Born in Reykjavík 30.06.55.

Studies:
Icelandic College of Art and Crafts.
New York Feminist Art Institute. N.Y.
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Studio Program. N.Y. Jan van Eyck Akademie. Maastricht. Holland .

Solo exhibitions:
1982 Living Art Museum, Reykjavík.
1983 The Corridor, Reykjavík.
1985 Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður.
1989 Living Art Museum, Reykjavík.
1989 Gallerí Krókur, Reykjavík.
1991 Musée des Beaux-Arts la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
1994 Kjarvalsstaðir. Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum.
1995 Vötn/Lakes, Gallerý Sævars Karls, Reykjavík.
1997 Ásmundarsalur, Labour Union Art Gallery, Reykjavík.
2000 Nordic Aquarell Museum. Skårhamn. Sweden.
2003 Living Art Museum Reykjavík.

Group exhibitions since 1993:
1993 Gallerí Úmbra, Reykjavík.
1993 Reykjavík Sculptors Society, Hveragerði Iceland.
1993 erSCHLOSSene raume,A.C.C. Weimar. Germany.
1994 Visions.The Barbican Concourse Gallery, London.
1994 Visions. W. Kramarsky Gallery, N.Y.
1994 Visions, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur, Iceland.
1995 Altitudes, Artemisia Gallery. Chicago.
1995 Hallormsstaðarskógur Iceland.
1996 (Antarctica) Brahma, Gallery nachst St. Stephan . Vienna.
1996 Köstring / Maier, Munchen .
1997 Galleri Konstepidemin. Göteborg. Sweden.
1997 Reykjavík Sculptors Society, Reykjavik.
1997 Suðurgata 7. Living Art Museum. Reykjavík.
1998 Quinate/ Fimmt. Gerðarsafn Kópavogur, Iceland.
1998 Triennale der Kleinplastik Europa - Afrika. Stuttgart.
2000 Nordic Aquarell Museum. Skarhamn. Sweden.
2000 Strandlengjan/The See Shore. Reykjavík Sculptors Society.
Reykjavík.
2000 Land Art by Rauðavatn. Reykjavík cultural city.
2001 Cairn Gallery. Nailsworth. England.
2002 Kjarvalstaðir. Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum.

Grants:
1989 Stipendium, Iceland Ministry of Culture.
1992 Stipendium , Iceland Ministry of Culture.
1994 The Richard Serra Prize.
1997 Stipendium, The City of Reykjavík.
1999 Stipendium, Iceland Ministry of Culture.

Public Collections:
National Gallery of Iceland.
Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum.
Living Art Museum. Reykjavík.
Labour Union Art Gallery. Reykjavík.
Konstmuseet Malmö. Sweden.
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet. Skarhamn. Sweden.

Bibliography:
Chiarenza & Hauser, Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir. -
WWPA 1991-1992. Musée des Beaux-Arts. La Chaux-de-Fonds. Swiss. Ólafur Gíslason. Imaginative Wealth. - Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum. 1994.
Gunnar Árnason. Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir. - SIKSI. 3/94. The Nordic Arts Centre. Eva Heisler.Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir.-
Quinate/Fimmt. Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur Iceland 1998.