What We Did Yesterday
However surreal the imagery Thordis Adalsteinsdottir’s paintings seem, they touch on key topics of our time. The climate crisis and our doubtful relation to nature and animals are present in many of her works, and our focus on self-realization and civilization is nodded at through markers such as fine porcelain cups, a British gentleman’s night […]
Some of It May Have Started at the River
Nunu Fine Art New York is delighted to present Some of It May Have Started at the River, a solo exhibition of new work by Icelandic painter Thordis Adalsteinsdottir. Influenced by post-pop art, minimalism, and expressionism, she creates works whose scale (up to nearly 4 by 4 feet) lends presence and gravitas to her cunningly […]
Living in the End Times
Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present Living in the End Times by Thordis Adalsteinsdottir. This is the Icelandic artist’s second solo show with the gallery. Living in the End Times will be on view from June 18th through July 30th, 2022, with an opening reception on June 18th from 2-5 pm. Taking inspiration from […]
Thordis Adalsteinsdottir and Svend-Allan Sorenson – Absurd Birds and Other Animals
Finally, we are happy to open SPECTA’s first exhibition 2021: “Absurd Birds and Other Animals”. Absurd Birds is the overall title of Svend-Allan Sørensen’s series of 11 woodcuts of distorted, staggered figurations. In Thordis Adalsteinsdottir’s series of drawings, we meet several other animals, who play the main role in a kind of “reversed reality”, as […]
Óáreiðanleg vitni
„Svartur hundur drekkur með mér morgunkaffi þar sem ég átti að vera örugg í fjarlægðinni. Við drekkum úr bollum ömmu minnar vegna viðkvæmra minninga og einnig heillumst við af litum og mynstri sjöunda áratugarins. Á sama tíma opna tvær konur og ein skjaldbaka gluggana og slökkva ljósin einhvern desembermorgun. Þær skríða um ískalt risastórt rúmið, […]
This Call May Be Recorded
Tveir Hrafnar gallery is proud to announce “This Call May Be Recorded,” a solo exhibition by renowned Icelandic artist Thordis Adalsteinsdottir. The exhibition invites visitors into a world where playful surrealism meets sharp social critique, using the metaphor of monitored conversation to interrogate themes of surveillance, psychological tension, and voyeuristic self-awareness. Drawing on the familiar […]