Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir graduated from The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts in 1994 and spent two years as a guest student in Germany. She received a BFA 1997 and a MFA 1999 from California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. In 1998 she received a Fellowship to attend Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine, US. Since 1999 Hekla has exhibited her works actively both nationally and internationally. She has taken on the role of a curator for several exhibitions and given lectures and seminars at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Hekla is one of the founders of "Kling & Bang gallery" and she lives and works in Reykjavík and New York.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2005 "Indriði – Skyrtur sem innihalda lykilinn að hamingjunni og leyndardómum alheimsins" FUGL, Reykjavik Iceland
“ISANGELES“ Kling & Bang gallery, Reykjavík Iceland
Moment, Galleri Nordlys, Cobenhagen Denmark
2003 Listavor Íslandsbanka, Heimaey Vestamannaeyjar Iceland
2002 “Art Really Makes My Day“, Artist on the corner, Reykjavík Art project, Iceland
2001 “I :) LA - Art Really Makes My Day“, (in collaboration with Jessica Z. Hutchins Slunkaríki, Isafjördur, Iceland
“Igloo and fire flames“, Art Museum Akureyri, Akureyri Iceland
2000 “Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir“, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavík, Iceland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006 “AGUA”, Sense in Place, Site–Ations International Europe, Zaragoza Spain
“Modern Raiders”, Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Gallery, Winnpeg Canada
“saga | länderspiel 1“, gutleut 15 ausstellungsraum, Frankfurt,Germany
2005 “New Icelandic Art II - Moving Centers“, National Gallery of Iceland
“Berliner Kunstsalon“, Arena-Magazin, Berlin Germany
“Tivoli“ The Arnisinga Art Museum. Hveragerdi Iceland
“material time, work time, life time“, Reykjavik Art festival, Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland
“Dobbeltop“ Kunstmuseet Køge skitsesamling, Køge Danmark
2004 “Nýsköpun Ný sköpun“ Iðntæknistofnun, Reykjavík, Iceland
“Sýnd og Hljóð“ KlinK og BanK, Reykjavik
“Í kolli mínum geymi ég gullið“ Klink og Bank, Reykjavík
2003 “Over the bridge of optimism“ Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
2002 “HYPERCRAZE” Living Art Museum Reykjavík, Iceland
“Artist on the corner” City Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 "5" Black Dragon Society, Chinatown Los Angeles.
"Bright nights " Kaupfélag Húnvetninga, Hvammstangi, Iceland
"Fer›afu›a" Ísafirdi, Akureyri,/Seydisfir›i Iceland
"Skólaverk" Gallerí Nema hva› Reykjavík Iceland
"Ars Moralis-Timeo danaos et dona ferentes" Galerie fuer Cegenwartskunst Barbara Claasen-Schmal, Bremen Germany
2000 "Fullveldi" Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland
"The Closet Show" 1442 Council street, Los Angeles. USA
"Alumni Show" Breidholt Collage, Gerduberg, Reykjavík Iceland
"The World’s Best Hlemmur" Hlemmur bus station, Reykjavik Iceland

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

2006 The Icelandic Government Stipendium for 1 year
2005 The Icelandic Government Stipendium for 6 months
2004 The Icelandic Government Stipendium for 6 months
2003 The Icelandic Government Stipendium for 3 months
2001 The Penninn Fund for Icelandic Contemporary Art
2000 Travel grant Minister of Education and Culture

EDUCATION:

1999 MFA - California Institute of the Arts. Valencia U.S.A.
1998 Fellowship - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Maine U.S. A.
1997 BFA - California Institute of the Arts. Valencia U.S.A.
1994-95 Guest student - Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste. Frankfurt Germany
1994 Diploma - Icelandic College of Art and Crafts. Reykjavik Iceland
1992-93 Erasmus student - Fachhochschule Kiel Germany