born in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1975
lives and works in Iceland, New York and France
Courtesy
SPECTA
Peder Skrams Gade 13
DK-1054 Copenhagen K
www.specta.dk
+45 3313 0123
info@specta.dk
Education
2001-2003 School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, NY, USA
1996-1999 Icelandic Academy of Arts, BFA Program, IS
1998-1999 Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Solo exhibitions
2024
Some of It May Have Started at the River, Nunu Fine Art, NY, USA
2023
Conversations During a Heatwave, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2022
Living In The End Times, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2021
CHART art fair (represented by SPECTA), Copenhagen, DK
Absurd Birds and Other Animals (duo with Svend-Allan Sørensen), SPECTA, DK
2020
Love, Laundry, Bear, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei, TW
2019
Óáreiðanleg Vitni, Tveir Hrafnar, Reykjavík, IS
Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Cats, Viewing room at SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2018
My Excited Carrot, my Florence Nightingale, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2017
This Call May Be Recorded, Tveir Hrafnar gallery, Reykjavík, IS
Out Of The Deep, Salon Stux West, NY, USA
2016
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei, TW
2015
Harden Your Heart, Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, Mosfellsbær, IS
Come Closer When The Ground Is Wet, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2012
Call On Me With Your Softness, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
2011
Studies, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2009
Dog By The Spring, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
2008
No Rest For The Dickhead, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2007
And They Followed Him, Art Fair Tokyo, Kobayashi Gallery, JP
The Myth Of Course, Is That There Will Be Some Survivors, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, DK
You Feel Like An Angel, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2006
A Cheerful Reminder of our Lives and Loves; New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
The Myth Of Course, Is That There Will Be Some Survivors, Reykjavík Art Museum, IS
Celebration of the Lambing Season and Open Letter to Botna, Dandruff Space and Shroud, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2005
Paintings, 101 Gallery, Reykjavík, IS
2004
New Paintings and Video, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
2003
New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
1998
Nema Hvad Gallery, Reykjavík, IS
Group exhibitions
2023
April’s Fool, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2022
CAT, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2021
Raw Power, Reykjavík Art Museum Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, IS
2020
UnRealism (online exclusive), Shoshana Wayne Gallery
The Art of Collecting Part II, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Line of Sight, Rita Urso, Artopiagallery, Milan, Italy
2019
Fear No More, Says The Heart, Nunu Fine Art , Taipei, TW
Hoping Longing Dreaming, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Amy's Donation, National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands), Reykjavík, IS
So, Chiang Mai Art Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tilvist Mannsins, Reykjavik Museum Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, IS
76th Regional Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, USA
Gjöfin frá Amy, National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands), IS
2018
Kapall, Skaftfell Museum, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2016
Mannfélagið/The Human Fabric, Reykjanes Art Museum, IS
2015
Kvennaveldið: Konur og Kynvitund, Reykjanes Art Museum, IS
Body Unnatural, Nunu Fine Arts, Taipei, TW
Antidote, Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos, Greece
Nýmálað, Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, IS
2014
Vara-litir, Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjörður, IS
Contemporary Art Exhibition by Lecturers From Department of Printmaking, Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, TH
Exhibition of Art and Research, Works by Staff Members of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, TH
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Pathumwan, Bangkok, TH
Islensk Samtidarportrett, Akureyri Museum, Akureyri, IS
Arcadia, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai, TH
Holy and Profane, Nunu Fine Arts, Taipei, TW
VOLTA10 (represented by SPECTA), Basel, Switzerland
2013
Bear Eats Man, EAF13, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY, USA
2010
Ny adfong 2006-2010, Reykjavik Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir, IS
Ljóslitlífun, Reykjavík Art Museum Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, IS
2009
XS - small paintings, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
No Soul For Sale, The X building, NY, USA
2008
Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale Painting, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
From Head To Toe, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
Teikningin, Hoffmanns Galleri, Reykjavik, IS
I'll never lie to my mother again, Mogadishni Gallery, Aarhus, DK
Carnegie Art Award, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, NO
Carnegie Art Award, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
Carnegie Art Award, Gerðarsafn - Listasafn Kópavogs (Art Museum), Kópavogur, IS
Carnegie Art Award, Konstakademien, Stockholm, SE
Carnegie Art Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007
Big Bad Love, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
Carnegie Art Award, Kiasma - Museet for Nutidskonst, Helsinki, FI
Delicatessen, Schmidt Center University Galleries, Miami, Florida, USA
Cabinet of Curious Ties, Roger Smith Gallery, NY, USA
Become our Egill of Iceland, and the return to the self center, performance in collaboration with David Herbert, Hrafnhildur Arnardottir aka Shoplifter and Mihael Jureawitz, in honor of Egill Sæbjörnsson’s NY Debut, Cueta Project NY, USA
Sjomilnaskor, Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, IS
The Outsider, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2006
Fruitcake and Casserole, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Icelandic Painting after 1980, National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands), Reykjavík, IS
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, FR
2005
Public notice 2, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Volcana, Plugin Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Jolasyning, Art Gallery 101, Reykjavík, IS
2004
Slice and Dice, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA
Stay Inside, Shosana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Public Notice, The Fields Sculpture Park at the Art Omi International Center, NY, USA
Stop and Stor, Lux Gallery, NY, USA
2003
New Paintings, Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, USA
The Painted Figure, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA
Dubrow International, Roger Smith Gallery, NY, USA
Thau bidja ad heilsa, Opna Galleryid, Reykjavík, IS
Top Soil, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA
2002
East of Hollywood - Reaction Shot, Studio 210TWO, Los Angeles, California, USA
Not Sculpture, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA
Kottur ad Reykja, Opna Galleryid, Reykjavík, IS
Residency and guest lecturer
2013-2014: Chiang Mai, Thailand