Emil Kjerrman (b. 1990, Copenhagen) is a visual artist based in Leipzig and Copenhagen. He primarily works with painting, combining self-produced pigments and oil paint with classical techniques in a contemporary pictorial practice. His work explores the tension between materiality and motif, the raw and the cultivated.

Kjerrman graduated from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design (2019–2022) and will finish his studies at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig in the summer 2026. He has exhibited in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and China, in both solo presentations and major group exhibitions.

Instagram: @Emilkjerrman

Education

2023–2026 – Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
Professor Class: Ivana de Vivanco
Class: Henriette Grahnert & Franziska Holstein

2019–2022 – Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway
Professor Class: Lars Lofthus

2018–2019 – Kunstskolen Spektrum, Copenhagen

Grants & Awards

2025 – Billedhuggeren, Prof. Gottfred Eickhoff & spouse, painter Gerda Eickhoff’s Foundation

2023 – Knud Højgaard Foundation – Grant for study abroad

2023 – Grosserer L. F. Foght’s Grant – For the publication of the catalogue "Zwischen uns und der Sonne hängen Ozeane aus leerem Raum"

Upcoming Exhibitions

2026
September/October: De Blide, group exhibition & residency, Nordic Contemporary Art Center, Xiamen, China
May/June: Untergeschoss 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig – Graduation exhibitions from the Leipzig Academy of Art

Selected Exhibitions

2025

Den Blå Time, group exhibition De Blide, Galleri Arden Asbæk, Copenhagen, DK
De Blide – New Danish Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Vordingborg Kunstforening, DK
Kleines Rot, group exhibition De Blide, Plast Space, Leipzig, DE

2024

Permanent solo exhibition / exhibition space, Muusmann Publishing, Bredgade 4, Copenhagen
Art Goes East, group exhibition, Pöge Haus, Leipzig
Rundgang, HGB Leipzig: "Nur für Kurze Zeit" – 3 × 2 m fresco wall painting, main entrance
Pontus och hans väner, group exhibition, Tallbacken Art Center, Vittsjö, SE

2023

Duo exhibition: No Parents, Salon Similde, Leipzig (with Nick Horter)
Class exhibition: Deframed, ASPN Gallery, Leipzig – 4 × 3 m fresco wall painting

2022

Bachelor exhibition: Melange, Bergen Academy of Art and Design
Kunstens Kilde – Two Generations, group exhibition, Køge Art Association (curated by Ellen Tange)

2021

Rundgang, HGB Leipzig
Group exhibition, Gallery Fi4e, Bergen, Norway (with Lisa Liljeström, Nicolai Seerup, and Julius Storgaard)
Duo exhibition: Bergen, Skagen, Tallinn, Galleri Vilde Vaser, Skagen, DK