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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Giraffe Tall Clown
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 64 x 18 x 18 inches - overall dimensions The steel base is 22 inches tall. Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a...
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
The Frog
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 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 University Institute in Fl...
Bronze
Crane
By Jane DeDecker
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a figure balancing on their hands with their legs bent in the air. Ed. 4/17
Bronze
The Grasshopper and the Ant
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Story from Aesop's Fables. Edition of 9
Bronze
Victory Lap!
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition 2/9 White pedestal not included Artist Statement: Inspired by the 1840 “Broken Mast Monument” in Sag Harbor’s Oakland Cemetery – commemorating numerous ships that were crus...
Bronze
Giraffe strolling
By Zawadi
Located in Knysna, ZA
In order to maintain sales with our USA customers, I have had to reduce all prices by 20%, to offset the tariffs placed upon South Africa. Giraffes grow to nearly their full height ...
Bronze
Newborn Giraffe and Mother
By Antonio Da Silva
Located in Somerset West, WC
Newborn Giraffe and Mother is a limited edition bronze sculpture. We have 2 patinas available the brown and the sand. Created with the lost wax casting process.
Bronze
Golden Sun
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
Large Modern Giraffe Sculpture by Manuel Carbonell Latin American
Located in Rochester, NY
A large and early sand cast aluminum modernist sculpture of a giraffe by Cuban American artist Manuel Carbonell. Pedestal included. Measures: Height is 73” with base. Carbonell’s early sculptures where sand cast and unique. This is an edition of 1/1. Included is the original sketch of the work. Signed, circa 1967. Provenance: Ted Materna. Materna discovered Carbonell in the early 1960s. He produced Carbonell's gallery catalogs and helped promote him through his public relations firm in NYC. Manuel Carbonell (1918-2011) was regarded as the last of the Cuban Master...
Metal
“Giraffe”
Located in Warren, NJ
Louis Paul Jonas Oversized Giraffe Ltd Ed Sculpture. 21x17 in good condition small ear is partially missing.
Ceramic
Girafe - Bronze by Sophie Martin
By Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lost wax bronze 4/8. founder DELVAL. Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom. She freely observes the animal and captures and interpre...
Bronze
