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Arna Óttarsdóttir

*1986, lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland

2006-2009 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland

2004-2006 – Fine art studies, Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti, Reykjavík, Iceland

represented by i8 Gallery, Iceland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 – The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

2019 – Åplus, Berlin, Germany

2015 – i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 – Heimasæta / Sweet Life - Harbinger, Reykjavík, Iceland

2013 – Gangi þér vel - Kunstschlager, Reykjavík, Iceland

2012 – Veflausnir (with Loji Höskuldsson) - Artíma gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland

2009 – Velkomin í Crymoville! - Gallerí Crymo, Reykjavík, Iceland

2008 – Leynifélagið, eða: "stelpur komast upp með allt" - Gallerí Sykur, Kópavogur, Iceland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 – High and Low, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018 – Leiðin heim, Wind and Weather Window Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland. Part of Reykjavík Arts Festival

2017 – Entangled: Threads & Making, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

2017 – Normality is the New Avant-Garde, Gerðarsafn/Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland

2016 – Rolling Snowball 7, Djúpivogur, Iceland

2015 – Kyrralíf, Gallery Kunstschlager, Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 – Mucho Grandi, Hólmaslóð, Reykjavík, Iceland. Collaboration between Festisvall, Regla hins öfuga pýramída,

              Skiltamálun Reykjavíkur and Járnbraut

2014 – S7 – Suðurgata >> Árbær (ekki á leið), Árbæjarsafn, Reykjavík, Iceland. Organized by The Living Art Museum and Reykjavik City                                Museum, part of Reykjavík Arts Festival

2013 – Festisvall - King Size, Leipzig, Germany

2013 – Taverna (with FUMF) - Hemliga Trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden

2013 – Love - The Willows, New York, USA

2012 – Funtitled (with FUMF) - Sound of Mu, Oslo, Norway

2012 – Ekki eru allir firðir eins (with FUMF) - Gallerí Klósett, Reykjavík, Iceland

2012 – Rými málverksins - Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland

2011 – Heyr á Endemi (group exhibition parallel to the publication of the art magazine Endemi), Kling og Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland

2010 – G+A+M+A (with Guðmundur Thoroddsen) - Gallerí Crymo, Reykjavík, Iceland

2010 – Savage Island - Galleri 69, Oslo, Norway

2009 – Inbox/Outpost (artist residency/group exhibition) - The herring factory in Djúpavík, Iceland and Galerie Sign, Groningen, Netherlands

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2014 – S7 – Suðurgata >> Árbær (ekki á leið). Published in connection to an exhibition with the same title. Editors: Bergsveinn Þórsson,                              Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Heiðar Kári Rannversson and Unnar Örn Jónasson Auðarson, Reykjavík, Iceland (catalogue)

2013 – Salon Bimba. Gamli sfinxinn. Reykjavík, Iceland (bookwork)

2011 – Treystið okkur! Við erum myndlistarmenn. Editors: Arna Óttarsdóttir, Kolbrún Ýr Einarsdóttir, Kristín Rúnarsdóttir and Þorgerður                                Ólafsdóttir. Crymogea. Reykjavík, Iceland (book)

2011 – After 8 with The Reykjavík, Iceland Pencil Heads, NSEW Press (bookwork)

2011 – “New Work/New York”. Endemi 1st issue. Reykjavík, Iceland (bookwork)

2008 – RiT 3rd issue. Reykjavík, Iceland (bookwork)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2018 – Icelandic Art Center, travel grant

2018 – Artist Salary, 6 months, Government of Iceland

2017 – Artist Salary, 3 months, Government of Iceland

2016 – Muggur, travel grant

2016 – Artist Salary, 3 months, Government of Iceland

2015 – Icelandic Art Fund, project grant

2015 – Myndstef, project grant

2013 – Svensk-isländska Samarbetsfonden, travel grant

2013 – Muggur, residence grant

2012 – Artist Salary, 3 months, Government of Iceland

2008 – Award and grant for Excellence in Art Studies, from the town of Kópavogur, Iceland