Per Kirkeby - Artists - Goya Contemporary

Born 1938, Copenhagen, Denmark. Died 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark.

EDUCATION

1962 Experimental Art School in Copenhagen, Denmark
1964 Guaternary Arctic Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022    Per Kirkeby, Geological Messages: Paintings from 1965-2015, Michael Werner
                        Gallery, London, UK
2021    Overpaintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
New Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2020    Per Kirkeby - Bronze, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
            Per Kirkeby, Nordhorn, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Wijnegem, Belgium
            Hommage à Per Kirkeby, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2019    Hommage à Per Kirkeby, Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden
2018    Per Kirkeby: Brick Sculpture, Axel Vervoord Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
            Collagen, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Germany
            Carte Blanche, Vidal-Bertoux Art Contemporain, Paris, France
            Per Kirkeby, Almine Rech, Paris, France
            Blickaschen 12, Stiftung Blickachsen, Bad Homburg, Germany
            Nordic Impressions: Contemporary Art from Åland, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway
  and Sweden, Scandinavia House, New York, NY
            Per Kirkeby. Bau und Bild, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
            SIGHTINGS Positions of Art from Germany, Nanjing University of the Arts, China
Expressions of Vandalism: Asger Jorn’s Modification Paintings and their Legacy,
                        Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
            Per Kirkeby, Michael Werner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Kosmos, Schloss Gottorf, Landesmuseen Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
            Per Kirkeby: Matter is Light, Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
            A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now: 1981-2018, Almine Rech, London, UK
            Collagen, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Germany
            Carte Blanche, Vidal-Bertoux Art Contemporain, Paris, France
            Per Kirkeby, Almine Rech, Paris, France
            Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Bronzes from the 1980s, Michael Werner Gallery,
                        New York, NY
2017    Mind of Landscape, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD
            Wonderful World, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Rodin, L’exposition du Centenaire, la Réunion des musées nationaux, Grand,
  Palais, Paris, France
            Per Kirkeby, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Malerei und Skulptur, Galerie Salis, Salzburg, Austria
            The Shadow Does Not Avoid the Sun, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Bronzes from the 1980s, Michael Werner Gallery, London, UK
            A Tribute to Per Kirkeby, Galerie Laing, Munster, Germany
            Auf unbekanntem Terrain, Landschaft in der Kunst nach 1945, Museum für aktuelle Kunst
  Sammlung Hurrle, Durbach, Germany
            Landschaften, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Blackboards and Brick Works, Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France
            Brick Sculptures, Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2016    Per Kirkeby: The blue of the Avant-garde, Kunstforeningen GL, Strand Copenhagen, Denmark
            Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, Michael Werner Gallery, London, UK
            Per Kirkeby on Laeso, Laeso Kunsthal, Laeso, Denmark
            Per Kirkeby, Museo d’arte Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Sabine Kunst, Munich, Germany
2015    Per Kirkeby — Backstein: Skulptur und Architektur, KUB Sammlungsschaufenster,
   Bregenz, Austria
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Komplet, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg , Denmark
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Thomas Knöll, Basel , Switzerland
            Per Kirkeby: Recent masonites, monotypes, and drawings, Michael Werner
   Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Forsblom, Helinski , Finland
            Per Kirkeby et la région polaire, La Maison du Danemark, Paris, France
            Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen , France
            Post-Germanic Expressions: Gift from Michael Werner, The Phillips Collection,
   Washington, DC
            Per Kirkeby: Echo of the Light, The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, FL
2014    Holzdrucke – Radierungen – Steindrucke, Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland
            Per Kirkeby: Sculptures, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
            Reconnaissance: Landschaft, Mythos und Figur, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle Gießen, Gießen , Germany
            Die Sammlung im Fokus. Künstlerräume von Nolde bis Kirkeby, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden , Germany
            Per Kirkeby. Brick Sculpture (permanent sculpture installation), Piper Keys, London , UK
            Per Kirkeby. Gemälde, Arbeiten auf Papier und eine Skulptur, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany 
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Daniel Blau, Munich , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Vidal St. Phalle, Paris , France
            MYTHOS TIER - Tiere in der bildenden Kunst, Kunsverein “Talstrasse”, Halle
2013    Figurativ Kunst aus Skandinavien, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Neunzehnhundertsiebzig. Material, Orte, Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern , Switzerland
            Gestochen scharf – Meisterblätter von Dürer bis Kirkeby, Kramer Museum, Kempen, Germany  
            Strukturen der Natur. Franz Marc und Per Kirkeby: Druckgraphik, Franz Marc
   Museum, Kochel am See , Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Neue Bilder, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany
            Constable, Delacroix, Friedrick, Goya—Die Erschütterung der Sinne, Galere Neue
   Meister, Dresden , Germany
            Il faut être peintre pour faire des images, et ce sont les images qui font faire la peinture,
   mais c’est un secret, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck , Austria
            Eröffnung der “Skulptur im Städel Garten, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main , Germany
            Gebrannte Erde, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster , Germany
            New Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, London, UK
            Per Kirkeby: Übermalungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Thomas Knoll, Basel, Switzerland
2012    A Creative dialogue with Byzantine Art, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens , Greece
Per Kirkeby and the Forbidden Paintings of Kurt Schwitters, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels , Belgium
            Per Kirkeby. Maler – Forscher – Bildhauer – Poet, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg , Germany
            Per Kirkeby and Greenland: The Secret Reservoir, Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund , Denmark
            Zeitgegenstände-Wolfgang Rihm, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Germany 
            Nach Lust und Laune, Kunstwerke aus sieben Geraer Privatsammlungen,
  Kunstsammlung Gera, Orangerie , Gera, Germany
            Neuland. Per Kirkeby: Radierungen, Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel , Germany
            Per Kirkeby – Neue Masonite, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf , Germany
            Gestochen scharf. Der Kupfertiefdruck von Dürer bis Kirkeby, Siegerlandmuseum
     im Oberen Schloss, Siegen, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich , Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Epifani, Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen , Denmark
            Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture 1964-2010, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
            The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick , ME
            The Michael Werner Collection: I sat Beauty on my knees. (...) And I reviled Her.,
  Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris , France
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris , France
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Laing, Ahaus-Wessum , Germany
            Eleven, Jenny Falckenberg – Unique Art Concepts, Hamburg, Germany 
            Per Kirkeby, Ernst Barlach Museumsgesellschaft, Wedel, Germany
2011    Per Kirkeby, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Etchings. From the Morat Institute of Art and Science Collection,
  Kunstmuseum Bayreuth , Bayreuth, Germany
            Es ist schon alles gesagt, nur noch nicht von allen, Galerie Jahn, Munich , Germany
            North by New York: New Nordic Art, Scandinavia House,  New York, NY
            Die Farbe Blau, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Thomas Knöll, Basel , Switzerland
  Per Kirkeby – Interiority in Byzantine and Contemporary Art, The Byzantine and
  Christian Museum, Athens , Greece
            Royal Academy of the Arts, London , UK
            Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            SammlungsSchau: Geschenkt!, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
            Künstlerische Positionen im Hochdruck, Museum für Druckkunst, Leipzig , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Zulauf E.K., Freinsheim, Germany 
            Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York , NY
            I hate Paul Klee, Papierarbeiten und Künstlerbüchner aus der Sammlung Speck,
  Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum, Düren, Germany
2010    The Earth Quakes. Per Kirkeby: Art and Geology, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark
            Per Kirkeby: Hansentryk, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Per Kirkeby: Wide Awake, Eyes Closed, Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Zeichnungen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
2009    Per Kirkeby: Retrospective, Tate Modern, London, UK
            Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Monotypes, Julius Werner, Berlin, Germany 
            Per Kirkeby: Masonite + Modelle, Museo Nacianal Centro de Arte y Naturaleza,
  Fundación Beulas, Huesca , Spain
            Per Kirkeby Retrospective, Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008    Per Kirkeby. Drawings, Watercolors and Graphic Works, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark
   Per Kirkeby, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn , Sweden
            Per Kirkeby Retrospective, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek , Denmark
            Serial Works on Paper, Julius Werner, Berlin , Germany
            Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York , NY
            Per Kirkeby: Tavler & Skulpturer, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen , Denmark
            Black Swan, Michael Werner, London , UK
            Passionate Provocative: The Stoffel Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich , GErmany
            Per Kirkeby arkivet, Aros Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarus, Denamrk
2007    Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany 
            Per Kirkeby. Masonites, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
            Per Kirkeby: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
            Julius Werner, Berlin , Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
            Per Kirkeby, Natures Mortes, Michael Werner at Galerie de France, Paris , France
            Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            Per Kirkeby. Skulpturen, Arbeiten auf Papier, Originalgrafik 1979–2006, Galerie
  Noah, Augsburg, Germany
2006    Per Kirkeby, Prototypen der Natur, Kunsthalle im Emden, Germany
            DS Art Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
            Per Kirkeby, Figur, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
            Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo , Norway
            Aargaouer Kunsthaus, Aarau , Switzerland
            Homage to Chillida, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
            Black and White: Drawings for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2005    ARS FENNICA 1991-2003, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
            Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
            Museum für religiose Kunst, Lemvig , Denamrk
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
            Michael Werner Gallery, New York , NY
            Gallerie Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen , Denamrk
            L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice , Italy
            Per Kirkeby. Die Wiederentdeckung von Byzanz. Malerei 1985- 2005, Museum für
  Religiöse Kunst, Lemvig and the Färöe Islands Museum, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
             Triebkräfte der Erde. Marc, Klee, Winter, Beuys, Kirkeby, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 
            Recent Aquisitions, Kunsthandel Weber, Cologne, Germany
2004    Galerie Kugler, Innsbruck , Austria
            Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany
            Per Kirkeby - Retrospettiva dei Disegni, Accademia Tedesca in Roma,
                        Villa Massimo, Rome , Italy
            Per Kirkeby – Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle,
     Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Singen, Germany
2003    Galerie Carinthia im Stift, Ossiach , Austria
            Per Kirkeby, Dreimal werden, Rupertinum Salzburg, Austria 
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle,
  Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
2002    University Art Gallery, UMASS, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
            Opal Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
            Galerie Noah im Glaspalast, Augsburg 
            Per Kirkeby: 122 x 122, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek
            Museum Ludwig, Cologne , Germany
            Städtische Museen, Jena , Germany
            Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen , Denmark
            Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2001    Kirkeby. Zeichnungen des Bildhauers, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
            Per Kirkeby. Monotypien, Masonite, Bronzen, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne;
traveled to: Deutsche Bank, Luxembourg 
            Per Kirkeby: Recent Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Holm & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri Island, Iceland
2000    Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
            Färöe Islands Art Gallery, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
            Städtischen Galerie, Karlsruhe , Germany
            Collection d'Art, Amsterdam 
            Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin , Germany
            Galerie Zulauf, Freinsheim 
            Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
            Pablo Picasso. Nu couché 24.10.67. En Betragtning af Per Kirkeby, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen  
            Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Borkowski, Hannover, Germany
Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
1999    Galerie Seitz, Berlin , Germany
            Per Kirkeby. Schwarze Bilder und Bronzen, Flensburger Museum, Städtische
  Museen & Sammlungen , Germany
            Per Kirkeby: Recent Paintings, Knoedler & Co., New York , NY
            Gesellschaft Für Gegenwartskunst e.V. im Zeughaushof, Augsburg 
            Konsthall, Magasin 3, Stockholm , Sweden
            Michael Hue-Williams, London , UK
            Galerie Doris Hölder, Ravensburg , Germany
            Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Germany
            Bethmannhof, Frankfurt am Main , Germany
            Morat-Institut für Kunst, Freiburg , Germany
            Per Kirkeby. Holzschnitte 1980-1999, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche
  Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum
1998    Tate Gallery, London , UK
            Städtisches Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg  
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle 
            Per Kirkeby: Architectones et Dessins, Galerie de France, Paris , France
            Visions du Nord, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francr
            Barmenia Versicherungen, Wuppertal 
            Per Kirkeby: Die Bronzen, Städtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Munich 
            Per Kirkeby: Panorama, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus 
            Michael Werner Gallery, New York , NY
            Per Kirkeby. Bild, Zeichnung, Skulptur, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfallen, Düsseldorf 
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
1997    L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
            Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
            Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt , Germany
            Per Kirkeby – Malerier og skulpturer, Galerie Riis, Oslo, Norway
            Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen , Germany
            St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck 
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany 
            Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20., Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
            Der Holzschnitt. Biespiele aus 6 Jahrhunderten, Städttische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
            Sammlung Speck, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
            Galerie Bismarck, Bremen, Germany
            Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
            Städtische Museen, Heilbronn
            Kunsthaus Bregenz 
            Per Kirkeby. Bilder und Skulpturen, Zeche Zollverein, Museum Folkwang, Essen
1996    Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Per Kirkeby – Peintures 1992-1996, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou,
   Cajarc Stadtgalerie Sundern , France
            Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
            Views from Abroad, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , NY
            Hendrik-Steffens-Preis, Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S., Hamburg, Germany
            St. Louis Art Museum, St Louis, MO
1995    Busche Galerie, Berlin, Germany
            Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg  
            Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes , France
            Openluchtmuseum voor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
            Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
            Frick Art Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
1994    Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
            Kunsthalle Recklinghausen  
            Portikus, Frankfurt am Main , Germany
            National Gallery, Palai Sternberk, Prague , Czech Republic
            Per Kirkeby: Masonites, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna , Austria
            Per Kirkeby, Imagens Posteriores, São Paulo Biennale , Brazil
            Per Kirkeby, Feldbuch Galerie, Germany
            Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Haus der Kunst, Munich , Germany
1993    L’architecture dans l’oeuvre de Per Kirkeby, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
  Skissernas Museum, Lund 
            Galerie Springer, Berlin , Germany
            ARS FENNICA 1993, City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
            Waino Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, Finland
            Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
            Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN 
            Venice Biennale Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
            Galerie Lelong, Zurich , Switzerland
            Obalne Galerije, Piran, Slovenia
1992    Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY
            Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne , Germany
            Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
            University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
            Städtische Galerie, Göppingen, Germany
            Galerie Kampl, Passau , Germany
            Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden 
            Galerie Borkowski, Hannover , Germany
            Border Crossings: Fourteen Scandinavian Artists, Barbican Art Gallery, London , UK
1991    Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
            Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Galerie Lelong, Zurich , Switzerland
            Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels , Belgium
            Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding , Denmark
            Gamarra Garrigues, Madrid , Spain
            Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Drawings, M.I.T. List Art Center, Cambridge , MA
            Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
  Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1990    Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany
            Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
            Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
          Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
1989    Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York , NY
            Per Kirkeby, Cleto Polcina artemoderna, Rome , Italy
            Galerie Ulysses, Vienna , Austria
            Kunstmuseum Winterthur , Switzerland
            Galerie Lelong, Zurich , Switzerland
            Pintures i esculturas, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain
1988    Per Kirkeby. Schilderijen, sculpturen en modellen in brons, Paleis voor Schone
   Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
            Schloss Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark
          Himmerlands Kunstmuseum, Aars, Denamrk
          Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
           Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
          Mary Boone/Michael Werner, New York, NY
1987    Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
            Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
            Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
1985    Den Frie Udstillings-bygning, Copenhagen, Denmark 
            Per Kirkeby. Paintings, Sculpture, Films, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 
            Per Kirkeby. Recent Painting & Sculpture, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
            Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
            Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
1984 Kunstraum Munich Munch-Jorn-Kirkeby, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 
Von Hier Aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsch Kunst, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst
  Düsseldorf e.V., Messe Düsseldorf. Curated by Kasper König 
            An International Survey of Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY
            Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Merienpark, Basel, Switzerland
Per Kirkeby, Musée d’Art Moderne de Strasbourg, France
            Per Kirkeby, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria
1983    Per Kirkeby, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid , Spain
            Per Kirkeby. Bilder von 1983, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
1982    Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
            documenta VII
1981    A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
            Malerei in Deutschland, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1980    Venice Biennale , Venice, Italy
            Après le Classicisme, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, St. Etienne Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich , Germany
            Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1979    Kunsthalle Bern, Berne Kunstmuseum Aarhus, Århus, Denmark
1977    Per Kirkeby. Fliegende Blätter, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
1976    Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1975    Retrospective of works on paper, Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
   Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
1974    Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
1972    Karlsons Klister 1, Daner Galleriet, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Tranegaarden, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
1969    Malerier, bl.a. 3 fløjede maleri, nu Brunlund skolen, Åbernå, Jysk Kunstgalerie,
  Copenhagen, Denmark
1968    Per Kirkeby. Malerier, Jysk Kustgalerie, Copenhagen, Denmark
            Per Kirkeby, Fyns Stiftsmuseum, Odense , Denmark
1965    Ung dansk Kunst, Den Frie Tilbygningen, Copenhagen , Denmark
            Per Kirkeby. Malerier, tegninger m.m. / Euklids rum, Galerie Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1964    Per Kirkeby. Tegninger, Collager, HovedBibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark

PERFORMANCE

2007    Set and Costume for Romeo and Juliet, New York City Ballet, New York
1999    Scenery, décor, and costumes Swan Lake, New York City Ballet, New York
1967    Performs in New York with Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman

PUBLICATIONS

1994  Publishes 'Feldbuch'with Michael Werner
1988  Publishes books of essays on Delacroix, Manet and Picasso
1985  A. R. Penck publishes a volume of 'Krater und Wolke'dedicated to Per Kirkeby,
with drawings by Kirkeby
1981  Completes volume of essays titled 'Bravura'1968 Publishes a volume of poems
and collected essays about art titled Billedforklaringer'
1974 Publishes 'Fliegende Blätter'
1967 Publishes his first novel '2,15' Performs with Immendorff and Nörgaard in Aachen
1966  Publishes a volume of poems titled 'Copyright' Performs with Joseph Beuys, Bengt
af Klintberg, Henning Christiansen, Björn Nörgaard

AWARDS

2011    Honorary membr of the Royal Academy of Arts, Copenhagen
2000    Winner of the “Wilhelm Hansen Fondenshaederpris” (Copenhagen) for his stage
  production of “Swan Lake”
1990 Receives Art Award of the NORD/LB (North State Bank)
1996    Coutts Prize, Vienna
1992    Designs a stamp for the Danish post 1994 Publishes “Feldbuch” with Michael Werner
1987    Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Thorvaldsen Medal
1982    Appointed member of the Danish Academy of Literature Guest artist of the DAAD, Berlin

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, UK
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes
Centre Pompidou, Paris France
Ackland Art Museum at the Univeristy of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo New York
Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Louisiana – Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Aros, Aarhus, Denmark
Phillips Collecion, Washington, DC
Prussian House of Lords, Berlin

TEACHING CAREER

1989- 2000     Professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main
1978-1988      Professor at the Academy of Art,  Karlsruhe

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010    Per Kirkeby, Michael Werner, 2010 ISBN 9781885013798
2005    Per Kirkeby, Text by Theo Kneubüthler, Michael Werener, ISBN 1885013418
2003    Tøjner, Poul Erik: Per Kirkeby. Malerei. Köln: König, 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
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1989    Per Kirkeby. Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos, (Kat.), Valencia: IVAM, Centre del
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1977    Per Kirkeby. Fliegende Blätter, (Kat.), Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1977

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