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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Encircling. Pollock Gallery. Southern Methodist University. TX. USA.
2007 Inclusion. ASÍ. Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Textile Museum. Blöndós. Iceland.
2006 Surrogate. Safn. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Background. I8 Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Ground. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Overlap. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, USA.
2005 Unraveled. The Boise Art Museum. Boise, ID. USA.
2004 Work(s). ASI Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2003 Stretching Canvas. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, OR. USA.
2002 Lassoing. Gallery Corridor. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 Gallery Hlemmur. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2000 Weavings and Things. Marylhurst University. The Art Gym. Portland, OR. USA.
1998 Sýnibox. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland. Norsk Kunsthandverk.
The Nordic Museum of Arts and Crafts. Throndheim, Norway.
Visibility. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Reykjanes Art Museum. Reykjanes, Iceland.
2009 Volcano Lovers. Ise Cultural Foundation. New York, NY. USA.
Þræddir Þræðir. Listasafn Árnesinga. Hveragerði. Ísland.
Cheongju International Craft Biennale. South Corea.
Dalir-hólar-handverk. Ólafsdalur, Iceland.
Minjar. Kópavogur Natural History Museum. Kópavogur, Iceland.
2008 Blurring the Line. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, OR USA.
Unusual Twist. Spencertown Art Academy. Spencertown. NY. USA.
From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art. Scandinavia House. New York, NY. USA.
The Siditious Stitch. Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Sun Valley, ID. USA.
2007 Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting. Museum of Arts and Design. NY, NY. USA.
Thread. Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts. Slóvenía.
2006 Painting after 1980. The National Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
The Visual Arts Award Exhbition. The Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri, Iceland.
New Embroidery. Not your Grandmothers Doily. CC Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
A Changing Fabric. Salina Art Center. Salina. KA. USA.
Women artists. I8. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 Volcana, Icelandic Panorama. Plug In Institute of Cont. Art. Winnipeg, Canada.
K-2005. Rhöda Sten. Gautaborg, Sweden.
Affair. The Jupiter Hotel. Portland, OR. USA.
2004 New Icelandic Art. The National Gallery. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Happy Art For a Sad World. Spike Gallery. NY, USA.
2003 Ulterior Motive. Marilhurst University. Portland, OR. USA.
Pins and Needles. John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan. WI. USA.
The Wild Wild North. CityScape Community Art Space. Vancouver, BC. Canada.
18. Women. CCC Art Cenger Gallery, Astoria, OR. USA.
2001 Contemporary Skeins. Contemporary Crafts Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
Oregon Biennial. The Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
Domesticity. The Waiting Room. Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA.
2000 All those if´s... Safnahúsið. Eigillstaðir. Iceland.
The Inner and Outer World - The World Above and Below. The Rvk. Art Museum.
Nordic Design Writers. Röhsska Museet. Göteborg, Sweden.
Flotsam und Jetsam - Strandgut. C-line Project. Kulturforum Burgkloster. Germany.
Nonpulstra. f m schwarz galerie. Cologne, Germany.
Tweak. Mercer Union Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
Un-Domesticated. Queens Theatre in The Park. Queens, New York. USA.
Inventing Iceland. Articule. Montreal, Canada.
1999 Hot Spot. Kultur Bahnhof Eller. Dusseldorf, Germany.
Ironi. Bomuldsfabriken. Kristianssand, Norway.
Kynstrin Öll. The Reykjavík Academy. Iceland.
Chronologies. The Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, New York. USA.
1998 The A. I. M. Program Exhibition. The Bronx Museum of The Arts. New York.
COLLECTIONS
1996-Present Various private collectors in Iceland, USA and Europe.
2008 The National Gallery of Iceland. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 Contemporary Crafts Museum. Portland, Oregon. USA.
Tatsumi Sato Collection. Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan.
Boise Art Museum. Boise, Idaho. USA.
2006 Penninn Art Collection. Iceland.
Drieke Zirinsky Collection. Boise, ID. USA.
2005 Mikael Holmgren Collection. Gautaborg. Sweden.
The National University Collection, Iceland.
The National University Hospital of Iceland.
2004 The National Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2002 Francis Greenburger Collection. New York, USA.
Art Omi. New York. USA.
2000 The Reykjavík Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
The Icelandic Design Museum. Garðabær, Iceland.
1999 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum. Kristianssand Norway.
EDUCATION
1994-97 Pratt Institute. MFA. New Forms Department. Brooklyn, New York.
1989-92 The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts. BFA. Textile Department. Rvk, Iceland.
1985-89 The Commercial College of Iceland. Business and Language dipl. Rvk, Iceland.
2009 The Icelandic Arts Academy. Teaching diploma. Reykjavík Iceland.
ACHIVEMENTS AND HONORS
2010 The Oregon College of Art and Craft. Resident artist. Portland, OR. USA.
2009 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Myndstef and Muggur travel grants.
2008 ISCP. International Studio and Curatorial Program. NY, USA.
Myndstef. Project grant. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Muggur. Travel- and project grant. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
2006 The Icelandic Visual Art Award. The Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri. Iceland.
2005 Svavar Guðnas. and Ásta Eiríksd. Art Award. The National Gallery of Iceland. Rvk.
Center for Icelandic Art. Travel grant. Reykjavík.
Myndstef. Project grant for individual artists. Reykjavík.
2004 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 2 years. The Icelandic Government. Reykjavík.
2002 Myndstef. Project grant for individual artist. Reykjavík.
The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
DV Cultural Award Nomination. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 The Betty Bowen Memorial Award. Special Recognition. Seattle Art Museum. WA.
The Oregon Biennial. Juror Award. Portland, OR.
2000 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 3 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
Penninn Art Foundation. Award and grant. Reykjavík.
1999 The American Scandinavian Society of New York. Cultural Award.
1998 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
1997 Selected with 18 artists for the "AIM Program" at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. NY.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Christian Schoen, Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Hatje Cantz. Icelandic art today. Pg. 144-149.
• Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Flash Art. Review. January/February. Pg. 120. 2007.
• Jón B. K. Ransu. Morgunblaðið. Að þræða mörk málverks og textíls. Laugardagur 16.
Desember. 2006.
• Þóra Þórisdóttir. Morgunblaðið. Undir og yfirliggjandi þræðir. 23. Október. 2006
• Auður Ólafsdóttir. Skírnir. Að rekja upp þráð listasögunnar. Reykjavík. vor 2006.
• Auður Ólafdsdóttir. The Living Art Museum. Ground. July. 2006.
• Prudence Roberts. Artsweek. Hildur Bjarnadóttir at Pulliam Deffenbaugh. Iss 2. March 2006.
• Christopher Shnoor. Boise Weekly. Boise, ID. USA. February 15th. 2006.
• Jeff Jahn. www.portlandart.net Portland, OR. USA. January 25. 2006.
• John Motley. The Portland Mercury. OR. USA. Review. January 2006.
• Hlynur Helgason. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Overlap. Catalog essay. Portland, OR. USA.
January 2006.
• Eva Heisler. LIST - Icelandic Art News. Reykjavík. #5 september 2005.
• Eva Heisler. NY Arts Magazine. Unravelling the Painters Weave. Review. January 2005.
• Matthew Koumis. Telos Publishing. Art Textiles of Scandinavia. ICELAND. Book. Dec. 2004.
• Ragna Sigurðardóttir. Morgunblaðið. Art, ASÍ Art Museum. August, 2004.
• Sue Taylor. Art in America. Hildur Bjarnadóttir at Pulliam Deffenbaugh. October, 2003.
• Lois Allan. Art Week. Review. Portland, OR. April 2003. Volume 34. Issue 3.
• Chas Bowie. The Mercury. Review. Portland. OR. Thursday, February 20th, 2003.
• D.K.Row. The Oregonian. Critic´s picks. Thursday, February 6th, 2003.
• Jórunn Sigurðardóttir. Chanel 1 Radio Station. Interview. Reykjavík, Iceland. Saturday,
October 26th, 2002.
• Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Morgunblaðið. Crafts as Art. Review. Thursday, Nov.1st. 2001.
• Bob Hicks. The Oregonian. The Milk of Human Kindness. Art/review. Arts Week. Page
D5-D6. July 22nd 2001.
• Bruce Guenther. The Portland Art Museum. The Oregon Biennial. Catalog. Portland, OR.
April 29, 2001.
• Bob Hicks. The Oregonian. The Oregon Biennial: Not the Usual Suspects. Visual Arts
/review. Section F. Page 1-2.
• Kevin Kelly, Annie Martin. Articule Gallery. Inventing Iceland. Sýningarskrá. Montreal,
Kanada. 7. mai, 2000.
• Gregory Volk. Art in America. Report from Reykjavík, Art on Ice. New York. September
2001. Page 40-45..
• Paul Laster. Artnet.com Magazine. Brooklyn Spice. October 15. 1999.
• Holland Cutter. The New York Times. One Museum, Five Shows... NY. Friday, August 14,
1998. Section E. page 33.
• William Maxwell. The New York Times. From Iceland to the Brooklyn Art Scen. The City.
It's Gen. Ice-X. NY. Sunday, November 16th, 1997.
2008 Encircling. Pollock Gallery. Southern Methodist University. TX. USA.
2007 Inclusion. ASÍ. Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Textile Museum. Blöndós. Iceland.
2006 Surrogate. Safn. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Background. I8 Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Ground. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Overlap. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, USA.
2005 Unraveled. The Boise Art Museum. Boise, ID. USA.
2004 Work(s). ASI Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2003 Stretching Canvas. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, OR. USA.
2002 Lassoing. Gallery Corridor. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 Gallery Hlemmur. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2000 Weavings and Things. Marylhurst University. The Art Gym. Portland, OR. USA.
1998 Sýnibox. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland. Norsk Kunsthandverk.
The Nordic Museum of Arts and Crafts. Throndheim, Norway.
Visibility. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Reykjanes Art Museum. Reykjanes, Iceland.
2009 Volcano Lovers. Ise Cultural Foundation. New York, NY. USA.
Þræddir Þræðir. Listasafn Árnesinga. Hveragerði. Ísland.
Cheongju International Craft Biennale. South Corea.
Dalir-hólar-handverk. Ólafsdalur, Iceland.
Minjar. Kópavogur Natural History Museum. Kópavogur, Iceland.
2008 Blurring the Line. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Portland, OR USA.
Unusual Twist. Spencertown Art Academy. Spencertown. NY. USA.
From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art. Scandinavia House. New York, NY. USA.
The Siditious Stitch. Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Sun Valley, ID. USA.
2007 Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting. Museum of Arts and Design. NY, NY. USA.
Thread. Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts. Slóvenía.
2006 Painting after 1980. The National Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
The Visual Arts Award Exhbition. The Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri, Iceland.
New Embroidery. Not your Grandmothers Doily. CC Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
A Changing Fabric. Salina Art Center. Salina. KA. USA.
Women artists. I8. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 Volcana, Icelandic Panorama. Plug In Institute of Cont. Art. Winnipeg, Canada.
K-2005. Rhöda Sten. Gautaborg, Sweden.
Affair. The Jupiter Hotel. Portland, OR. USA.
2004 New Icelandic Art. The National Gallery. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Happy Art For a Sad World. Spike Gallery. NY, USA.
2003 Ulterior Motive. Marilhurst University. Portland, OR. USA.
Pins and Needles. John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan. WI. USA.
The Wild Wild North. CityScape Community Art Space. Vancouver, BC. Canada.
18. Women. CCC Art Cenger Gallery, Astoria, OR. USA.
2001 Contemporary Skeins. Contemporary Crafts Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
Oregon Biennial. The Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. USA.
Domesticity. The Waiting Room. Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA.
2000 All those if´s... Safnahúsið. Eigillstaðir. Iceland.
The Inner and Outer World - The World Above and Below. The Rvk. Art Museum.
Nordic Design Writers. Röhsska Museet. Göteborg, Sweden.
Flotsam und Jetsam - Strandgut. C-line Project. Kulturforum Burgkloster. Germany.
Nonpulstra. f m schwarz galerie. Cologne, Germany.
Tweak. Mercer Union Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
Un-Domesticated. Queens Theatre in The Park. Queens, New York. USA.
Inventing Iceland. Articule. Montreal, Canada.
1999 Hot Spot. Kultur Bahnhof Eller. Dusseldorf, Germany.
Ironi. Bomuldsfabriken. Kristianssand, Norway.
Kynstrin Öll. The Reykjavík Academy. Iceland.
Chronologies. The Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, New York. USA.
1998 The A. I. M. Program Exhibition. The Bronx Museum of The Arts. New York.
COLLECTIONS
1996-Present Various private collectors in Iceland, USA and Europe.
2008 The National Gallery of Iceland. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 Contemporary Crafts Museum. Portland, Oregon. USA.
Tatsumi Sato Collection. Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan.
Boise Art Museum. Boise, Idaho. USA.
2006 Penninn Art Collection. Iceland.
Drieke Zirinsky Collection. Boise, ID. USA.
2005 Mikael Holmgren Collection. Gautaborg. Sweden.
The National University Collection, Iceland.
The National University Hospital of Iceland.
2004 The National Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2002 Francis Greenburger Collection. New York, USA.
Art Omi. New York. USA.
2000 The Reykjavík Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland.
The Icelandic Design Museum. Garðabær, Iceland.
1999 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum. Kristianssand Norway.
EDUCATION
1994-97 Pratt Institute. MFA. New Forms Department. Brooklyn, New York.
1989-92 The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts. BFA. Textile Department. Rvk, Iceland.
1985-89 The Commercial College of Iceland. Business and Language dipl. Rvk, Iceland.
2009 The Icelandic Arts Academy. Teaching diploma. Reykjavík Iceland.
ACHIVEMENTS AND HONORS
2010 The Oregon College of Art and Craft. Resident artist. Portland, OR. USA.
2009 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Myndstef and Muggur travel grants.
2008 ISCP. International Studio and Curatorial Program. NY, USA.
Myndstef. Project grant. Reykjavík, Iceland.
Muggur. Travel- and project grant. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
2006 The Icelandic Visual Art Award. The Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri. Iceland.
2005 Svavar Guðnas. and Ásta Eiríksd. Art Award. The National Gallery of Iceland. Rvk.
Center for Icelandic Art. Travel grant. Reykjavík.
Myndstef. Project grant for individual artists. Reykjavík.
2004 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 2 years. The Icelandic Government. Reykjavík.
2002 Myndstef. Project grant for individual artist. Reykjavík.
The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
DV Cultural Award Nomination. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 The Betty Bowen Memorial Award. Special Recognition. Seattle Art Museum. WA.
The Oregon Biennial. Juror Award. Portland, OR.
2000 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 3 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
Penninn Art Foundation. Award and grant. Reykjavík.
1999 The American Scandinavian Society of New York. Cultural Award.
1998 The Icelandic Artist Salary Grant for 6 months. The Icelandic Government. Rvk.
1997 Selected with 18 artists for the "AIM Program" at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. NY.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Christian Schoen, Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Hatje Cantz. Icelandic art today. Pg. 144-149.
• Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Flash Art. Review. January/February. Pg. 120. 2007.
• Jón B. K. Ransu. Morgunblaðið. Að þræða mörk málverks og textíls. Laugardagur 16.
Desember. 2006.
• Þóra Þórisdóttir. Morgunblaðið. Undir og yfirliggjandi þræðir. 23. Október. 2006
• Auður Ólafsdóttir. Skírnir. Að rekja upp þráð listasögunnar. Reykjavík. vor 2006.
• Auður Ólafdsdóttir. The Living Art Museum. Ground. July. 2006.
• Prudence Roberts. Artsweek. Hildur Bjarnadóttir at Pulliam Deffenbaugh. Iss 2. March 2006.
• Christopher Shnoor. Boise Weekly. Boise, ID. USA. February 15th. 2006.
• Jeff Jahn. www.portlandart.net Portland, OR. USA. January 25. 2006.
• John Motley. The Portland Mercury. OR. USA. Review. January 2006.
• Hlynur Helgason. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. Overlap. Catalog essay. Portland, OR. USA.
January 2006.
• Eva Heisler. LIST - Icelandic Art News. Reykjavík. #5 september 2005.
• Eva Heisler. NY Arts Magazine. Unravelling the Painters Weave. Review. January 2005.
• Matthew Koumis. Telos Publishing. Art Textiles of Scandinavia. ICELAND. Book. Dec. 2004.
• Ragna Sigurðardóttir. Morgunblaðið. Art, ASÍ Art Museum. August, 2004.
• Sue Taylor. Art in America. Hildur Bjarnadóttir at Pulliam Deffenbaugh. October, 2003.
• Lois Allan. Art Week. Review. Portland, OR. April 2003. Volume 34. Issue 3.
• Chas Bowie. The Mercury. Review. Portland. OR. Thursday, February 20th, 2003.
• D.K.Row. The Oregonian. Critic´s picks. Thursday, February 6th, 2003.
• Jórunn Sigurðardóttir. Chanel 1 Radio Station. Interview. Reykjavík, Iceland. Saturday,
October 26th, 2002.
• Halldór Björn Runólfsson. Morgunblaðið. Crafts as Art. Review. Thursday, Nov.1st. 2001.
• Bob Hicks. The Oregonian. The Milk of Human Kindness. Art/review. Arts Week. Page
D5-D6. July 22nd 2001.
• Bruce Guenther. The Portland Art Museum. The Oregon Biennial. Catalog. Portland, OR.
April 29, 2001.
• Bob Hicks. The Oregonian. The Oregon Biennial: Not the Usual Suspects. Visual Arts
/review. Section F. Page 1-2.
• Kevin Kelly, Annie Martin. Articule Gallery. Inventing Iceland. Sýningarskrá. Montreal,
Kanada. 7. mai, 2000.
• Gregory Volk. Art in America. Report from Reykjavík, Art on Ice. New York. September
2001. Page 40-45..
• Paul Laster. Artnet.com Magazine. Brooklyn Spice. October 15. 1999.
• Holland Cutter. The New York Times. One Museum, Five Shows... NY. Friday, August 14,
1998. Section E. page 33.
• William Maxwell. The New York Times. From Iceland to the Brooklyn Art Scen. The City.
It's Gen. Ice-X. NY. Sunday, November 16th, 1997.
