Born 1975, Reykjavík, Iceland
  
Education
2001-2003School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York
1996-1999Icelandic Academy of Arts, BFA Program
1999-2000Universidad de Barcelona
  
Public Collections
Reykjavík Art Museum
The National Gallery of Iceland
  
Solo Exhibitions
2024What we did yesterday, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
 Some of it May Have Started at the River, Nunu Fine Art, New York, NY
2023Conversations During a Heatwave, Nunu Fine Art Taipei | Project Space, Taiwan
2022Living in the End Times, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021Strange Birds and Other Animals, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020Love, Laundry Bear, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
2019Óáreiðanleg vitni, Tveir Hrafnar, Reykjavik, Iceland
 Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
 Cats, Specta Gallery, Project Room, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018My Excited Carrot, My Florence Nightingale, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017This Call May Be Recorded, Tveir Hrafnar gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
 Out of the Deep, Salon Stux West, New York, NY
2016Other Voices, Other Rooms, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
2015Willing to go on, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
 Harden Your Heart, Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, Mosfellsbær, Iceland
 Come Closer When the Ground is Wet, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014Andra, Art Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012Call On Me with Your Softness, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2011Studies, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010I Am With You, Artopia Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009Dog by The Spring, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2008No Rest for The Dickhead, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007You feel like an Angel, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 And They Followed Him, Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006The Myth of Course, is That There Will Be Some Survivors, Bryggen, Copenhagen, Denmark
 A Cheerful Reminder of Our Lives and Loves, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
 Celebration of the Lambing Season and Open Letter to Botna, Dandruff Space and Shroud, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2005Paintings, 101 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004New Paintings and Video, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2003New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1998Nema Hvad Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
  
Group Exhibitions
2025Chart Art Fair, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
 At Time for Everything: 25 Years of Contemporary Art at Scandinavia House, Scandinavia House, New York, NY
2024And she suffered so much more, Specta gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022Cats, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021Raw Power, Reykjavik Museum, Hafnarhus, Iceland
2020The Line of Sight, Artopia gallery, Milan, Italy
 The Life of Things, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles
 Tíðarandi, Listasafn Árnesinga, Iceland
 Forandringens Tid, Specta Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019Fear No More Says the Heart, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
 So, Chiang Mai Art Center, Thailand
 Tilvist Mannsins, Reykjavik Museum, Hafnarhús, Iceland
 76th Regional, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
 Gjöfin frá Amy, National Gallery of Iceland, Listasafn Íslands
2018Kapall, Skaftfell Museum, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
 Hanging Out, Specta Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
 Out of the Blue, Stux Gallery, New York
2016Mannfélagið/The Human Fabric, Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
2015Kvennaveldið: Konur og Kynvitund, Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
 Body Unnatural, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
 Summer Erotica, Stux + Haller Gallery, New York
 Myokos Biennale, Greece
 Nýmálað, Kjarvalstaðir Museum, Iceland
2014Varalitir Hafnarborg Museum, Iceland
 Contemporary Art Exhibition by Lecturers from Department of Printmaking, Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University 2014, Chiang Mai Arts Center, Thailand
 Exhibition of Art and Research Works by Staff Members of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
 Islensk Samtidarportrett, Akureyri Museum, Iceland
 Holy and Profane, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
 Arcadia, Art Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2013EAF 13, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
 Zoom Out, Reykjavik Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Iceland
2010Ny adfong 2006-2010, Reykjavik Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Iceland
 Ljoslitlifun, Reykjavik Museum, Hafnarhus, Iceland
2009XS, Specta Gallery, Denmark
 No Soul for Sale, The X building, New York, NY
2008From Another Shore, Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, New York
 From Head to Toe, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
 Size Matters, Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee, TN
 Teikningin, Hoffmannsgallery, Iceland
 I Will Never Lie to My Mother Again, Mogadishni Gallery, Denmark
 Carnegie, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
 Carnegie, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
 Carnegie, Listasafn Kopavogs, Kopavogi, Iceland
 Carnegie, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
 Carnegie, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007Big Bad Love, Stefan Stux gallery, New York, NY
 Carnegie, Museet for Nutidskonst Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
 Delicatessen, Schmidt Center University Galleries, Miami, FL
 Size Matters, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY
 Cabinet of Curiousties, Roger Smith Gallery, NY
 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 Saebjornsson’s NY debut, Cueto Project, NY
 Sjomilnaskor, Listasalur Mosfellsbaejar, Iceland
 The Outsider, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006Fruitcake and Casserole, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn NY
 Icelandic painting after 1980, National Gallery of Iceland
2005Public notice 2, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO
 Volcana, Plugin Institude of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
 Jolasyning, 101 Gallery, Iceland
2004Slice and Dice, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
 Stay Inside, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 Public Notice, The Fields Sculpture Park at the Art Omi International Arts Center, NY
 Stop & Stor, Lux Gallery, New York
2003New Paintings, Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
 The Painted Figure, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
 Dubrow International, Roger Smith Gallery, New York
 Thau bidja ad heilsa, Opna Galleryid, Reykjavik Iceland
 Topsoil, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2002East of Hollywood — Reaction Shot, Studio 210TWO, Los Angeles, CA
 Not Sculpture, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2000Art According to the Rules, The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
 Paintings, The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
  
Honors / Award / Lecture
2025Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2016Artist in residence in Luzhunan residency, Taiwan
2013-2014Artist in residence and guest lecturer at Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2013Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Fellowship Award and Residency
2012NYFA fellowship award
2011Gudmunduverdlaunin, Awarded by the Reykjavik Art Museum
2010Three Month Teaching Fellowship at the Icelandic Art Academy
2008Carnegie Art Award nominee, Travelling European Exhibition
2008Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Government (Icelandic Artist fund)
2007Lecture, FAU, Florida
 Lecture, studio visits, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee
2006Art Omi NY Residency
 Lecture, Icelandic academy of arts, Iceland
2005Round table discussion, Studio visits, University of Winnipeg, Canada
2004Annual Penninn Award, Reykjavik, Iceland
1998Prize won for Interactive Car Sculpture, at Stockholm culture city 1998
 Lecture at Aalborg Art School, Denmark