Kent Iwemyr Suecia, b. 1944
Kent Iwemyr lives and works in Hallstahammar, Sweden, where he was born in 1944.
He studied at Konstfack, the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, where he also worked as an art professor.
At the age of 48, in 1992, he made his exhibition debut at the Magnus Karlsson Gallery in the Swedish city of Västerås. His return to artistic practice was driven by images that had lingered with him since adolescence, and by a desire to tell the stories of people close to him through his distinctive figurative and naïve style. Since then, he has exhibited regularly in Sweden and internationally at galleries and museums such as Magnus Karlsson, Bror Hjorths Hus in Uppsala, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, the Dalsland Art Museum in Åsensbruk, Anna Zorina Gallery in New York, Jochen Hempel Gallery in Berlin, Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco, and Dogenhaus in Leipzig, among others.
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The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Collection (2026) Miami
Museum of Sex, Miami 15 November 2026 - 22 August 2027November 15, 2026, through August 22, 2027. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents its second group exhibition in the United States, in collaboration with the Museum of Sex. The traveling exhibition...Read more -
The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Collection (2026) New York
Museum of Sex, New York 23 April - 18 October 2026April 23–October 18, 2026. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents its first group exhibition in the United States, in collaboration with the Museum of Sex. The traveling exhibition The Life Force:...Read more -
How to See the (In)visible? (2025)
El Atrio Cultural Center at the Museum of the Viceroyalty, San Luis Potosí 13 March - 10 August 2025March 13 through August 10, 2025. Seeing is not an absolute act. The (in)visible is not absence, but rather a tension between what is perceived and what eludes the gaze....Read more -
Roughly Annoyed: Works from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2023)
Alliance Française San Ángel, Mexico City 4 November 2023 - 8 January 2024November 4, 2023 – January 8, 2024. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented a selection of works from its collection at the San Ángel branch of the Alliance Française Mexico City....Read more -
THE DAY I SAW YOU: PORTRAITS FROM THE AMMA FOUNDATION (2023)
Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art 1 September - 12 November 2023September 1 to November 12, 2023. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at the Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art (MACQ) featuring a selection of portraits from its collection. These...Read more
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Kent Iwemyr - The Summer With Albert
Amparo and Manuel Collection 7 August 2025El artista Kent Iwemyr nos habla sobre su obra The Summer With Albert , pintura que forma parte de Colección AMMA.Read more -
Kent Iwemyr - Would You Like to See My New Oil Painting?
Amparo and Manuel Collection 7 August 2025El artista Kent Iwemyr nos habla sobre su obra Would You Like to See My New Oil Painting? , pintura que forma parte de Colección...Read more -
Kent Iwemyr - The Guest House
Amparo and Manuel Collection 7 August 2025El artista Kent Iwemyr nos habla sobre su obra The Guest House , pintura que forma parte de la Colección AMMA.Read more -
Kent Iwemyr
Amparo and Manuel Collection 7 August 2025El artista sueco Kent Iwemyr se presenta y nos habla a grandes rasgos de su obra.Read more