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.