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==Biography ==
==Biography ==
[[Image:Kirkeby Frankfurt 01.JPG|right|thumb|170px|right|brick sculpture by Per Kirkeby in front of German National Library in Frankfurt/Main, Germany]]
[[Image:Kirkeby Frankfurt 01.JPG|right|thumb|170px|right|Brick sculpture by Per Kirkeby in front of German National Library in Frankfurt/Main, Germany]]


1962 Studies at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; works in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces
1962 Studies at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; works in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces

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Per Kirkeby (born September 1, 1938) is a Danish painter, poet, filmmaker and sculptor

Biography

Brick sculpture by Per Kirkeby in front of German National Library in Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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 at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; publishes 'Fliegende Blätter'

1977 One-man exhibition in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, with paintings, brick sculptures and books

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'

2000 Professorship at the 'Städelschule', Frankfurt a.M.

2003 Receives the 'Herbert-Boeckl-Preis' for his lifework

2004 Per Kirkeby currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Læsø and Arnasco


Selected Exhibitions

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, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

2005 Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen

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 L.A. 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 Royal Museum of Fine Art Copenhagen


Literature

2003 Tøjner, Poul Erik: Per Kirkeby. Malerei. Köln : König, 2003

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

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