Biografía
Per Kirkeby (born 1938) is one of the most internationally acclaimed Danish artists today. By the time he completed a masters education in arctic geology at the University of Copenhagen in 1964, he was already part of the important experimental art school eksskolen and working primarily as a painter, sculptor, writer and a lithographic artist which he has pursued ever since. Kirkeby s interest in geology and nature in general, still plays a crucial role in his artistic expressions these themes are therefore very characteristic in the works of the artist. Per Kirkeby s works have been shown at many art exhibitions worldwide and are represented in many public collections such as Tate Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Per Kirkeby has been teaching as a professor at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe (1978-89) and Frankfurter Städelschule (1989-2000).
