Ólöf Nordal

 

                       Born in Copenhagen.  Lives and works in Reykjavik.

 

                       Email

                       olofnordal@simnet.is

 

                       Education

1991 - 93     MFA. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

1989  - 91    MFA. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. 

1986             Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland.

1981 - 85     Icelandic College of Art and Craft, Reykjavik. 

 

                       Solo exhibitions

2002             Gold.  galleri@hlemmur.is, Reykjavik.

2001             Burp.  The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik.

1999             nordAl13.  Kopavogur Art Gallery, Kopavogur.

1998             Corpus dulcis.  i8, Reykjavik.

1996             The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik.

1994             Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik.

 

                       Selected joint exhibitions

2001             Ferdafuda.  Skunkariki, Isafjordur

1999             The New Fin-de-Siècle Generation. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.

1998             Where Currents Meet.  The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik.

1998             The Coastline.  Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik.

1998               Under the Flesh.  Reykjavik Arts Festival, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik.

1997             Kristnitaka.  Skalholt Cathedral, Biskupstungur.

1997             Sunday Dining.  Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur.

1994             SCULPTURE, SCULPTURE, SCULPTURE.  The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik

1993             15 Years Anniversary.  The Living Art Museum, Reykavik.

 

                       Awards

1999             Sjova-Almennra Art Award.  Sjóvá-Almennar, Reykjavik.

1998             The Gudmunda S. Kristinsdottir Art Award.  The City of Reykjavik and The Erró Collection, Reykjavik.

1997             The Penninn Art Award, Penninn, Reykjavik.

 

                       Competitions

2002             Althingi - the Icelandic Parliament.  First price in a closed competition for a relief in a new Parliament building.

2002             Hvammstangi Hospital.  First price in a closed competition for an outdoor sculpture.

 

                       Works in Public Collections

                       National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.

                       The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik.

                       Reykjavik Savings Bank, Reykjavik.

 

 

2000 -            Teacher at the University of the Arts, Reykjavik.