Fædd / Born 1983, Reykjavik, Iceland
Býr og starfar í / Lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland
MENNTUN / EDUCATION
2012 – 2014 M.Art.Ed. Iceland Academy of the Arts
2008 – 2009 Diploma Applied Gender Studies, University of Iceland.
2005 – 2008 BA Fine Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts.
2007 Erasmus exchange student, Crawford school of Art. Cork, Ireland.
2006 Kuno programme, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden.
EINKASÝNINGAR / SOLO SHOWS
2015 VIEW OF MOTIVATION. Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 RED DIRECTION. Týs gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2014 VIEW OF MOTIVATION. NAU Gallery, Stockholm Sweden
2014 DAGAR UNDRABARNSINS ERU Á ENDA / THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, ÞOKA, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 BREADWINNER. Torpedo18, www.torpedo18.dk Denmark
2009 FEED ME. Kronkron. Reykjavik, Iceland
HELSTU SAMSÝNINGAR / SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS
2015 Gimli, Icelandic Art Center & Reykajvík Art Festival
2015 JUST PAINTED II – Reykjavík Art Museum
2015 SMALL WORLDS – Wo das Gras grüner ist, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein.
2015 IT´S THE MEDIA NOT YOU, Eastern Edge Gallery, Newfoundland Canada
2012 ALT_CPH with TORPEDO18, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2012 ENDEMI. Höggmyndafélagið, Reykjavik, Iceland. http://endemi.wordpress.com
2012 CONCLUSION OF SOLUTION. Gallerí Klósett, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 MY FRIEND THE FOREIGNER. The Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh, Scotland
2011 MADE IN CHINA – I CREATED IT WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. Sequences Real Time Art Festival, Iceland.
2010 BLOW ME (POTTI) – BLOODY BEAUTY OK. Gallery Crymo, Iceland.
2010 CULTURAL APPEARANCES OF ICELAND. Political critique, Warsaw, Poland.
2010 FLUSHED. Nordic house. Iceland.
2010 IN SPACE , Alt_Cph Alternative Art Fair Copenhagen as a member of Callery Crymo. www.Altcph.dk . Denmark.
2010 SKRILLINN GEGN AKÆRUVALDINU. The Living Art Museum, www.nylo.is Iceland.
2010 BOOBYTUBES. Gallery Crymo. Iceland.
2010 REPLACING THE VIEW – HVERFISGATA. Collaboration with Una B Sigurdardottir. Midsummer Festival, Iceland.
2009 OPEN-THERE ARE CORPS. Kling & Bang gallery http://this.is/klingogbang , Iceland.
2008 SÝNING Í SUÐSUÐVESTUR GÆTI TAFIÐ FRAMKVÆMDIR Á SUÐURNESJUM. Southsouthwest gallery, Iceland.
2008 SILVER PIG. Epal, Iceland.
2008 The Iceland Academy of the Arts, graduation exhibition. Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland.
PERFORMANCES
2013 THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, Dimanche Rouge, Pluckhouse, Helsinki, Finland.
2013 HIÐ FULLKOMNA SÓLÓ, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2012 THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, Grüntaler9, Berlin, Germany.
2012 ALREADY-MADE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, Leikhús Listamanna, Gamla Bíó, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2012 PERVERT PROOF PERFORMANCE in context with Torpedo18 at Alt_Cph 2012. Cohpenhagen, Denmark.
2012 THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2012 THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER – Confessions of a child prodigy, ART IN TRANSLATION, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2012 A 28 YEAR OLD ARTIST REVEALS A TRUE STORY. Kvöld hinna glötuðu verka. Artíma gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 PERVERT PROOF PERFORMANCE. RIFF, Reykjavík international film festival. Iðnó, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 BLOODY BEAUTY BALLET. Collaboration with Snorri Ásmundsson. Leikhúsi Listamanna, Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 PEOPLE PLEASER. Leikhús Listamanna. Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 OFF WITH IT ALL. Collaboration with Steinunn Gunnlaugsdottir. Tjarnabio, Reykjvík, Iceland.
ART RELATED WORK AND OTHER PROJECTS
2014 – 2015 Co-curator for exhibition series CYC – Cyclorama, The Living art Museum, Iceland.
2013 – 2015 THE LIVING ART MUSEUM, Member of the board.
2012 – 2013 SEQUENCES – Real time art festival, member of the board.
2011 – 2012 GALLERÍ KLÓSETT. Founder and co director of Gallerí Klósett. Gallerí Klósett was a artist run exhibition space located at Hverfisgata 61, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2010 – 2011 GALLERY CRYMO. Member of the board & member of participating artists.
2011 Book cover and drawings for Daloon Dagagar. Author Bergthora Snæbjornsdottir.
2009 Artwork/Album cover for musician EBERG.
PUBLISHING
2013 STÍNA, magazine on literature and art. Cover.
2013 Book. THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER. By Wunderkind Collective. Published by Útúr book publishing, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2012 KATALOG, 6th Issue, FETISH. Central Canadian Center for performance, 2012. Magazine. ENDEMI third issue, Reykjavík, Iceland. http://endemi.wordpress.com/
2011 Book. TRUST US WE ARE ARTIST. an archive on Gallery Crymo. Published by Crymogea, Reykjavik, Ísland.
2010 Catalog. CULTURAL APPEARANCES OF ICELAND. Published, Political Critique. Warsaw, Poland.
STYRKIR / GRANTS
2015 Artist grant, Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Education
2014 Myndstef, travel grant for the project, It´s the Media Not You.
2014 CIA, Kynningarmiðstöð, for the exhibition View of Motivation, Stockholm.
2014 Muggur travel grant, for the exhibition View of Motivation, Stockholm.
2014 Muggur travel grant for the project, It´s the Media Not You.
2012 Muggur, travel grant for the project, The days of the child prodigy are over
2011 EUF, for the project Days of the Child Prodigy. www.euf.is
2011 Egill Skallagrímsson, Icelandic embassy in London.
2011 Muggur travel grant. SÍM
2010 Menningar og ferðamálasvið. Reykjavík city.
2010 CIA, center for Icelandic arts.
2008 Scholarship for tuition fees. Reykjavik city.
2008 Scholarship for tuition fees. Reykjavik city.
2007 Erasmus grant for exchange studies in fine art in Crawford school, Cork, Ireland.
2005 Scholarship for tuition fees. Memorial fund of Margrét Björgolfsd.