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen
2006 Per Kirkeby – Prototypes of Nature, Kunsthalle im Emden, Emden
2006 Per Kirkeby – DS Art Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
2006 Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
2006 Per Kirkeby / Crystal – Reflections, Connections and References, Aargaouer Kunsthaus, Aarau
2006 Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim, Bilbao
2005 Per Kirkeby, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
2005 Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, New York Michael Werner Gallery
2005 Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2005 Per Kirkeby, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA exhibition page at LA Louver
2005 Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
2004 Per Kirkeby, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck
2004 Per Kirkeby: Bilder, Masonite, Zeichnungen, Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg
2004 Per Kirkeby. Ohne Beweis, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie und Verlag, Berlin
2004 Per Kirkeby LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
2004 Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen
2004 Per Kirkeby – Retrospettiva dei Disegni, Accademia Tedesca in Roma, Villa Massimo, [Rom]
2003 Per Kirkeby – Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
2002 Per Kirkeby. Monotypes, University Art Gallery, University Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth (MA)
2002 DC: Per Kirkeby. 122 x 122 - Gemälde auf Masonit, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2001 Per Kirkeby. Monotypien, Masonite, Bronzen, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, Luxemburg
2000 Per Kirkeby. Die Karlsruher Jahre, im Hallenbau A, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2000 Per Kirkeby. Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Monotypien • 1980-2000, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie und Verlag, Berlin
1998 Per Kirkeby. Schilderijen, sculpturen en modellen in brons/Peintures, Sculptures et modèles en bronze, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux Arts, Brüssel
1997 Per Kirkeby - Malerier og skulpturer, Galleri Riis, Oslo
1996 Per Kirkeby. Peintures 1992 - 1996, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Centre d'art contemporain, Cajarc-Lot, France
1991 Per Kirkeby. Pinturas y Esculturas, Galeria Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid
1990 Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
1987 Ludwig Museum Cologne
1985 Whitechapel Art Gallery London
1984 An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1982 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
1978 Kunsthalle Bern
1977 Museum Folkwang Essen
1975 Statens Museum for Kunst ("The Danish National Gallery") Copenhagen
2003 Per Kirkeby. Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, (Sinclair-Haus, Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe; Deutsche Akademie Rom, Villa Massimo; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen). Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe : ALTANA, 2003
1999 Per Kirkeby. Sorte billeder og bronzer. Schwarze Bilder und Bronzen, (Kat. Museumsberg, Flensburg, Tønder/ Flensburg: Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum/Museumsberg, 1999
1999 Per Kirkeby, malerier og bronzer, Magasin 3, art gallery, Stockholm 1999
1997 Kirkeby, Per: Gespräche mit Lars Morell, Köln: König, 1998, (Kunstwissenschaftliche Bibliothek; Bd. 8), Zugl. Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1997
1994 Per Kirkeby. Großformatige Zeichnungen 1977-1994, (Kat.), Portikus, Frankfurt a.M., Münster: Kleinheinrich, 1994
1990 Per Kirkeby. Gemälde, Arbeiten auf Papier, Skulpturen 1977-90, (Kat.), Frankfurt a.M.: Städelsches Kunstinstitut, 1990
1989 Per Kirkeby. Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos, (Kat.), Valencia: IVAM, Centre del Carme, 1989
1984 Per Kirkeby. Übermalungen 1964-1984, (Kat.), München: Kunstraum, 1984
1979 Hunov, John: Per Kirkeby. Oeuvrekatalog 1958-1977 over raderinger, linoleumssnit, træsnit, Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1979
1977 Per Kirkeby. Fliegende Blätter, (Kat.), Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1977
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, poet, filmmaker and sculptor.
Biography
1974 First exhibition with Michael Werner Gallery
Michael Werner Gallery
Michael Werner Gallery is an art gallery founded by Michael Werner in New York City during the year 1990. It is the U.S. extension of the German Galerie Michael Werner founded in 1963 in Berlin.-History:...
, Cologne (still representing his work in Germany, UK and US); publishes 'Fliegende Blätter'
1976 Participates in Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
(also in 1980, 1993, 1997 and 2005)
1977 One-man exhibition in the Museum Folkwang
Museum Folkwang
Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th and 20th century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1901.The term...
, Essen
1978 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
1979 Purchases a house on the island Laeso in the Cattegat
1982 One-man exhibition in the Van Abbemuseum
Van Abbemuseum
Van Abbemuseum is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel river. Established in 1936, the Abbe Museum is named after its founder, Abbe Henri. Abbe was a lover of modern art and wanted to enjoy it there from Eindhoven...
, Eindhoven; Documenta
Documenta
documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
VII, Kassel
1988 Publishes books of essays on Delacroix, Manet, Picasso
1990 Receives the Art Prize of NORD/LB, endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art
1996 Receives the 'Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award' and the 'Henrik-Steffens-Award 1996'
1999 Designs “Swan Lake”, New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
2000 Professorship at the 'Städelschule
Städelschule
Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a contemporary fine arts academy in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.- History :The Städelschule was established by a foundation set up by the Frankfurt merchant Johann Friedrich Städel in 1817...
', Frankfurt a.M.
2003 Receives 'Herbert-Boeckl-Preis' for his lifework
2007 Designs set and costumes for “Romeo and Juliet”, New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
; first major exhibition in China at Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; “Per
Kirkeby”, Arts Club of Chicago
Arts Club of Chicago
Arts Club of Chicago is a private club located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, a block east of the Magnificent Mile, that exhibits international contemporary art. It was founded in 1916, inspired by the success of the Art Institute of...
2008 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, Denmark
2009 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
, London
Per Kirkeby currently lives and works in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Læsø
Læsø
Læsø is the largest island in the North Sea bay of Kattegat, and is located off the northeast coast of the Jutland Peninsula, the Danish mainland. Læsø is also the name of the municipality on that island...
, Frankfurt am Main and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Selected exhibitions
2009 Per Kirkeby, Tate Modern, London2008 - 09 Per Kirkeby, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, Humlebæk, Copenhagen
2007 Designs settings and costumes for “Romeo and Juliet”, New York City Ballet
2007 Per Kirkeby, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2007 Per Kirkeby: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne and Julius Werner Berlin, Germany
2007 Per Kirkeby, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
2006 Per Kirkeby Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen
2006 Per Kirkeby – Prototypes of Nature, Kunsthalle im Emden, Emden
2006 Per Kirkeby – DS Art Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
2006 Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
2006 Per Kirkeby / Crystal – Reflections, Connections and References, Aargaouer Kunsthaus, Aarau
2006 Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim, Bilbao
2005 Per Kirkeby, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
2005 Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, New York Michael Werner Gallery
2005 Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2005 Per Kirkeby, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA exhibition page at LA Louver
2005 Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
2004 Per Kirkeby, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck
2004 Per Kirkeby: Bilder, Masonite, Zeichnungen, Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg
2004 Per Kirkeby. Ohne Beweis, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie und Verlag, Berlin
2004 Per Kirkeby LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
2004 Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen
2004 Per Kirkeby – Retrospettiva dei Disegni, Accademia Tedesca in Roma, Villa Massimo, [Rom]
2003 Per Kirkeby – Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
2002 Per Kirkeby. Monotypes, University Art Gallery, University Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth (MA)
2002 DC: Per Kirkeby. 122 x 122 - Gemälde auf Masonit, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2001 Per Kirkeby. Monotypien, Masonite, Bronzen, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, Luxemburg
2000 Per Kirkeby. Die Karlsruher Jahre, im Hallenbau A, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2000 Per Kirkeby. Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Monotypien • 1980-2000, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie und Verlag, Berlin
1998 Per Kirkeby. Schilderijen, sculpturen en modellen in brons/Peintures, Sculptures et modèles en bronze, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux Arts, Brüssel
1997 Per Kirkeby - Malerier og skulpturer, Galleri Riis, Oslo
1996 Per Kirkeby. Peintures 1992 - 1996, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Centre d'art contemporain, Cajarc-Lot, France
1991 Per Kirkeby. Pinturas y Esculturas, Galeria Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid
1990 Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
1987 Ludwig Museum Cologne
1985 Whitechapel Art Gallery London
1984 An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1982 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
1978 Kunsthalle Bern
1977 Museum Folkwang Essen
1975 Statens Museum for Kunst ("The Danish National Gallery") Copenhagen
Literature
2003 Tøjner, Poul Erik: Per Kirkeby. Malerei. Köln : König, 20032003 Per Kirkeby. Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, (Sinclair-Haus, Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe; Deutsche Akademie Rom, Villa Massimo; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen). Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe : ALTANA, 2003
1999 Per Kirkeby. Sorte billeder og bronzer. Schwarze Bilder und Bronzen, (Kat. Museumsberg, Flensburg, Tønder/ Flensburg: Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum/Museumsberg, 1999
1999 Per Kirkeby, malerier og bronzer, Magasin 3, art gallery, Stockholm 1999
1997 Kirkeby, Per: Gespräche mit Lars Morell, Köln: König, 1998, (Kunstwissenschaftliche Bibliothek; Bd. 8), Zugl. Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1997
1994 Per Kirkeby. Großformatige Zeichnungen 1977-1994, (Kat.), Portikus, Frankfurt a.M., Münster: Kleinheinrich, 1994
1990 Per Kirkeby. Gemälde, Arbeiten auf Papier, Skulpturen 1977-90, (Kat.), Frankfurt a.M.: Städelsches Kunstinstitut, 1990
1989 Per Kirkeby. Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos, (Kat.), Valencia: IVAM, Centre del Carme, 1989
1984 Per Kirkeby. Übermalungen 1964-1984, (Kat.), München: Kunstraum, 1984
1979 Hunov, John: Per Kirkeby. Oeuvrekatalog 1958-1977 over raderinger, linoleumssnit, træsnit, Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1979
1977 Per Kirkeby. Fliegende Blätter, (Kat.), Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1977