Illustrator and sculptor Bjørn Okholm Skaarup brings vibrant life to his contemporary art through a parade of joyfully imaginative animalistic figures. These creatures are often depicted in anthropomorphic poses, such as a cheetah riding a scooter or a rhino dressed as a harlequin.
Okholm Skaarup was born in 1973 in Rudkøbing, Denmark. In 1994, he began working at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. In 2004, he moved to Florence, Italy, to study the work of the Renaissance masters and learn large-scale bronze casting. He received a PhD in 2009 from the European University Institute.
Now based in New York City, Okholm Skaarup builds on elements of art history in his work, as seen in his numerous renditions of the Hippo Ballerina, which is a whimsical take on Edgar Degas’s The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer with an enthusiastic nod to Disney. Many of his artworks contain a mischievous twist, like his bronze sculpture of a lion with a crown on his head, riding a rocking horse instead of a majestic stallion.
Okholm Skaarup is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and has exhibited his works at many notable venues, including the Koldinghus Museum in Kolding, Denmark, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Four Seasons Hotel in Florence and the Hotel Cipriani in Venice.
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Dreams
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Bronze
Endless
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Gold, Bronze
To Catch a Scent
By Gerald Balciar
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 33/45
Bronze
Observation
By Gerald Balciar
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number on the bronze base of this sculpture. 16/20
Bronze
Touch
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Bronze
To Catch a Scent
By Gerald Balciar
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #33/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar. Signed on bronze sculpture.
Bronze
MEMORY AND IMPROBABILITY
By Robert Cremean
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Robert Cremean MEMORY AND IMPROBABILITY, 2024 Modeling stand, scetchbook, metal, wood, wood maché, vellum, hemp, modeling paste, acrylic 60 x 24 x 24 in (152.4 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Mixed Media
Slightly Above
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Bronze
Echo
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Bronze
The Edge of Silence (Study)
By Johannes Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Bronze
The Ark
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 6 Bjorn Skaarup Biography Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European Un...
Bronze
Beyond
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to explore ...
Bronze
The Giraffe
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
A giraffe on stilts.
Bronze
Grecian Voyage
By Hans Van de Bovenkamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of abstract boat
Bronze
WTF
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
8.5 ft. version of Jim Rennert's sculpture "WTF." Edition of 3 American, b. 1958 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten...
Bronze
Epiphany
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a businessman peering through a hole
Steel, Bronze
