C.V.

 

: EDUCATION :

2012-2014     Master of Fine Art, Bergen Academy of Art and Design

2010-2011     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Bergen Academy of Art and Design

2007-2009    Diploma, Forming, Reykjavik School of Visual Arts   

2005-2006    Anthropology, University of Iceland    

2003-2004    Preparatory Art Studies, Akureyri School of Visual Arts     

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: UPCOMING :

2022      Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange, IS 

2022      Altered Lands, Kunstquartier Bethanien, DE

2024      Ether, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, DK

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: SOLO EXHIBITIONS :

2018      Vestlandsutstillingen 2018, Kunsthall Stavanger, NO – collaboration with Karin Blomgren

2016     Abrasion, Visningsrommet USF, NO – collaboration with Karin Blomgren

2015     Deposit, KRAFT, Bergen, NO – collaboration with Karin Blomgren

2014     …riddled with defects and tiny fractures., Galleri Fisk, Bergen, NO

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: SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

2020     Gleðileg jól, salon exhibition at Ásmundarsalur, IS

2020     Soil Matters, Helsinki Design Museum, FI

2020     North, Listasafn Árnesinga, IS

2019     DeTox research project at Rejmyre Art Lab, SE –

Collaboration w/ Karin Blomgren

2018     Transitions, Konstmuseet i Norr, SE

2018     European Ceramic Context, Curated, Bornholm, DK

2018     Beyond the Object – Contemporary Nordic Ceramic Art, Uppsala, SE

2017     Parcours Céramique Carougeois, International Ceramics Biennal, Geneva, CH –

Collaboration w/ Karin Blomgren

2016     Experiment – Clay and more, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, IS

2016     Tendenser, Punkt Ø, Moss, NO – Collaboration w/ Karin Blomgren

2015     Kunstgarasjen, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, NO

2014     Ung. Lovende, Punkt Ø, Moss, NO

2014     Knock Knock, Billedhoggerhuset, Oslo, NO     

2014     MEAGHEA SKKLL rKGM MAH TNCA, MA Degree Show, Bergen Kunsthall, NO

2013     House Explorations, Kalfarlien 18, Bergen, NO

2013     Topographies of the Obsolete – Vociferious Void. British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK   

2013     Bontelabo. Bontelabo, Bergen, NO

2013     Illuminations, Interventions in an Abandoned Paint Factory, Bergen, NO

2013     Topographies of the Obsolete. Airspace gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

2012     The Site is the Question. Rom 8, Bergen, NO

2011     Project Network, Grimmerhus – The Danish Museum of Ceramic art, DK

2011     Untitled, Apple House, Guldagergaard Ceramic Center, DK

2011     When all is said and done. B.A Graduation exhibition, Premiss, Bergen, NO

2010     Upplifun. Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, IS

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: PUBLICATIONS :

2015     Topographies of the Obsolete: Site Reflections

2013     Topographies of the Obsolete: Vociferious Void    

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: RESIDENCIES AND RELEVANT WORK :

2019                  Group residency at Watershed – Center for the Ceramic Arts,  “Ephemerality in Clay”, USA

2018 – 2019      Teaching at Reykjavík School of Visual Art, IS

2018                  Iapsis Residency Program, Stockholm, SE

2016                  Can Serrat – International Art Residency, Catalunya, ES

2012-2013        Topographies of the Obsolete, three residencies in Stoke on Trent, UK

2014                  Nordic Studio for Continued Engagement, Rejmyre Art Lab, Residency, SE

2012-2016        Owner and founder of Bragginn, Café and Clay Studio, IS

2011                  Project Network – Guldagergaard Ceramic Center, Residency, DK

2008-2010        Production Assistant, Stúdíó Subba, Ceramic Studio, Reykjavík, IS 

2008                  Workshop with Icelandic Raw Materials, Nýp, Dalasýslu, IS

2008                  Workshop, The European Glass Context, Bornholm, DK

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: SUPPORT & AWARDS :

2019                 Arbeidsstipend for Yngre Nyetablerte Kunstnere – 1 year, Arts Council Norway

2019                 Listamannalaun / Working Stipend, 6 months, Rannís, IS

2018                 Awarded first prize at the European Ceramic Context 2018

2016                 Etableringsstipend, Bergen Kommune

2016                 Arbeidsstipend for Yngre Nyetablerte Kunstnere – 2 years, Arts Council Norway

2015                 Diversestipend for Nyutdannede Kunstnere, Arts Council Norway       

2014                 Student stipend, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond (BKH)

2013                 Student stipend, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond (BKH)

2008                Support for young women, Women Association of Iceland

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: ONGOING PROJECTS :

2014-               Continued collaboration with Karin Blomgren

2012-2017       Part of Topographies of the Obsolete, Artistic Research Project, based in Stoke-on-Trent in England and Bergen, Norway. The project has focused on identifying and extracting the different topographies of the post-industrial ceramic landscape of Stoke on Trent, the next focus will be on the post-industrial landscape of Norway. Details at: http://topographies.khib.no/