Bio

Kent Iwemyr made his debut in 1992 at the age of 48, and had mostly been working as an art teacher after his studies at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. He returned to the imagery he had engaged as a teenager, and set out to tell the stories of his relatives, or the local people in his rural hometown of Hallstahammar, Sweden. He has since then exhibited regularly in Sweden and internationally. Iwemyr has, among other things, been called ”a strange bird in contemporary art” and ”a Swedish rural Chagall”.

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Born 1944 in Hallstahammar, Sweden
Lives and works in Hallstrammar, Sweden


EDUCATION

University Collage of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITONS

2021

Strange Are the Ways of Man, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020 
Nya mästerverk / New Masterpieces, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
En udda fågel / A Strange Bird, Ebelingmuseet, Torshälla, Sweden

2018 
The Red House in the Woods, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, US
Poetry From the Wilds, V1 Galley, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
It’s not that damned easy!, Galerie Claire Fontaine, Luxembourg

2016
Målargeniet / The Painting Genius, The Inner Room of the Gallery, Galleri Magnus Karlsson
Now or Never, A private exhibition curated by Julie Sylvester, Helsinki, Finland
The Painting Genius / Målargeniet, Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden

2015
Kent Iwemyr, Värmlands museum, Karlstad
The Painting Genius, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin, Germany

2013
The Vintage Show, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2011
The Extra Rough Collection, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2010
With the Pace of My Heart, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan, Italy

2008
Welcome to Paradise, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan, Italy

2006
Shaggy Dogs, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg

2004
It’s not that damned easy!, Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Vildanden, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
The ACE Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda

2001
On the Home Ground, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, US

2000
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland

1999
Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

1997
Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

1996
Dogenhaus Galerie, Berlin, Germany

1992
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Västerås, Sweden


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS

2022
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interior Dialogues, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Minimalism-Maximalism-Mechanissmmm, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
Källan / The Spring, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2020
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning
, V1 Gallery, Herning, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018
Stockholm Calling, Asia House, London, United Kingdom
MINE II, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
Painting, Chart Art Fair, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Horses, Eighteen / V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
Spotlight #2, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2015
c/o Hotel le Manoir, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

2014
Bruegel Land, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
The Cambridge Rules, Jochen Hempel, Berlin, Germany
An exhibition of current interest, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2013
Summertime and the living is easy, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxenburg
Time Waits for Us, Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2012
Herr Gren, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden

2011
Today’s special, Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2010
Today is Yesterday Tomorrow, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Fernweh…, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg

2009
Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano, Italy
Nordic Twalking, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, Germany

2005
Summer Group Show, Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

1999
Rötter, Mora Kulturhus, Sweden
Rötter, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden

Selected Works
Med lust och fägring stor / With Lust and Great Beauty. 2021
Acrylic on linen
39.5 x 45.5 cm
Som Jesus tar hand om de sina / As Jesus Takes Care of His Own. 2021
Acrylic on linen
39 x 45.5 cm
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MAN. 2021
INSTALLATION VIEW
V1 GALLERY
WHEN MOM AND I WENT TO A PRAYER MEETING / NÄR MORSAN OCH JAG SKULLE PÅ BÖNEMÖTE. 2020
ACRYLIC ON LINEN IN FLOATING OAK FRAME
63 X 75 CM
MY SIMPLE LITTE ROSE / MIN ENKLA LILLA ROS. 2020
ACRYLIC ON LINEN IN FLOATING OAK FRAME
70 X 84 CM
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MAN. 2021
INSTALLATION VIEW
V1 GALLERY
THE COLD BATH HOUSE / KALLBADSHUSET. 2020
ACRYLIC ON LINEN IN FLOATING OAK FRAME
103 X 119 CM
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MAN. 2021
INSTALLATION VIEW
V1 GALLERY
A WINTER STORY / EN VINTERSAGA. 2020
ACRYLIC ON LINEN IN FLOATING OAK FRAME
70 X 84 CM
Play It Again. 2018
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 47 cm
The Midsummer Pole. 2018
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 54 cm
Poetry From The Wilds. 2018
Acrylic on canvas
33 x 41 cm
POETRY FROM THE WILDS
INSTALLATION VIEW
V1 GALLERY
POETRY FROM THE WILDS
INSTALLATION VIEW
V1 GALLERY

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