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Björk Guðnadóttir, 1969

 

Education:

 

1996-99 MFA Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
1995-96 The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts. Exchange student program.
1994-95 Oslo Academy of Fine Arts.
1993-94 Atelier Hourdé Paris. Foundation Course in Visual Studies.
1991-93 École Superieure de la Mode Paris. Pattern making and sewing.

 

 

One-Person Exhibtions:

 

2012  Snert, FUGL Slippurinn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2009 Infiltration, HIAP Project Room, Helsinki, Finnland.
2008 Identification, Suðsuðvestur Exhibition Space, Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
2006 Displacement, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík.
2004 Eternity is probably now, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík.
2004 Implementation of internal exercises. ASÍ Art Museum Reykjavík
2002 Sacred moments, galleri@hlemmur Reykjavík.
1999 Images towards 2000, Kiruna Konstgille, Sweden.
1998 Gallery Ömalm, Stockholm.
1998 Withdrawal, Gallery 66, Umeå, Sweden.

 

 

Group Exhibtions:

2013 Innrím, Víðihlíð, Reykjavík.
2012 Merkt svæði, flæði. Öruggt rými, Reykjavík.
2012 Reykjavík sculpture. Reykjavík Sculpture Association festival.
2011 Multiple-Hlutfeldi, Útúrdúr bookstore at Kling og bang gallerí, Reykjavík.
2010 World exhibition Post-it, Rostrum Galleri, Malmö , Sweden.
2007 Græðari innan og utan. Curated by Birta Guðjónsdóttir, Kling og Bang gallerí, Reykjavík.
2006 Pakkhús Postulanna, The Municipal Museum of Reykjavík.
2006 Kennd við tilfinningar. Curated by Haraldur Jónsson, Hoffmannsgallerí, Reykjavík.
2006 Postulín. Reykjavik Sculpture Association, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík.
2005 Vulcana, Icelandic Panorama. Plug in Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada.
2005 Rooftop, Curated by Ólöf Björnsdóttir Hoffmannsgallerí, Reykjavík.
2005 Sinnesorienteringar with Mette Hansen, Dahls Långed Konsthall, Sweden.
2005 Purgatory, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík
2004 Textíllist 2004, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir.
2004 The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Gallery Boreas,  Brooklyn, New York.
2004 Í kolli mínum geymi ég gullið… vanefni, Klink og Bank, Reykjavík.
2004 Signal in the Heavens, Torstrasse 111, Berlin.
2003 Ferðafuða, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir.
2002 The Knitted Aura, Gavin Brown Enterprice, Chelsea, New York.
2002 Expressions around the Baltic, Karlskrona Konsthall, Sweden.
2002 East of Hollywood -Reaction shot. 210 two, Los Angeles.
2001 Grasrót,  Sustainable development, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík.
2001 Blank Space Exhibition. Blank, New York.
2001 Altered state, Curated by Steingrímur Eyfjörð, The Living Art Museum Reykjavík.
2001 Disposable in the house, Gula húsið, Reykjavik.
1999 -37°C, Graduation show. Bildmuseet,Umeå and Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden.
1998 Skvísur í kjallaranum, Dýrið, Reykjavík.
1998 Umeå Video Festival, Sweden.
1997 Umeå/Oslo, Gallery 21:29, Oslo.
1995 Via Foto, Fotogalleriet Oslo.

 

Grants:
2009 KKN, Kulturkontakt Nord travel grant.
2006 Artists Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
2005 Artists Salary Grant for 12 months. The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
2005 Myndstef, travel grant, Reykjavík.
2004 Artists Salary Grant for 3 months. The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
2004 Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Nifca Residency grant, Konstepidemin Gothenburg.
2004 Swedish-Icelandic cooperative fund, travel grant. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
2004 Sleipnir. The Nordic Counsil of Ministers´travel grant program.
2000 Kiruna Project Grant. Sweden.
1999 Umeå Municipality Artist Grant, Sweden.
1999 Marianne Ahnlund Travel grant, Sweden.
1999 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Fund, Sweden.
1999 Project grant A.I.T. Sweden.
1998 Culture fund for Project Aveny, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1998 Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund. Travel grant. Sweden.

Work in Puplic Collections
The National Museum of Iceland
The Living Art Museum. Iceland.

 

Recidencies, Workshops and other activity:

 

A member of The Reykjavík Sculpture Association and
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík.

2102 Curator of “Braid” DesignMarch at Reykjavík Municipal Museum.

2009 HIAP, Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Program.
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, Residency.
2005 NIFCA-Nordic Institute For Contemporary Art. Sveaborg, Finland.
2004 NIFCA. Konstepidemin Gothenburg, Sweden.
1997 AVENY Workshop organised by Jörgen Svensson, Gothenburg.
1995 Workshop organised by Jaroslaw Koslowski, Poznan, Poland.