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Biography - Per Kirkeby

1938 Born September 1 in Copenhagen
1957 Studied natural history at the university of Copenhagen
1958 Participated in an expedition to Narssak, Greenland, which was followed by further expeditions in the 70’s to Greenland, Middle America and in the Arctic
1962 Studied at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; worked in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces
1964 Graduated from university
1965 Received a scholarship for 3 years from the State Art Foundation; first solo exhibition
1966 Published his first book of poems, titled “Copyright”. Performances with Joseph Beuys, Bengt af Klintberg, Henning Christiansen, Björn Nörgaard and others; traveled to New York
1967 Performances in New York with Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman and others; published his first novel “2, 15”
1968 Participated in a volume of poems and collected essays about art titled “Billedforklaringer”
1971 Traveled to Middle America and was engaged with the art and architecture of the Maya
1973 Executed the first brick sculpture shaped as a little house in Ikast, Jutland
1974 First exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; published “Fliegende Blätter”
1978-88 Professorship at the Academy of Art, Karlshruhe
1979 Purchased a house on the isle Læsø in the Cattegat
1982 Guest artist of the DAAD, Berlin, Appointed Member of the Danish Academy of Literature
1985 A.R. Penck published volume 4 of “Krater und Wolke,” deidcatred to Per Kirkeby
1986 Traveled through Australia for studies
1987 Recieved the “Thorvaldensen-Medaille”. Drafted two brick sculptures for “Skulptur Projekte in Münster 1987”
1989-2000 Professorship at the Städelschule,” Frankfurt A.M.
1990 Received the Art Prize of NORD/LB, endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art
1992 Designed a stamp for the Danish post
1993 “Ars Fennica Award 1993” of the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation
1996 Recieved the “Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award” and the “Henrik-Steffens-Award 1996”
Designed the scenery for staging of “Swansea” at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen
2000 Installed 8 large bronze sculptures in the Upper House of Parliament building in Berlin
2003 Received the “Herbert-Boeckl-Preis” for his life’s work
Per Kirkeby currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Læsø and Arnasco

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 “Per Kirkeby – Prototypes of Nature”, Kunsthalle im Emden, Emden
“Per Kirkeby – DS Art Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
2004 “Per Kirkeby – Retrospettiva dei Disegni”, Accademia Tedesca in Roma, Villa Massimo, Rome
“Per Kirkeby” L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
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)
2001 “Per Kirkeby. Monotypien,” Masonite, Bronzen’, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, Luxemburg
2000 “Per Kirkeby. Die Karlsruher Jahre”, im Hallenbau A, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
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 Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY & Koln, Germany
Galerie Susanna Ottesen, Copenhagen
1994 Erika & Otto Friederich, Bern Switzerland
1993 Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Springer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
“The Inferno Series: New Paintings,” Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Ars Fennica,” The Henna & Pestti Nimeisto Art Foundation
1992 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Centre National D’Art Contemporain De Grenoble, France
1991 Galerie Beaumont, Luxemburg
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
Galerie Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid, Spain
M.I.T. List Art Center, Cambridge, MA
1990 Galerie Laage Salomon, Paris “Per Kirkeby”
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Main
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Per Kirkeby, Grafiken Bronzen,” Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Pori Taidemuseo, Pori
“Per Kirkeby. 24 Paintings and Sculptures 1982-1990,” Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels
1989 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
“Per Kirkeby—Die großen Bronzen, Architekturmodelle und Architekturzeichnungen,” Mosel und Tschechow, München
“Per Kirkeby. Masonitarbieten 1983-1984, Zeichnungen 1986-1988,”Galerie Ulysses, Vienna
Galerie Bismarck, Bremen
Cleto Polcina, Arte Moderna, Rome
“Per Kirkeby: Monotypes,” Gallerie Malmgran, Göteborg
Galerie Bismarch, Bremen
The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia
1988 “Per Kirkeby—Tavler,” Sophienholm, Lyngby (Masonit-Arbeiten)
“Per Kirkeby. Tekeningen en eeldkouwwerken/Dessins et Sculptures 1979-1986,” Kunsthaus Lempertz
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
1987 Galerie Maeght-Lelong, Zurich
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
“Per Kirkeby—Retrospektive,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Musée St. Pierre, Lyon
“Per Kirkeby—Oeuvres récentes,” Centre de Création Contemporain, Tours
Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrenées, Labèges
1986 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
“Per Kirkeby—Graphische Arbeiten,” Galerie Meta Linde, Lübeck
“Per Kirkeby—Skulptur und Druckgrafik,” Städt. Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
Maximilianverlag/Sabine Knust, Munich
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1985 “Per Kirkeby—Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1979-82,”Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Galerie Heinrich Erhardt, Frankfurt
“Per Kirkeby—paintings, sculpture, films,” The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris
1984 Musee d’Art Moderne, Strasbourg
Skitmusrum, Koge
Boibrino Gallery, Stockholm
Galerie Ulysees, Vienna
Himerlands Kunstmuseum, Aars
1983 “Per Kirkeby –Zeichnungen 1964-82,” DAAD Galerie, Berlin
Galerie Gellespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris
Galerie Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
1982 “Per Kirkeby—Semele Serie,” Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Galerie Springer, Berlin
“Per Kirkeby—Neue Bilder und Atlas Serie,” Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Gallery Nigel Greenwood, London
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1981 Museum Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen
Himmerlands Kunstmuseum, Aars
1980 Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam
1979 Kunsthalle Bern
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
1978 Galerie Sven Hansen, Copenhagen
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Kunstraum, Munich
1976 Galerie Cheap Thrills, Helsinki, Finland
1975 Daner Galleriet, Karlsons Klister 1, Kopenhagen Statens Museum for Kunst, Kuperstichkabinett, retrospective with drawings and graphic works, Copenhagen
1974 Haderslev Museum, museums exhibition, Haderslev
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1973 Galerie st. Petri, museums exhibition, Lund, Sweden
1972 Daner Galleriet, Karlsons Klister 1, Copenhagen
Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, museums exhibition, Copenhagen
Gallerie Olsen, Kredericia
1969 Jysk Kunstgalerie, Copenhagen
1968 Jysk Kunstgalerie, Copenhagen
Fyns Stiftmuseum, Odense
1967 Galerie 101, Skulpturen Festival der Zeitschrift ta’, Copenhagen
1965 Den Fries Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
Galerie Jensen, Euklids Raum, Copenhagen
1964 Hoved-Bibliotek, Copenhagen

Selected Group Exhibitions

1994 “Opening Exhibition,” Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Norway
Galerie Laage-Solomon, Paris
1993 “New Sculptures for Middleheim,” Open Air Museum of Sculpture, Middlehlim, Antwerp
Moderna Galerie Ljubjana, Ljubjana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
“Sculpture and Drawings,” Michel Werner, New York, NY
1991 “Figur. Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne,” Städtische Galerie, Heilbronn
“In Nebel aufgelöste Wasser des Stormes’. Hommage a Caspar Wolf,” Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus
“Deus ex charta” (Lavori su carta della pittura europea), Milan, Studio d’Arte Cannaviello
“Natur - Schöpfung des Malers,” Musée Cantolal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
“Autoritratto del Blu in Prussia,” Kunsthalle Luzern
“Die Hand des Künstlers,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne
“Brennpunkt 2 - Dusseldorf. Die Siebziger Jahre. Entwürfe. Joseph Beuys zum 70. Geburtstag,” Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf
“Miquel Barceló, Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Sigmar Polke, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol,” Galleri Faurschou, Kopenhagen
1990 “Druckwerk - Gedrucktes,” The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
“Tra Mito e Stereotipo,” Galleria in Arco, Turin
“The Reconsecration of Abstraction,” Galerie Thäddaus Ropac, Salzburg
“Howard Hodgkin: Graphic Works/Per Kirdeby: Monotypes,” Goteborg, Malmgran Gallery
“Per Kirkeby - Frantisek Lesak,” Graz, Nwuw Galerie, Graz
“Baselitz, Chillida, Kirkeby, Lupertz, Penck, Tàpies: Graphic Large Formats,” Galerie Lelong, Zurich
1989 “Landschaftsbilder,” Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
“Skulpturen und Zeichnungen,” Ausstellungsraum Harry Zellcweger, Basel
“Monotypes,” Garner Tullis, New York, NY
“Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne
“Modern Masters ‘89,” Helsingin Taidehalli, Helsinki
“Magiciens de la Terre,” Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou/Musée
National d’Art Moderne, Grande Halle - La Villette
Galerie Moderne Silkeborg, Silkeborg
“4.Triennale Fellbach 1989 - Kleinplastik,” Fellbach, Sbchwabenlandhalle Gellbach
1988 “Ausstellung der offiziellen Plakate der Kulturstadt Europas 1988,” daadgalerie, Berlin
“Schwarzweiss,” Galerie Muhlenbusch, Dusseldorf
“Graphics,” Mosel und Tschechow, Munich
“The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger,” Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
“Pyramiden,” International Congress Centrum, Berlin
“Zeichnung,” Galerie M + R Fricke, Dusseldorf
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Muller, Otterlo
“Europe Now. Contemporary Art in Western Europe,” Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Prato
“The International Painting Exhibition” The National Museum of Contemporary Art
Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt A.M., Seoul
“Farbe Blau,” Galerie Silvia Menzel, Berlin
“Mit Messer und Eisen…Holz-und Linolschnitte aus Eigenbesitz,” Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Scholß Morsbroich, Graphisches Kabinett
“Ausgewahlte Graphik,” Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart
“Aquarelle,” Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
1987 “ARCO 87—Internationale Ausstellung fur moderne Kunst,” Palacio de Cristal, Madrid
“New Edition Prints by Marc Chaimowicz, Enzo Cucchi, Per Kirkeby, Brice Marden, David Salle, Adrian Wiszniewski,” Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
“Drawing, tekenen, dessin, zeichnen 87,” Rotterdam, Museum
“L’état des choses,” Luzern, Kunstmuseum
“Lithographies originales,” Tours, Centre de Creation Contemporaine, Tours
“Wasserfarben,” Galerie Harald Behm, Hamburg
“Blickpunkte - Deutsche Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert,” Galerie Neher, Essen
“Scandinavian Art: 19 Artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden,” Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art
“Standing Sculpture,” Castello di Rivoli, Turin
1986 “Reisebilder,” Galerie Ulysses, Vienna
“Bilder fra Inger og Andreas L. Riis’Samling,” Hovikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
“Falls the Shadow - Recent British and European Art,” London, Hayward Gallery
“Druckgrafik 1970-1985,” Graz, Kunstlerhaus Graz; Klagenfurt, Galerie im Stadthaus; Wilhelmshafen, Kunsthalle
“The Forest - Three Exhibitions,” Arnofini Gallery, Bristol
“Fur Joseph Beuys,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich
“Zeichnungen zu Skulptur,” Galerie Michael Werner, Graphisch Räume, Cologne
“Europa/Amerika—Die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne
“Die Wahlverwandschaften-Zitate-,” Graz, Stadtmuseum Graz
“Die Bücher des Verlags und Grafik von Baselitz, Lüpertz und Kirkeby,” Galerie Kornfeld, Bern
“70s into 80s: Printmaking now,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Arbeiten auf Papier,” Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
1985 “Ausstellung der Professoren,” Karlsruhe, Staatliche Akademie
“First Exhibition-Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe - Primera Exposicao-Dialogo sobre a Arte Contemproanea na Europa,” Lissabon, Modern Art Center, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
“Horses in Twentieth Century Art,” Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
“Danische Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert,” Wilhelm-Lehmbruck- Musuem, Duisburg
“Carnegie International ‘85,” Pittsburgh Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute
1984 “Uit het norden - Munch-Jorn-Kirkeby,” Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum
Galerie Leger, Malmö
Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
“Cosmic Images in the Art of the 20th Century,” Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum
“Origen Y Vision: Nueva Pintura Alemana,” Centro Cultura de la Caja de Pensiones, Barcelona; Palacio de Velasquez, Madrid
“Eingang durch Kassels Neue Galerie,” Kassel Kunstmuseum
“Modern Expressionists,” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
“An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico
“Ouverture,” Castello di Rivoli, Turin
1983 Biennale der europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
“Accrochage,” Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
“Holz-und Linolschnitte Heute,” Oldenburg, Kunstverein
Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
1982 “La nuova pittura tedesca,” Studio Marconi, Milan
“Avanguardia-Transavanguardia,” Mure Aureliane, Rome
Documenta 7, Kassel
“Sleeping Beauty—Art now,” Contemporary Scandinavia Art, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles
“Vision in Disbelief, The 4th Biennale of Sydney,” Sydney
“Erste Konzentration,” Marlborough Gallery, New York; Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich; Boibrino Gallery, Stockholm
“The pressure to paint,” Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
1981 “A New Spirit in Painting,” Royal Academy, London
“Der Hund stösst im Laufe der Woche zu mir,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1980 Tranegaarden, Copenhagen
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
“Après le Classicisme,” Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, St. Etienne
1978 “Arme und Beine,” Frederiksund, Willumsen Museum
1976 La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1975 Aarhus, Kunstbygning
“Samling of nut i dig Kunst (Slg. Hunov),”Copenhagen, Centrum für moderne Kunst
1970 “Tabernakel,” Copenhagen, Louisiana Museum
1968 “Anonymiteter,” Lund, Konsthall
1966 “Nordisk Ungdomsbienale,” Copenhagen, Louisiana Museum
1965 “Ung Dansk Kunst,” Copenhagen, Den Fries Udstillingsbygning
1962 “Den Eksperimenterende Kunstskole,” Galerie Admiralgade 20, Copenhagen