| Born 1975, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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| Education |
| 2001-2003 | School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York |
| 1996-1999 | Icelandic Academy of Arts, BFA Program |
| 1999-2000 | Universidad de Barcelona |
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| Public Collections |
| Reykjavík Art Museum |
| The National Gallery of Iceland |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2024 | What we did yesterday, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| | Some of it May Have Started at the River, Nunu Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2023 | Conversations During a Heatwave, Nunu Fine Art Taipei | Project Space, Taiwan |
| 2022 | Living in the End Times, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2021 | Strange Birds and Other Animals, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2020 | Love, Laundry Bear, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2019 | Óáreiðanleg vitni, Tveir Hrafnar, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| | Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| | Cats, Specta Gallery, Project Room, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2018 | My Excited Carrot, My Florence Nightingale, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | This Call May Be Recorded, Tveir Hrafnar gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| | Out of the Deep, Salon Stux West, New York, NY |
| 2016 | Other Voices, Other Rooms, Nunu Fine Art Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2015 | Willing 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 |
| 2014 | Andra, Art Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| 2012 | Call On Me with Your Softness, Stux Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Studies, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2010 | I Am With You, Artopia Gallery, Milan, Italy |
| 2009 | Dog by The Spring, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2008 | No Rest for The Dickhead, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 | You feel like an Angel, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| | And They Followed Him, Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 | The 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 |
| 2005 | Paintings, 101 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2004 | New Paintings and Video, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 | New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1998 | Nema Hvad Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Group Exhibitions |
| 2025 | Chart Art Fair, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| | At Time for Everything: 25 Years of Contemporary Art at Scandinavia House, Scandinavia House, New York, NY |
| 2024 | And she suffered so much more, Specta gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2022 | Cats, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2021 | Raw Power, Reykjavik Museum, Hafnarhus, Iceland |
| 2020 | The 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 |
| 2019 | Fear 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 |
| 2018 | Kapall, Skaftfell Museum, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland |
| | Hanging Out, Specta Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| | Out of the Blue, Stux Gallery, New York |
| 2016 | Mannfélagið/The Human Fabric, Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland |
| 2015 | Kvennaveldið: 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 |
| 2014 | Varalitir 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 |
| 2013 | EAF 13, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York |
| | Zoom Out, Reykjavik Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Iceland |
| 2010 | Ny adfong 2006-2010, Reykjavik Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Iceland |
| | Ljoslitlifun, Reykjavik Museum, Hafnarhus, Iceland |
| 2009 | XS, Specta Gallery, Denmark |
| | No Soul for Sale, The X building, New York, NY |
| 2008 | From 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 |
| 2007 | Big 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 |
| 2006 | Fruitcake and Casserole, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn NY |
| | Icelandic painting after 1980, National Gallery of Iceland |
| 2005 | Public notice 2, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO |
| | Volcana, Plugin Institude of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada |
| | Jolasyning, 101 Gallery, Iceland |
| 2004 | Slice 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 |
| 2003 | New 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 |
| 2002 | East of Hollywood — Reaction Shot, Studio 210TWO, Los Angeles, CA |
| | Not Sculpture, Visual Arts Gallery, New York |
| 2000 | Art According to the Rules, The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| | Paintings, The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Honors / Award / Lecture |
| 2025 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 2016 | Artist in residence in Luzhunan residency, Taiwan |
| 2013-2014 | Artist in residence and guest lecturer at Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
| 2013 | Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Fellowship Award and Residency |
| 2012 | NYFA fellowship award |
| 2011 | Gudmunduverdlaunin, Awarded by the Reykjavik Art Museum |
| 2010 | Three Month Teaching Fellowship at the Icelandic Art Academy |
| 2008 | Carnegie Art Award nominee, Travelling European Exhibition |
| 2008 | Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Government (Icelandic Artist fund) |
| 2007 | Lecture, FAU, Florida |
| | Lecture, studio visits, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee |
| 2006 | Art Omi NY Residency |
| | Lecture, Icelandic academy of arts, Iceland |
| 2005 | Round table discussion, Studio visits, University of Winnipeg, Canada |
| 2004 | Annual Penninn Award, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 1998 | Prize won for Interactive Car Sculpture, at Stockholm culture city 1998 |
| | Lecture at Aalborg Art School, Denmark |
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