Kjell Varvin (b. 1939, Bærum) is educated at École Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Artes y Oficios in Barcelona. Experimentation with abstraction is characteristic of the works of Kjell Varvin, whose sculptures are based in 20th century art isms on intuition and immediacy. His works can be described as musical and rhythmic in the way he combines them in new constellations, and are often independent in the way you can view them, standing on the floor, hanging from the ceiling or on the wall.
Easy corner
1993
Welded, hand painted steel
Easy Corner is made from an act of pure improvisation, and it is one of Varvin's first welded steel works.
The work has previously been shown in the exhibition "Corner Pieces" at the Vigeland Museum in Oslo, together with the artists Ane Mette Hol, Åsil Bøthun, Frischli & Weiss og Tor Børresen, curated by Jarle Strømodden.
Per Hess / Kjell Varvin,
Buer Gallery, Oslo, NO
2024
Fredrick Arnøy / Kjell Varvin - maleri / skulptur,
Dropsfabrikken, Trondheim, NO
2023
Intermediary Stages of a Never-Ending Process (solo),
F15, Moss, NO
2021 - 2022
Constant growth (group),
QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2021
The Inevitable is Always Present (solo),
Noplace, Oslo, NO
2021
FRI GEOMETRI/Ustabile Variabler (solo),
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2017
Fri Geometri,
Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, NO
2016
Solo,
UKS, Oslo, NO
1974
Constant Growth,
Main,
2022
"Vi er bevegelige", Arve Rød, Kunstavisen.no, 2021
"Med Kjell Varvins kunst som brille", Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten, 2017
