Born in Finland 1965. Lives and works in Iceland.

EDUCATION

2007-2009 Iceland academy of the arts - Reykjavik, Iceland.

1994-95 winter, project - Meeting between Art and Architecture - KTH School of Architecture, Stockholm, Sweden.

1994-95 Sculpture, special student Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden.

1992 spring, printmaking and sculpture, Nordplus exchange student The Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Finland.

1990-93 Sculpture Department. The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts - Reykjavik, Iceland.

1989-90 Preparatory art studies Konstskolan i Stockholm Sweden.

1981-84 Botvids College, matriculation exam, Stockholm.


SOLO EXHIBITION

2009-2010 Icelandic Proverbs- Artótek - The Reykjavík City Library library.

2007 Gust - Listasafn ASÍ - Labour Union's Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2006 The sculptor of the month of April - Hafnarborg - The Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art - Iceland.

2006 Umhleypingar - Changeable weather - The Cable Gallery - Helsinki, Finland.

2003 Drizzle Complex - The Nordic House - Reykjavik, Iceland (Norden in focus - Focus on the Nordic region).

2003 Relief's - Slunkariki Isafjörður, Iceland.

2001 Weatherchange - Listasafn ASÍ - Labour Union's Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2001 Landið - Hafnarborg - The Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art - Hafnarborg, Iceland.

2000 Á Seyði - Art festival in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.


GROUP EXHIBITION

2011 7e Triennale internationale du papier, Viviane Fontaine - Musee du Pays et Val de Charmey - Charmey, Switzerland.

2009 LAUGAVEGURINN, Reykjavik Art Festival - StartArt - Reykjavik, Iceland

2008, 2007 Kórpúlfsstaðir - Reykjavik, Iceland.

2007 Seed - Artworld Digest - Brooklyn, New York.

2007 Gallery 100° - Reykjavik, Iceland.

2006 Quantity is Quality - The Living Art Museum in Reykjavik - Iceland.

2006 SENSi/aBLE SPACES - University of Iceland - Reykjavík Arts Festival - Iceland.

2006 OPEN DOORS, Kórpúlfsstaðir - Reykjavik, Iceland.

2006 The North Atlantic Islands - The City Hall Copenhagen, Denmark.

2006 The bright / dark North - The Culture House - The Winter Lights Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2005 MHR - Hafnarborg - The Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art - Hafnarborg, Iceland.

2005 5e Triennale internationale du papier, Viviane Fontaine - Musee du Pays et Val de Charmey - Charmey, Switzerland.

2004 Artists' Books - Crafts and design - Reykjavik, Iceland.

2003 Meistari Jakob -5years - The Nordic House - Reykjavik, Iceland.

2003-01 Buckle a traveling exhibition, Iceland; Reykjavík Art Museum-Kjarvalstaðir; Vestmannaeyjar; Art festival Ketilhús Akureyri; Art festival Á Seyði - Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður; Slunkariki Isafjörður.

1999 LAND - In Árnessýsla's Art Museum, Selfoss, Iceland.

1995 Meeting between Art and Architecture Vita Havet Konstfack Stockholm, Sweden.


OTHER

2009 Lostin, Draumasmiðjan (Theater, video), Iceland

2010, 2008 Möguleikhúsið (Theater, costume, sumer courses), Iceland


AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2010 In-Service Training "Strategies of Non Knowledge - the myth of the return journey", supported by the EU- programs for lifelong learning Comenius.

2006 Memorial Fund of Margrét Björgólfsdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2006 The City of Reykjavik - Iceland.

2006 HIAP Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Program - Finland.

2005 -2008 Korpúlfsstaðir, studios SÍM

2005 Muggur travel fund (The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Icelandair and Höfuðborgarstofan) - SÍM Reykjavik, Iceland.

2005 Muggur fund (The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Visual Art Copyright Association and Culture commission of Reykjavik) - SÍM Reykjavik, Iceland.

2000 The Culturefund of the Community Centers in Reykjavik. Exhibitionsgrant for the exhibitions Á Seyði.

1999 The Culturefund of the Community Centers in Reykjavik. Exhibitionsgrant for the exhibitions LAND.

1995 Academic house. Konstfack Directorate. Stockholm, Sweden. Cooperative proposal on the subject Meeting between Art and Architecture.

1993 The College's price and honor for outstanding progress and results of studies Sculpture, MHÍ- Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Iceland.

1992 Nordplus The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland.


WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Reykjavik Savings Bank (SPRON)


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
KB lögmannastofa ehf Private collections in Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Japan.


OTHER ACTIVITIES

2011-2007 Teaching and workshops - Garðabaer College

2010, 2009 FÍMK, Association of Icelandic Art Teachers. Committee member.

2010, 2008 Möguleikhúsið- The Possible Theatre

2008, 2007 Workshop - The Reykjavik School of Visual Art

2007 Proposal of an artproject sited at the Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant - Reykjavik Energy, Iceland.

2005 Workshops in instrument making - The Intercultural Center - Cultural Night, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2004 The Global Project Of Solargraphy - http://www.solargraphy.com - june-agust, Emstrur, Iceland.

2003-04 Warden in Emstrur - ITA The Iceland Touring Association

2003-04 Cooperation: Art Gallery Meistari Jakob operated by eleven artists, Reykjavik.

2002-03 Teaching - Reykjavik's Sports- and Youth Council - ÍTR Reykjavik, Iceland.


MEMBERSHIP

FÍMK
MHR Reykjavik Sculptors Society
NylóThe Associaton of the Living Art Museum
Visual Art Copyright Association
SÍM The Association of Icelandic Visual Artist


COVERAGE

2010 LAUGAVEGURINN - START ART Gallery, publication. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2009 Icelandreview 19.november.
2007 - Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik, Ragna Sigurðardóttir. 3.november. Critic. About the soloexhibition "Gust", Listasafn ASÍ - Labour Union's Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 Seed - David Cohen, NYC Artworld Digest, Brooklyn, New York, March.
2006 Kostulegt postulín - Þóra Þórisdóttir, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik 8. July. Page 31. Critic.
2006 An International Environment Conference, Blaðið. 31.May. News.
2006 Perception and conception of spaces and the natural environment , Sensi/able SpacesSpace. Fréttablaðið -brb. 31.May. News.
2006 Sensi/able SpacesSpaces: Space, Art and the Environment, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2006 HIAP Bulletin Issue 01/2006 HIAP Artists, 23. February.
2005 Pottþétt þrívídd - Félagsmenn í MHR - by Jón B.K. Ransu - Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik. - Menningarblað/Lesbók, 22. október. Critic.
2005 A Charmey, les oeuvres de papier défient les caprices de la météo by Laurens Caille. La Liberté, Sud, Switzerland 11. june, page 17. News.
2005 5e Triennale internationale du papier, Viviane Fontaine Charmey, Switzerland. Catalogue.
2001 White on White (Hvítt á hvítt) by Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland. 14. October, page 20. Critic.
2001 From Town and Country (Úr borg og sveit) by Anna Sigríður Einarsdóttir, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland. 19. January, page 34. Critic.
2001 Mosaik, RÚV, Icelandic National Television.17. January.
2000 The Time of Nature (Um tímans náttúru) by Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland. 30. July, page 18. Critic.
1999 Minnst við landið by Bragi Ásgeirsson, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland. 16. July, page 28. Critic.
1999 Tengsl náttúru og nútímalistar by Anna Sigríður Einarsdóttir, Morgunblaðið, Daily Newspaper in Reykjavik. 10. July, page 16. News.
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