Margret H. Blöndal
Born in Reykjavik January 28th. 1970

Education:

1994-1997 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
1989-1993 BFA The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts
1986-1989 Art School of Reykjavík, Iceland

One-Person Exhibitions since 1998:
2002 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000 Institute of Visual Arts - INOVA, Milwaukee
1999 Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
1998 Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
1998 Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland

Selected Group Exhibitions since 1998:
2003 The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Galleriet, Göteborg, Sweden
2003 Vishal, ruimte voor beeldende kunst, Haarlem Nederland
2002 don Locker Plant Building, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
2002 My Body is over the Ocean , Alma Löv Museum, Sweden
2002 MYND Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Hafnarhusi
2002 The Artist on the Corner, Reykjavik City Hall
2001 CAMP, Lejre, Danmark
2001 MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Osló
2000 Non stop beautiful ladies, Marfa, Texas
2000 “This Earth is a Flower” Construction in Process, Poland
2000 “Norden” Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
2000 “From here to there” Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany
2000 “Tölöö-bay garden” Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Finland
2000 “Eisernes Haus” Österreich/Island, Graz, Austria
2000 Gallery Articule Montréal, Canada
1999 Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 “6/7” The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 “Summit” Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
1999 “Etwas – Something” Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
1998 “Vacation” - a collaborative installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudaugur Kristinn Ottarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 “Station to Station” The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 “-30/+60” The Municipal Gallery of Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 Gallery North, Copenhagen, Danmark
1998 “Lundur” Lunds Konsthall, Sweden



Works in Public Collections:

The National Museum of Iceland
Die Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
The Artists´ Museum, Lodz, Poland

Selected Bibliography:
Boil, simmer seethe and stew, We are all Normal (and we want our freedom) a collection of contemporary nordic artists writings edited by Katya Sander & Simon Sheikh.
2001 Black Dog Publishing Limited
NU: The Nordic Art Review, vol. iii NO. 1/01 The Geology of the Domestic by Brigitte Kölle on the works of Margret H. Blöndal
Til trafala og utanveltu. Um myndlist Margretar H. Blöndal: Eva Heisler, Skírnir, maí 02

Awards:
2002 The Richard Serra Prize
2000 Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
2000 One year stipend from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s fund 1994-1996 Fulbright Scholarship


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