Karl Holmqvist

Karl Holmqvist (b.1964) is a poet who sets out TO GIVE POETRY A TRY. Trained a linguist, his literal, visual, musical, hallucinated pastiche of sampled fragments makes magic.

habitat extends an invitation to Holmqvist due to these enchanting, uncompromising qualities. By giving poetry a try, over and over again, life shall become but a poem.

Holmqvist has held solo shows at the Camden Art Center, London, U.K.; The Power Station, Dallas, TX; Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.