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Björk Guðnadóttir
Engihjalli 3,200 Kópavogur
Tel: 867 7724
bjork69@hotmail.com

Born in Reykjavík 1969
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EDUCATION

1996-99                   Umeå College of Art.  MFA.

1995-96                   Art and Crafts College of Iceland.

1994-95                   Oslo Art Academy.

1993-94                   Atelier Hourdé. Preparation School. France

1991-93                   ESMOD.  Tailoring. France.

1985-89                   Icelandic College of Commerce. 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002            Holy moments. Hlemmur Gallery, Reykjavík

1999              ImagesTowards 2000.  Kiruna, Sweden.

1998              Gallery Ömalm.  Stockholm, Sweden.

1998              Gallery 66.  Umeå, Sweden.

1996              Gallery Gúlp.  Reykjavík, Iceland.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002              The Knitted Aura. Gavin Brown Enterprise, Chelsea, NY, USA.

   -                  Expressions around the Baltic. Karlskrona Konsthall, Sweden.

   -                  East of Hollywood - reaction shot. 210 two. Los Angeles, USA.

2001               Sustainable Development.  Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.

   -                   Blank Space Exhibition.  Blank, New York, USA.

   -                   Altered State.  Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.

   -                   Readymades in the house.  Yellow House, Reykjavík, Iceland.

1999               -37°C.  Bildmuseet, Umeå and Gallery Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden. 

1998               Chics.  Animal shop.  Reykjavík, Iceland.

   -                   Umeå Videofestival.  Sweden.

1997               Umeå/Oslo.  Gallery 21:29, Oslo, Norway.

1995               Via Foto.  Fotogalleriet Oslo, Norway.

 

GRANTS

1999               Umeå Communal Artist Stipend, Sweden.

-                      Marianne Ahnlund Travelgrant, Sweden.

-                      Helge Ax:son Johnsons Fund, Sweden.

-                      Saxnäs Artists Residencies, Sweden.

-                      Project A.I.T. 2000. Kiruna, Sweden.

1998               Kulturfonden for Project Aveny, Gothenburg, Sweden.

   -                   Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund, Sweden

1996               Nordplus, Norway.

1995               Workshop in Poznan, Polen. Oslo Art Academy, Norway.

 

MISCELLANOUS

1997                Aveny.  A project organized by the artist Jörgen Svensson,Gothenburg, Sweden.

1995               Workshop with the artist Jaroslaw Koslovski, Poznan, Polen.