Resumé

Þóra Þórisdóttir

Born 1962 in Patreksfjordur Iceland

Address: Austurgata 47, 220 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Tel: +354 - 565 0447, +354 - 698 0448 e-mail: tora@hlemmur.is

 

Education:

1994 GRADUATED FROM THE ICELANDIC COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFTS, DEPARTMENT OF SCULPTURE

Exhibitions:

Private exhibitions:

1994 "BLÓÐ LAMBSINS", "BROTNING BRAUÐSINS" OG "EIRORMURINN", ("THE LAMBS BLOOD", "BREAKING THE BREAD" AND THE "BRONSWORM"). PORTIÐ HAFNARFJORDUR ICELAND
1994 "ÁVEXTIR", (FRUITS) GALLERÍ GREIP REYKJAVIK
1995 "HEILAGUR ANDI", (THE HOLY SPIRIT), LISTHÚSINU VIÐ HAMARINN ICELAND
1998 "KUNST UTSTILLING, SPESIAL TILBUD", DALE SENTER, DALE I SUNNFJORD NORWAY
1999 "HEIMILISSAMSTÆÐA", (ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE) GALLERÍ@HLEMMUR.IS  ICELAND
2000 "Í víngarðinum", (IN THE GRAPEYARD)  GALLERI@HLEMMUR.IS  ICELAND
2001 "THE RED PERIOD", KÖZELITES GALLERI HUNGARY
2002 "RAUÐA TÍMABILIÐ", GALLERI HLEMMUR REYKJAVÍK

Group exhibitions:

1993 "ROAD 2 - TIE 2", A PROJECT ORGANIZED BY THE ACADEMY OF FINE ART IN HELSINKI, JOKIOINEN FINLAND
1994 "P-KJALLARI", (PARKING HOUSE), ORGANIZED BY YOUNG ICELANDIC ARTISTS, BORGARKRINGLUNNI REYKJAVIK
1994 "STEFNUMÓT LISTAR OG TRÚAR", (WHERE ART AND FAITH MEET), ORGANIZED BY THE LUTHERIAN CHURCH AND THE TOWN OF HAFNARFJORDUR, PORTIÐ HAFNARFJORDUR ICELAND
1995 "GULLKISTAN", (GOLD CHEST), ORGANIZED BY ICELANDIC ARTISTS, LAUGARVATNI ICELAND
1995 "FRAMLENGINGARÁRÁTTAN", (THE OBSESSION WITH EXTENSION), EIGHT ARTISTS, GALLERY SÓLON ISLANDUS REYKJAVIK
1995 "STEFNUMÓT 2", (WHERE ART AND FAITH MEET 2), ORGANIZED BY ICELANDIC  ARTISTS AND THE TOWN OF HAFNARFJORDUR, HAFNARBORG HAFNARFJORDUR ICELAND
1996 ABSTRACT EXHIBITION, ORGANIZED BY THE TOWN CONCIL OF DRANGSNES,   DRANGSNESI ICELAND
1997 "AEROPAUSE", 3 FINISH ARTISTS AND 3 ICELANDIC ARTISTS, THE LIVING ART MUSEUM REYKJAVIK
1998 "FLÖGÐ OG FÖGUR SKINN", ART FESTIVAL, REYKJAVIK
1998 "PORTRETT", AKUREYRI ICELAND
2000 VADSTENA GALLERI, VADSTENA SWEDEN
2000 "OVER THE BORDERLINE", PARTI GALLERIA PÉCS HUNGARY
2000 "DÆLAN GENGUR", OLÍS REYKJAVÍK
2002 "SECOND FLASH", KÖZELITES GALLERI HUNGARY
2002 GALLERI HLEMMUR SÝNING, GERÐASAFN KÓPAVOG

Other activities:

1993 "ÞVOTTUR 95°C" SNÚRUR, (LAUNDRY 95°c, CLOTH LINES) OUTDOORS SCULPTURE, KLAMBRATÚNI REYKJAVIK
1993 "ÞVOTTUR 95°C" SNÚRUR, (LAUNDRY 95°c, CLOTH LINES) OUTDOORS SCULPTURE,  FORSA FINLAND
1995 PERFORMANCE, AT THE "VÍGÐU LAUG" (HOLY POOL), LAUGARVATNI ICELAND
1999 INTERNATIONAL SNOWSCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, ESTONIA
1999 PERFORMANCE, ORGANIZED BY DZT...KAFFILEIKHÚSIÐ (KOFFE THEATER) REYKJAVÍK
2000 PERFORMANCE, LISTASAFN ÁRNESINGA SELFOSS ICELAND

Workshops and grants:

1993 ERASMUS GRANT
1997 NKKK GRANT
1998 NORDIC ARTISTS' CENTRE DALE NORWAY, SEPT 1998 - JAN 1999
2000 TRAVELLING GRANT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ICELAND
2000 WORKSHOP AT THE JANUS PANNONIUS UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE AND PERFOMING ARTS
2000 GRANT FROM THE CITY OF REYKJAVIK FOR GALLERI@HLEMMUR.IS

Public work:
1998 "CD-COVER", FJALAR KOMMUNE, DALE I SUNNFJORD, NORWAY