Kent Iwemyr
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”.
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
