CV | GUÐRÚN KRISTJANSDOTTIR

Visual Artist |  Reykjavík | Iceland

 

EDUCATION

1977-1979 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
1974-1979 The Reykjavík School of Art

 

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS

2010 Iceland Expo, WEATHER TUNE, Shanghai, China
2010 Luise Ross Gallery, IMPRINTS, New York, USA.
2009 Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, WEATHER WRITING, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
2008 Gallery Agust, PICTURES, Reykjavík, Iceland,
2007 ASI Art Museum, WEATHERING, Reykjavík, Iceland,
2007 Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, THE SOFT LAVAS, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
2005 Skálholt, Installation, South Iceland
2005 Studio exhibition, SNOW FORMS, Reykjavik, Iceland
2005 Luise Ross Gallery, THE THAW, New York, USA
2005 Dandruff Space, EARHT'S DANDRUFF, Williamsburg, New York, USA
2004 The Nordic Houses, Video Installation, Berlin, Germany
2003 Skaftfell, SNOW FORMS, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2003 The Winter Light Festival, Installation, Reykjavik City Hall, Iceland
2000 Hafnarborg Art Museum, FROM MOUNTAINS, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
1999 Galleri Island, LANDSCAPES, Oslo, Norway
1998 Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA
1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA
1996 Visual Seminar and Retrospective Exhibition, Gerduberg Culture Center Reykjavik, Iceland
1996 Sjonarholl, NEW WORKS, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Gerðarsafn, Kopavogur Art Museum, HILLSIDES, Kopavogur, Iceland
1994 Galleri Solon Islandus, VIEW, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 Gallery De L'Awei, Drachten, Icelandic Art, Holland
1992 The Nordic House / FÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
1991 Gallery Orpheus, Eskilstuna, Sweden
1990 Gallery Persons & Lindell, Helsinki, Finland
1989 SCAG, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 Galleri Nyhöfn, Reykjavík, Iceland
1987 Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland
1986 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 The Reykjavik Academy, ART AND SCOLARS, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007 The National Museum, WAYS IN BETWEEN, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007 Art Museum of Arnessysla, MOVING MOUNTAINS, Hveragerdi, Iceland
2007 Hallgrimskirkja, THE IMAGE OF HALLGRÍMUR, Reykjavik, Iceland
2005 Galleri 100°, STREAMS, Reykjavik Energy, Iceland
2005 Stockholms Auktionsverk, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Den Nordatlantiske Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Kjarvalsstadir, FERDAFURDA, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 St.Domingo de Boneval, MOMENT II, Santiago de Compostella, Spain
2002 ASÍ Art Museum, MOMENT I, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 Nordic Contemporary Art, Hadelands Glassverk, Norway
2001 Nordic Contemporary Art, Steninge Palace, Sweden
2001 Hallormstadarskogur, ART IN THE WOODS, East Iceland
2000 Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur Art Museum, ELEMENTS, Kopavogur,Iceland
2000 Man Gallery, WINTER PICTURES, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000 Dozza, Il Muro di Pinto, Bologna, Italy
2000 International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA
2000 New Bedford Art Museum, Black & White MA, USA
2000 Laxárstod, ART IN POWERSTATIONS, North Iceland
1999 The Round Tower, Elements, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle
1998 BELKAW, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
1995 Velje Kunstmuseum, Art from Iceland, Denmark
1993 Deautsche bank, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 Gallery Frank Bustamante, Three Icelandic Artists, New York, USA
1992 Safnaðarheimilid, Akureyri, Iceland
1991 The Hafnarfjordur Arts Festival, Hafnarborg, Iceland
1990 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1989 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1988 Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
1987 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1986 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1985 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1983 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

PLANNED PROJECTS

2010 Book on GK's work, publ. by Gudrun publishing

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum
The National Art Gallery of Iceland
Gerðarsafn, Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland
Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
The University of Iceland
The Icelandic University of Education
The National Broadcasting Service of Iceland
The National Bank of Iceland
The District Court of Reykjavík
The Bank of Iceland
Icelandair
Arion Bank
The State Finance Agency
Also works in private collections in Iceland, Sweden, Norway,
Switzerland, USA, Canada and Germany.

LECTURES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

2008-2010 Curating the Art exhibitions in Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik: www.listvinafelag.is
2007 The Blue Lagoon, Stream-Writing, 90 m2 artwork devited into 10 drapers. Commissioned work for the new Hall.
2007 Symposium at The National Museum, Opening the Herritage
2008 Lecture at The Art Academy of Iceland
2000 Selected to participate in Art Competition for the Icelandic University of Education
1998 Teaching at Pratt Fine Art Center / Nordic Heritage Museum´s Summer Intensive Programme, Seattle, USA
1998 Lecture at the Nordic Heritage Museum of Seattle, USA
1993 Lecture at De L´Awei, Drachten, Holland
1990 Lecture at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Art
1987-1988 Teaching at The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts

 

Guðrún Kristjansdottir has received grants and stipends from the City of Reykjavík (1998), the Icelandic State Fund for Artists (1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010), from the Nordic Art Centre in Sweaborg, Finland, from Cité International des Arts in Paris, and from the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Gudrun received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner foundation in 2006. She was a member of FÍM, federation of Icelandic artists, and its chairman from 1994 – 1996. In the board of SIM, the Assosiation of Icelandic Artists, 2002 - 2009 and member of the board of Serra Foundation 1998 - 2001.