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HREINN FRIDFINNSSON & EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON
CONERED ROOMS, WATERSIDE PROJECT SPACE
LONDON
Facing In - Facing Out
3 September - 17 October 2010   curated by Annabelle von Girsewald more



RAGNAR KJARTANSSON
EX3 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, FLORENCE
Me and My Mother 
1 July - 19 September 2010 
A solo exhibition curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Arabella Natalini more



EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON
KUNSTVEREIN GöTTINGEN  
Animating Ideas 
20 June - 01 August 2010 
In his first museum solo show in Germany, Egill presents two new video installations as well as older works more



RAGNAR KJARTANSSON
MODERNA MUSEET STOCKHOLM - at the STUDIO
The Night -  Eroticism, Folköl and Melancholia
Start on Wednesday May 19 at 8 pm. End on Thursday May 20 at 8 am more




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VILLA REYKJAVIK - JULY 2010 13 European art galleries will form an international art district in Reykjavik for a month 
Exhibitions: 9-13 July 2010. Opening week: 9-16 July 2010    


ELIN HANSDOTTIR, EGILL SÆBJORNSSON, FINNBOGI PETURSSON and OLAFUR ELIASSON
BIENNALE FOR INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART   
 28 March – 27 May 2010
Open light in private spaces is the title of the world’s first Biennale for international light art, which takes place in...

KARIN SANDER CONTEMPLATING THE VOID: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, curated by Nancy Spector  For the building’s 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim Museum invited nearly two hundred artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream interventions in the space.
February 12 -...

EGILL SÆBJORNSSON THE INNER LIFE OF THINGS  
Frankfurter Kunstverein 05.02. - 25. 04.10  
With Nina Canell, Florian Haas, Till Krause, Bettina Lauck, Yoon Jean Lee and Andreas Wegner.
more

RAGNAR KJARTANSSON THE END     
Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland 16 Jan - 28 Feb 2010 more 


Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Canada 30 Jan - 18 Apr 2010 
FINNBOGI PETURSSON AT PERFORMA “Music For 16 Futurist Noise Intoners,” is an evening-length concert of original scores and newly commissioned compositions for the intonarumori, or “noise-intoners” more

ELIN HANSDOTTIR - RETHINK THE IMPLICIT As part of the exhibition series RETHINK - CONTEMPORARY ART & CLIMATE CHANGE Elin´s installation PATH has been installed at Den Frie Udstillningsbygning more

KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON AND EGILL SÆBJORNSSON AT CARNEGIE ART AWARD Amongst nominated artists are Egill Sæbjornsson and Kristján Gudmundsson who receives the first prize in Carnegie Art Award 2010.  Opening at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen on 18.09.09 followed by an exhibition tour
EGGERT PETURSSON IN COPENHAGEN Nordatlantens Brygge 17. 09. 2009 – 03. 01. 2010 Eggert Petursson exhibits new paintings at his first solo exhibition in Denmark more

Headlands Center for the Arts  Location: Building 944, Eastwing   7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

QUIET REVOLUTION Hreinn Fridfinnsson and Margret Blondal are now participating in an international group exhibition titled Quiet Revolution at Milton Keynes Gallery, UK The exhibition is part of the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition programme and will also be on display at Harris Museum and Art Gallery,...

HRAFNKELL SIGURÐSSON / KRISTJÁN GUÐMUNDSSON 15.5. - 28.6. 2009  Hrafnkell and Kristján at the National Gallery of Iceland  
in collaboration with the Reykjavik Arts Festival 2009
more



53rd. Venice Biennale The Pavilion of Iceland - 4 June – 22 November 2009 Ragnar´s exhibition for Venice, entitled The End, will feature a video and music installation as well as a performance during the entire exhibition period.  Palazzo Michiel dal Brusà, a 14th-century palazzo on the...

RMIT Gallery, Melbourne The Exhibition Central Periphery brings together the work of six Northern European artists including Ragna Robertsdottir, Kristjan Gudmundsson and Karin Sander. more

HREINN FRIDFINNSSON & EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON CONERED ROOMS, WATERSIDE PROJECT SPACE
LONDON
Facing In - Facing Out
3 September - 17 October 2010   curated by Annabelle von Girsewald more

EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON KUNSTVEREIN GöTTINGEN  
Animating Ideas 
20 June - 01 August 2010 
In his first museum solo show in Germany, Egill presents two new video installations as well as older works 
RAGNAR KJARTANSSON MODERNA MUSEET STOCKHOLM - at the STUDIO
The Night -  Eroticism, Folköl and Melancholia
Start on Wednesday May 19 at 8 pm. End on Thursday May 20 at 8 am
VILLA REYKJAVIK - JULY 2010 13 European art galleries will form an international art district in Reykjavik for a month 
Exhibitions: 9-13 July 2010. Opening week: 9-16 July 2010    


ELIN HANSDOTTIR, EGILL SÆBJORNSSON, FINNBOGI PETURSSON and OLAFUR ELIASSON
BIENNALE FOR INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART   
 28 March – 27 May 2010
Open light in private spaces is the title of the world’s first Biennale for international light art, which takes place in...

KARIN SANDER CONTEMPLATING THE VOID: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, curated by Nancy Spector  For the building’s 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim Museum invited nearly two hundred artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream interventions in the space.
February 12 -...

EGILL SÆBJORNSSON THE INNER LIFE OF THINGS  
Frankfurter Kunstverein 05.02. - 25. 04.10  
With Nina Canell, Florian Haas, Till Krause, Bettina Lauck, Yoon Jean Lee and Andreas Wegner.
more

RAGNAR KJARTANSSON THE END     
Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland 16 Jan - 28 Feb 2010 more 


Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Canada 30 Jan - 18 Apr 2010 

FINNBOGI PETURSSON AT PERFORMA “Music For 16 Futurist Noise Intoners,” is an evening-length concert of original scores and newly commissioned compositions for the intonarumori, or “noise-intoners” more

ELIN HANSDOTTIR - RETHINK THE IMPLICIT As part of the exhibition series RETHINK - CONTEMPORARY ART & CLIMATE CHANGE Elin´s installation PATH has been installed at Den Frie Udstillningsbygning more

KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON AND EGILL SÆBJORNSSON AT CARNEGIE ART AWARD Amongst nominated artists are Egill Sæbjornsson and Kristján Gudmundsson who receives the first prize in Carnegie Art Award 2010.  Opening at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen on 18.09.09 followed by an exhibition tour
EGGERT PETURSSON IN COPENHAGEN Nordatlantens Brygge 17. 09. 2009 – 03. 01. 2010 Eggert Petursson exhibits new paintings at his first solo exhibition in Denmark more

Headlands Center for the Arts  Location: Building 944, Eastwing   7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

QUIET REVOLUTION Hreinn Fridfinnsson and Margret Blondal are now participating in an international group exhibition titled Quiet Revolution at Milton Keynes Gallery, UK The exhibition is part of the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition programme and will also be on display at Harris Museum and Art Gallery,...

HRAFNKELL SIGURÐSSON / KRISTJÁN GUÐMUNDSSON 15.5. - 28.6. 2009  Hrafnkell and Kristján at the National Gallery of Iceland  
in collaboration with the Reykjavik Arts Festival 2009
more



53rd. Venice Biennale The Pavilion of Iceland - 4 June – 22 November 2009 Ragnar´s exhibition for Venice, entitled The End, will feature a video and music installation as well as a performance during the entire exhibition period.  Palazzo Michiel dal Brusà, a 14th-century palazzo on the...

RMIT Gallery, Melbourne The Exhibition Central Periphery brings together the work of six Northern European artists including Ragna Robertsdottir, Kristjan Gudmundsson and Karin Sander. more

Carnegie Art Award The jury for the Carnegie Art Award 2010 has chosen 23 Nordic artists for this year's exhibition.
Kristjan Gudmundsson and Egill Sæbjornsson are the Icelandic nominees.  The award winners will be presented shortly after the second jury meeting in the middle of May 2009.


Parallax - symposium Reykjavik Art Museum hosts a discussion and guided tour through Elín Hansdottir´s installation. Sunday 3 May at 3pm. Hafnarhus.
more

Katrín Sigurðardóttir at S.M.A.K in Gent (04.04 - 23.08.2009) Beyond the Picturesque is the title of this interesting show about art and landscape curated by Frank Maes and Dr. Steven Jacobs.more

Ívar Valgarðsson at ASÍ Museum 7 - 29 March 2009 Circles, Optimal Size - New works  http://www.listasafnasi.is/


i8 at Armory Show New York The Armory Show 2009 I March 5 - 8 more

Elin Hansdottir at Reykjavik Art Museum PARALLAX 19. mars – 17. maí 2009 With her installation in hall A Elin Hansdottir eradicates the distinction between private and public space; those familiar places in our lives that are continually shifting as a consequence of changes in the nature of society and its values
Roni Horn at Tate Modern London Roni Horn aka Roni Horn - 25.02. - 25.02. 2009  Horn´s first major museum show in the UK  http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/ronihorn/


Ragna Róbertsdóttir in China Ragna Róbertsdóttir is currently taking part in a group exhibition, Confronting the Image, in Bejing China. Other artists participating are : Aam Solleveld (Netherlands),  Andrew Kelly (UK), Sue Williams ( UK) , Tang Qiong (China), Gu Yue (China), Narcisse...

The Flowers of Evils Still Bloom Gabríela Friðriksdóttir is currently showing at CuetoProject in New York in a group exhibition called The Flowers of Evils Still Bloom. Amongst artists in the exhibition are; Matthew Barney, Hrafnhildur árnadóttir aka Shoplifter, Gustav Klimt, Auguste Rodin...

Gabríela Friðriksdóttir at Kunsthau Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum Life? Biomorphic Forms in Sculpture is curated by Katrin Bucher Trantow and Peter Pakesch and investigates organic, biomorphic and anthropomorphic forms. Artists include Louise Bourgeois, Siobhán Hapaska, Ernesto Neto and Carsten Nicolai.

IT´S NOT YOUR FAULT AT LUHRING AUGUSTINE GALLERY Show curated by Markus Thór Andrésson in collaboration with Ragnar Kjartansson.  Artists in the exhibition: Birgir Andrésson, Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, ásmundur ásmundsson, ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Unnar örn, Haraldur...

ÞÓR VIGFÚSSON at Carnegie Art Awards 2008 19.06.08 - 10.08.08 | At Gerdarsafn, Kopavogi.

HREINN FRIDFINNSSON At Nordenhake Gallery in Berlin 03.05.08 - 14.06.08 Hreinn Fridfinnsson at Nordenhake Gallery in Berlin

FINNBOGI PETURSSON AND ELIN HANSDÓTTIR at the National Gallery of Iceland
17.05.08-20.06.08 ART AGAINST ARCHITECTURE at the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik Art Festival. Finnbogi Petursson, Elín Hansdóttur, Franz West, Monica Bonvicini and Steina Vasulka.



EXPERIMENT MARATHON at Reykjavik Art Museum 15.05.08 - 24.08.08  | Experiment Marathon at Reykjavik Art Museum  | Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and ólafur Elíasson Amongst participants in the Marathon are John Baldessari, ólafur Elíasson Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Gabríela...

i8 ARTISTS AT SCANDINAVIA HOUSE 02.05.08 - 15.08.08 From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art - Exhibition on contemporary Icelandic art at Scandinavia House, New York. www.scandinaviahouse.org

HRAFNKELL SIGURÐSSON at Senko Studios 26.04.08 - 16.05.08 Hrafnkell Sigurdsson "Close Window. Refresh/Browse" in Senko Studios in Denmark www.senko.dk

HRAFNKELL SIGURÐSSON at Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie 26.04.08 - 30.06.08 Hrafnkell Sigurðsson at Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie in Paris.


RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR at Bury Art Gallery and Museum 03.05.08 - 12.07.08 View | Ragna Róbertsdóttir at Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Manchester, England. 


ELIN HANSDÓTTIR at Maribel López Gallery 29.03.2008-23.04.2008 Path | Elín Hansdóttir at Maribel López Gallery in Berlin

GABRIELA FRIDRIKSDOTTIR at Bob van Orsouw 29.03.2008-10.05.2008 Ouroborus
Gabriela Fridriksdottir at Gallery Bob van Orsouw

GABRIELA FRIDRIKSDOTTIR at the National Gallery of Iceland
23.02.08 - 01.05.08 | LA DURéE |  Gabriela Fridriksdottir at the National Gallery of Iceland | www.listasafn.is

OLAFUR ELIASSON at MOMA 20.04.2008 - 30.06.2008 Olafur Eliasson at Moma and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.


i8 AT THE ARMORY SHOW 27. - 30. March i8 will participate in the Armory Show in New York for the first time. We will be presenting new works by: Birgir Andresson, Olafur Eliasson, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Kristjan Gudmundsson, Ragna Robertsdottir and Katrin Sigurdardottir.
...

DREAMS OF THE SUBLIME AND NOWHERE 27.02.08 - 25.04.08
Hrafnkell Sigurdsson, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, The Icelandic Love Corporation and Ragnar Kjartansson exhibit among other Icelandic artist at Bozar Art Centre in Brussels.

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON AT REYKJAVIK ART MUSEUM Mutes - Speechless Kernels 13 March - 27 April 2008
Sigurdur Gudmundsson presents 20 new large photographic works which he calls Speechless Kernels. These works are his first photographic works since 1980.

HREINN FRIDFINNSSON AT MALMO KONSTHALL Hreinn Fridfinnsson at Malmö Konsthall  16 February - 27 April
http://www.konsthall.malmo.se

ÍVAR VALGARÐSSON ívar Valgarðsson´s second solo exhibition at i8 opens on the 11th of January and will run through to 16th of February.


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