: 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/