SIGURGEIR SIGURJÓNSSON
2024 / 11.05 - 01.06
Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson was born in Reykjavík in 1948. He studied photography in the years 1965-1969 and then attended Christer School of Photography. Strömholm in Stockholm 1970-1971 and in San Diego, California, 1980-1981.
Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson is one of Iceland's most famous and respected photographers with many books behind him, such as Lost in Iceland, Iceland Small World and Planet Iceland. He and his wife, Helga Gísladóttir, have been traveling around Iceland for many years and taking photographs.
ÓLÖF BJÖRG BJÖRNSDÓTTIR
2024 / 20.04 - 04.05
Ólöf Björg Björnsdóttir is born 1973 in Reykjavík Iceland where she lives and works. Graduated from the painting department of the Art University in Iceland 2001. She has studied art both in Universidad de Granada and with a Korean master in Seoul. She has a diploma in Teaching and teaches art part time. She studied philosophy in the University of Iceland and has gone through spiritual practices through Shamans from Nepal and S-America. Ólöf has had multiple exhibitions of her artwork.
GABRÍELA FRIDRISKDOTTIR
2024 / 09.03 - 13.04
Gabríela Friðriksdóttir (1971) likes to work across art forms in installations, where unconventional materials are combined with art media such as drawings, paintings, sculptures and animations. In the works, surrealistic miniature worlds appear in a unique imagery on the border between nature and dreamlike fantasy in constant transition, with references to symbolism and spiritual systems presented in her own mythology.
HALLDÓR RAGNARSSON
Halldór (b. 1981) lives and works in Reykjavík. Halldór completed his B.A. degree (2007) and M.A. degree (2014) from the Fine Arts Department of the Iceland Academy of the Arts, after previously studying philosophy and pedagogy at the University of Iceland. Halldór has 13 solo exhibitions behind him as well as having participated in a number of group exhibitions; both here and abroad.He mainly works with painting as a medium and often uses text in his works where sentences or words are repeated
HERDÍS HLÍF ÞORVALDSDÓTTIR
Herdís primarily works with classic Renaissance-style oil paintings with an emphasis on classic hand gestures and references to the history of art and culture. Her works are often funky, dreamy, vulnerable and emotional. Imagery is on the edge of timelessness, but is often seasoned with details that give clues to the current moment.
SIGURÐUR SÆVAR MAGNÚSARSON
Sigurður Sævar started his young career in the field of art and has been working with oil on canvas since 2015. He has taken part in group exhibitions and held exhibitions in Harpa, in Perlunn, in Kringlunn and in his own premises which used to house Veitingahúsið Argentina on Barónstíg. Following his graduation exhibition from the Royal Academy of Arts, last summer 2023, his works were selected for a group exhibition at the Ron Mandos Gallery in Amsterdam for the exhibition Best of Graduates 2023.
ERLA ÞÓRARINSDÓTTIR
Erla Þórarinsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on September 22, 1955. She grew up in Iceland, Denmark and Sweden.
Erla studied at the Konstfack University of Art and Design in Stockholm between 1976 and 1981, with a visit to the Gerrit Rietweld Akademie as a visiting student for one semester in 1981.
ÝMIR GRÖNVOLD
Ímir Grönvold (1994) lives and works in Reykjavík. He graduated from art faculty of the Art University of Iceland in 2018, as well as having attended an exchange program at the painting department at the Royal Academy in Den Haag.
SIRRA SIGRÚN SIGURÐARDÓTTIR
Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir graduated with a BA from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2001 and an MA in Art Practice from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2013. Sirra's works are cosmic in nature and often relate to speculations about our position within the dynamics of nature, physics and the forces that keep the world going.
GEIRÞRÚÐUR EINARSDÓTTIR
Geirthrúður Einarsdóttir (b. 1989) graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in the spring of 2016. In the fall after graduation, she was an intern at the artist-run space A-Dash in Athens.
Today she lives and works in Reykjavík. Geirtrúður has recently been working on the creation of bas-reliefs from painted linen canvas. The works draw inspiration from landscapes and aerial photographs of unspeakable places. They are built up in layers and lines and have strong connections
ARNGUNNUR ÝR
Arngunnur Ýr has for years held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Iceland and abroad. She has a BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, an MFA from Mills College, CA, and also studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts and an MFA program at the Gerrit Rietveldt Academie in Amsterdam.
FRITZ HENDRIK IV
Fritz Hendrik IV (b. 1993) is an Icelandic visual artist who lives and works in Reykjavík. In his art, he discusses, among other things, about the conscious and unconscious staging that characterizes life, arts and culture.
EGILL LOGI JÓNASSON
Egill Logi Jónasson graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Akureyri in 2012 and graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in 2016. He uses diverse media in his artistic creation such as painting and music. He is also known as his alter ego "Drengurinn fengurinn"
ANNA HALLIN & OLGA BERGMANN
Visual artists Anna Hallin and Olga Bergmann live and work in Reykjavík. Anna was born in 1965 in Olofström, Sweden, and Olga was born in Reykjavík in 1967.
Olga graduated with an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1995 and Anna graduated in 1996 with an MFA from Mills College in California
KRISTINN MÁR PÁLMASON
Kristinn Már Pálmason was born in Keflavík in 1967, lives and works in Reykjavík and has also lived, worked on art and held exhibitions in Vienna. Kristinn Már has over 20 solo exhibitions as well as participation in joint exhibitions and collaborative projects at home and abroad. Kristinn Már has over 20 solo exhibitions as well as participation in joint exhibitions and collaborative projects at home and abroad.
BJARNI SIGURBJÖRNSSON
Bjarni has held numerous exhibitions both at home and abroad for over three decades.
Bjarni studied at the school SanFrancisco Art Institute in the years 1990-1996, where he completed both BFA and MFA studies in art with an emphasis on painting.
JON LAXDAL
Jón Laxdal's path to art was through poetry and philosophy, which he focused on in the 1970s. However, he soon found that he was in common with those who wanted to break down the walls between language and art, and between interpretation and creation.
ERLA S. HARALDÓTTIR
Erla S. Haraldsdóttir uses paintings, drawings, prints and collages as a medium to work with cultural symbols and find their place in haunting and narrative images. She is trained in painting and has a varied background in performance art and video works, but now focuses on figurative paintings.
ERNA MIST
Erna Mist (b. 1998 in Reykjavík) is a painter and columnist who paints on canvas and writes for magazines.
Despite her young age, her works have been exhibited in London, Milan and Reykjavík and are sold to seventeen countries on three continents. Erna lives in both Reykjavík and London, but aims to graduate from The Slade School of Fine Art in the spring of 2023. Næturveröld is her first solo exhibition in Iceland.
BRAGI ÁSGEIRSSON
Bragi Ásgeirsson (born 28 May 1931, died 25 March 2016) was a graphic artist, painter and art teacher. In addition, he was a critic for Morgunblaðin for years. Bragi received the Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon in 2001 for "work for the benefit of art and culture."
JAKOB VEIGAR SIGURÐSSON
Jakob Veigar graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a BA degree in 2016 and from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with an MA degree in 2019. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and set up solo exhibitions around the world.
HUBERT NOI JÓHANNESSON
Húbert Nói Jóhannesson graduated from the Contemporary Arts Department of the Iceland School of Art and Crafts in 1987, he studied science at the University of Iceland and during his student years worked on geological research in the highlands of Iceland, and signs of this can be seen in many places in his work.
SNORRI ÁSMUNDSSON
Snorri Ásmundsson (b. 1966) has been working as an artist for twenty years, during which time Snorri has been responsible for various community performances that have often attracted a lot of attention.
HELGI ÞORGILS FRIÐJÓNSSON
It is only three years short of half a century since Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson held his first solo exhibition and a year later, in 1976, he had completed his studies at the School of Fine Arts and Handicrafts and continued his studies at De Vrije Academie in The Hague.
AUÐUR ÓMARSDÓTTIR
Auður Ómarsdóttir (b.1988) works in mixed media, but mainly in painting, sculpture, photography and drawing. Physicality and attention play a big role in her creative process. The inspiration usually comes from personal events, elements in the local environment or from the internet, which Auður transfers into his figurative language.
ÁRNI PÁLL
Árni Páll Jóhannsson grew up in Stykkishólmi and before he moved to Reykjavík he had gone on a study trip to England. There he first became acquainted with the new trends in art that were to shape his own artistic creation: I went to England from Stykkishólmi and while I was there I happened upon an exhibition where I saw works that set me on fire
SIGGA BJÖRG
Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir (b. 1986) is an artist living in Reykjavík. Sigga Björg completed an MFA degree from the Glasgow School of Art in 2004, and has since exhibited his work around the world.
GOTTI BERNHÖFT
Gotti became famous at the time when he designed album covers for the band Sigur Rós. Since then, numerous people around the world have had the work tattooed on them.
MIREYA SAMPER
Mireya Samper studied art at Iceland's School of Arts and Crafts as well as at the University of Arts in Marseille, France, where she took both a BA degree and a Master's degree. She has exhibited sculptures, installations, paintings and outdoor artworks all over the world, including in France, Japan, India and Iceland.