Born in 1970 in Iceland
Lives and works in Iceland
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2018- Hemiola, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2009 – Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, curator Gavin Morrisson, USA,
2008 – Nicolas Krupp Galleri (with Daniel Hunziker), Basel, Switzerland
2008 – Project Room, Warehouse, Contemporary Art, Teramo, Italy
2007 – Touching the Membrane, The Municipal Museum of Reykjavik, Iceland
2007 – Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland
2007 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2007 – Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2007 – Sieves Mother ́s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2005 – Nicolas Krupp Galleri, Basel, Switzerland
2005 – Dandruff Space and Shroud (with Roni Horn), New York, USA
2005 – Material time work time life time, Reykjavík Art Festival, curated by Jessica Morgan, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 – Filiale Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2004 – Safn, Reykjavík Iceland
2003 – Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri, Iceland
2002 – The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2000 – Institute of Visual Arts INOVA, Milwaukee, USA
1999 – Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
1998 – Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
1998 – Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 – Center Square Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J., USA
1994 – Livingston Gallery, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., USA
1994 – The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2009 – Quiet Revolution, organized by Hayward Touring, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
2009 – Possibilities The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2008 – The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri, Iceland
2008 – Manifesta 7, curated by Adam Budak, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
2008 – Loftnet, Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 – Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2006 – Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri, Iceland
2006 – Ruin – A dangerous obsession and the culture of excess, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2006 – Strip – images in line, curated by Rolf Bier, Kunstverein Baselland / Muttenz-Switzerland, Switzerland
2005 – Buenos Dias Santiage – an exhibition as expedition, curated by Jean-Paul Felleyand Olivier Kaeser, MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art Chile, Santiago, Chile
2005 – Volcana, Icelandic Panorama, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Kevin Kelly, Manitoba, Canada,
2005 – FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII. Site-Ations, Lodz, Poland
2005 – Tivolí The Museum of Árnes, curated by Markús Örn Andrésson and Thurídur Sigurdardóttir, Iceland
2004 – Aldrei-nie-never, Galerie Kuckei-Kuckei Berlin, Germany
2003 – Handlungsanweisungen / instructions a permanent public art installation, Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna, Austria
2003 – Wollenmaiden – HÚS Project, Dublin, Ireland
2003 – Jimmie Durham’s workshop, Eikaas Galerie, Jölster, Norway
2003 – The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Galleriet, Göteborg, Sweden
2002 – Don, The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas, USA
2001 – MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
2001 – I would like to see… selected by Sjón, Gerduberg, Iceland
2000 – Non Stop Beautiful Ladies, Marfa, Texas, USA
2000 – This Earth is a Flower, Construction in Process, Poland
2000 – Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2000 – Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Helsinki, Finland
2000 – Eisernes Haus 7/6 Österreich/Island, Graz, Austria
1999 – Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 – 7/6 Austria-Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 – Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
1999 – Etwas, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
1998 – Vacation – a collaborative installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudlaugur K. Óttarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 – Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 – Lundur, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden
1997 – A4 Hlynur Hallsson, Otto Plank Galleri, Bergen, Norway
1996 – MFA , 420 West Broadway, New York, USA
1995 – 17 Years, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994 – Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland
RESIDENCIES
2009-2010 – Stiftung Laurenz Haus, Basel, Switzerland
2005 – Art Omi, International Artists ́Residency, New York, USA
2000 – Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA
AWARDS
2009 – Gudmunda Kristinsdóttir Art Prize, Iceland
2006 – Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist’s Fund, Iceland
2005 – One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist’s Fund, Iceland
2002 – The Richard Serra Prize, Iceland
2000 – One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist’s Fund, Iceland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
The National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Die Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
The Artists ́ Museum, Lodz, Poland
EDUCATION
1994-1997 – MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, USA
1989-1993 – BFA The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Iceland
1986-1989 – The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland