Hrafnhildur
Sigurđardóttir
Education
1998-2000 University of Colorado at Boulder (CU),
CO. USA, MFA Sculpture.
1997-1998 The
Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Sculpture.
1996 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
Maine, USA, Papermaking.
1992 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Tennessee, USA, Shibori.
1982-1986 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts,
Textiles.
1975-1986
The Reykjavik Art
School, ceramic and drawing, at interwals.
Solo exhibitions
2009 Sin
titulo, StartArt,
Laugarvegi, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2008 Frozen
plastic, The Freezer, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
2007 Time
out, Project space, Can Serrat, El
Bruc, Spain.
2006 Here, Listasafn Árnesinga Art
Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland.
2005 Nordic Award in Textiles 2005, Textilmuseet Borås, Borås,
Sweden.
Welcome, Reykjavík Cultural
night, outdoor sculptures.
Send
greetings home, 30 day
performance, Gammel Have studio, Fyn, Denmark.
2003 Coming, Komin, Ásmundarsalur,
Listasafn ASÍ, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001 View, Skoðun, Gerðarsafn
Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur, Iceland.
1997 Solo, EFTA building, Brussels, Belgium.
Paper and Shibori, Regnboginn Gallery,
Hverfisgata, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1996
Paperworks, Artist Studio, Kulturhuset
USF, Bergen, Norway.
Textile exhibition, Snegla
listhús Gallery, Grettisgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1992
Serigrafi on Silk, Snegla
listhús Gallery,
Grettisgata 7,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
1988 Paper Collage, Gallery 15,
Skólavörðustíg, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Group exhibitions
2009 Þverskurður II, Textile
Association, Gamla Kaupfélaginu, Skagaströnd,
Iceland.
Solitude – landslag í umróti, Gamla Kaupfélaginu, Skagaströnd,
Iceland.
Distant shores – Rivages Lointains, Bank CIC East Gallery, Strasbourg,
France.
Distill - Finding water, Gamla
Kaupfélaginu, Skagaströnd,
Iceland.
Þverskurður,
Textile Association 35 years, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur, Iceland.
2008
Drap-Art
’08 International Recycling Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
Solitude, Kunstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany.
The
EnvironMENTAL Paradigm, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Fransisco, USA.
What
does a Woman Want? Proyecto X, Clinton Park, San Fransisco, USA.
Distant Shores
– Rivages Lointains, Wesserling Textile Museum, Alsace, France.
Twist and Shout, Art League of Bonita
Springs, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA.
A Model Society –
minority complex, assistant
to Sarah Browne, Dublin, Ireland.
2007
Distill, Urban Institute for
Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, USA.
Twist
and Shout, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New
York, USA.
Distill, International Artist Group, La CCE Benjamin
Carrion, Quito, Ecuador.
Twist
and Shout, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins,
Colorado, USA.
Streaching
the Treads, Atlantic
Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA.
Scythia,
International
Mini Textile Art Exhibition, Kherson, Úkraine.
Fete
de la Laine, La
toison d’art, Crest, France.
2006 Postcards
from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY, USA.
Twist
and Shout, Reed Whipple Cultural Center
Gallery, Las Vegas,Nevada, USA.
The
Icelandic Textile Group,
HFF-International, Wisconsin Exposition Center, WI, USA.
The 5th edition of the Romanian Textile Arts
Triennial, Bucarest, Romania.
The Icelandic Textile Group, UUCW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
USA.
4th
International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial, Krosno Craft Museum, Poland.
Written
in Fiber,
Reykjavík Town
Hall, Reykjavík,
Iceland.
Twist and Shout, Ohio Crafts Museum,
Columbus Ohio, USA.
4th International Artistic Linen Cloth
Biennial, Krosno Craft Museum, Krosno, Poland.
The Icelandic Textile Group, Art
and Nature Center, Washington Island, WI, USA.
Distill, International Artist Group, Reykjanes Art Museum,
Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
Textile et vegetal, Fils et
Métiers, Varaignes, France.
Twist and Shout, Arts
Garden, Arts Counsil of Indianapolis, Indiana,
USA.
Nordatlantiske Öer, Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark.
2005
Twist and Shout, The Kelin Gallery,
Florida Craftsmen Inc., St. Petersburg, FL. USA.
Northern
Fibre 6,
exhibition and workshop, Kerava Art
Museum, Finland.
Me
and Technology,
Night of the Arts, Tuusula,
Finland.
Project
Creo, The Arts Center, St
Petersburg. FL. USA (sheduled).
8th
International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
USA.
National Women’s
Exhibition, Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
USA.
Women Shine Through, Art Harvest, Sacramento,
CA.USA.
Now That’s Funny, The Empty Space Gallery, Bakersfield, CA. USA.
2004 Square-Carre-Cuadrado, WTA 3rd
Int. Biennial, Quinta Isabel, Valencia, Venezuela.
The Icelandic Textile
Guild, Small works, SÍM-gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Textiles, Handverk og hönnun, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Sýsla, Árborg Art Museum, Hveragerði,
Iceland.
The
Icelandic Textile Group, invitation to St Marie Aux Mines, Alsace,
France.
Bookart, Árborg Art Museum, Hveragerði,
Iceland.
Tradition & Innovation, 2nd European Triennial,
Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga,
Latvia.
Bookart, Handverk og hönnun, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Category X, Árborg
Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland.
Povezave – Connections 04, Gallery DLUM, Maribor, Slovenia.
Collectors, Stefnumót
við safnara, Gerðuberg Community Center, Reykjvík, Iceland.
2003 Right
and wrong sides, National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Ferðafuða, Icelandic artists,
Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The North, Spor, Rundetaarnet Museum,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
2002 Distill, International Artist Group,
Sverrissal, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
The North, Spor, Art and Craft Asso.,
Sverrisal, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
Art for Palestine,
Borgarleikhúsið City Theater, Reyakjvík, Iceland.
2001 Distill, International Artist Group,
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2000 Linen, Lín,
Textílfélagið, Hafnarborg Art and Cultural Centre,
Hafnarfirði, Iceland.
Relay, CU Art Galleries, Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Books, Artist books, Boulder Public
Library, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Little things, Margt smátt,
Gallerí Fold, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Spark Annual Juried Show, Spark Gallery,
Denver, Colordo, USA.
Colorado 2000, Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art, Colorado,USA.
1999
Icelandic Textile Guild’s 25th
year, Gerðarsafn Art Museum, Kópavogur,Iceland.
Linen, The Icelandic Textile Guild,
Langabúð, Djúpivogur, Iceland.
Countdown, John Sommers Gallery, UNM,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
1998
Performance, Carson Gymnasium, Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
Fibonacci, Sybase, Boulder, Colorado,
USA.
1997
Blue, textile exhibition,
Ásmundarsalur Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Nordic Countries, Third Textile
Triennalle, Tournai , Belgium.
1996 Art Against Drugs,
Krísuvíkursamtökin, Geysishús, Reykjavík,
Iceland.
8 plus 40 = 48, miniature exhibition, Gallerí
Fold, Reykjavík, Iceland
5th year celebration,Snegla
listhús Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Textile exhibition,
Sparisjóðurinn bank, Garðabær, Iceland.
1995 Icelandic Textile Guild’s 20th
anniversary, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
The Icelandic Design Center’s Design
Day, Geysishús, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1994 Icelandic
Textile Guild at Nordic Forum, Åbo, Finland.
Scarfs, Snegla listhús Gallery,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
1993
The Icelandic Church’s Art Symposium,
Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Form
Island, The Icelandic Design Association’s Design Day, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1992
Artists of Gardabær, exhibition
in Garðalundur, Garðabær, Iceland.
1991 Textile exhibition, Icelandic Ministry
of Education, Reykavík, Iceland.
1990
Textile exhibition, Hafnarborg, Cultural
center of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
1987 Artists of The Future,
Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum, Iceland.
1985
Textile exhibition, Íslenskur
Húsbúnaður, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Scholarships, grants and awards
2008 Center
of Icelandic Art, grant for exhibition in Wesserling France.
Útflutningsráð, grant for exhibition in
Wesserling France.
2007 Muggur, project grant for three
month Artist-in Residence in Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain.
2006 Myndstef -Visual Art Copyright
Association, travel and project grant for exhibitions in USA.
American
Scandinavian Foundation, for The Icelandic Textile Group exhibitions in
USA.
Minningarsjóður
Margrétar Björgólfsdóttur, catalogue for The
Icelandic Textile Group.
Glitnir, exhibition catalogue for The Arnesinga Art
Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland.
Artist Endowment Grant, 6 months,
Ministry of Education Science & Culture, Rkv, Iceland.
2005
The Nordic Award in textiles, Stiftelsen fokus, Borås, Sweden.
Fondet for Dansk-Islandsk Samarbejde, residency travel grant to Gammel Have, Denmark.
Muggur, project grant for Artist-in-Residence, Gammel Have, Denmark.
2004 Handverk og hönnun, travel grant
for St. Marie Aux Mines, Alsace France.
Myndstef -Visual Art Copyright
Association, project grant for
The Icelandic Textile Group.
Artist Endowment Grant, 3 months,
Ministry of Education Science & Culture, Rkv, Iceland.
2003 Icelandic Ministry of Culture, travel
grant to Lithuania.
2000
Student Grant,
Búnaðarbankinn bank, Reykjvavík, Iceland.
1999
University of Colorado Fellowship, CU Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Beverly Sears Dean’s Small Grant
Awards, CU Boulder, Colorado, USA.
1998
Travel Grant, Graduate School, CU
Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Non Residential Differential Tuition
Fellowship, CU Boulder, Colorado, USA.
1996 Scandinavial
Art Foundation’s(Nifca), residency and travel grant for Hordaland Art
and
Cultural center, Bergen, Norway.
Travel Grant, Hordaland Community,
Norway.
1995 Haystack
Scholarship, The American-Scandinavian Foundation´s
Icelandic
Crafts Fund, Pamela Sanders Brement cultural fund and Thor Thors fund.
1992 Scholarship,
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Tennessee, USA.
Residencies
and study trips
2007 Can
Serrat, two month Artist-in Residence, El Bruc, Spain.
2005
Northern Fibre 6 - (wo)man & technology, seminar and
workshop, Tuusula, Finland.
Gammel Have, one month Artist-in Residence in Ringe, Denmark.
2004
New York, USA, study trip.
2003 Stockholm,
Sweden, study
trip.
1997 Gilfélagið, one month residency, Akureyri, Iceland.
1996 Nifca, four
month Artist-in-residence, Hordaland Art and Cultural Center, Bergen, Norway.
1995 Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MA, USA,
papermaking course.
1992 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Arowmont, TN,
USA, shibori
course.
Works in collections
2006 Reykjavík Art Museum,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 Stiftelsen Fokus, Borås, Sweden.
2004 The Empty Space Collection, Bakersfield,
California.
Women in Textiles Association, Florida,
USA.
Gallery DLUM, Maribor,
Slovenia
2003 Kaupthing Bank, Reykjavík,
Iceland.
2002 VÍS, Icelandic Insurance
Company, Reyakjavík, Iceland.
1999
Sybase, Computer firm Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Vídalinskirkja, Church,
Garðabær, Iceland.
1997 Hofstaðakirkja, Church,
Skagafjörður.
1995 Vídalinskirkja, Church,
Garðabær, Iceland.
1992 Búnaðarbanki Íslands, Bank, Reykjavík,
Iceland.
1992
Þroskahjálp, Foundation of the Disabled,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
1990 Garðabær, Town council, Garðabær, Iceland.
Associations and commitees
Listskreytingasjóður
ríkisins, Icelandic
Government Public Art Fund, judging committee 2004.
Textílfélagið, The Icelandic Textile Guild, member from 1991, on
the board 1993-1995,
education commitee 2000-2003,and exhibition
commitee 2003-2005.
SÍM, Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna, The
Association of Icelandic Artists.
Member since 1991, member of the board 1993-1996.
Snegla listhús Gallery,
Grettisgata 7, founder and co-owner 1991-1998.
Form Ísland, Icelandic Designers
Assoc., member from 1988-1998, on the board 1992-95.
Teaching and work experience
Artistic
Director, Nes Artist Residency,
Skagaströnd, Iceland, 2008-
Director,
The Icelandic Textile Center,
Blönduós, 2007-2008.
Visiting artist/teacher, Interlochen Arts Academy, MI, USA 2006.
Curator
for Icelandic Textile Group,
64°N / 21°W, UUCW, Milwaukee,USA 2006.
Curator
for Distill – The Knitting of Time,
Listasafn Reykjanesbæjar, 2006.
Útrás-Sally, course for textile artists, Fossagötu 4, Reykjavík 2005-2006.
Financial
Supervisor, Nordic Fibre V exhibition,
Icelandic Textile Guild, 2003-2004.
Curator, Sparisjóður Hafnarfjardar bank,
Garðatorgi, Garðabæ 2004.
Art
and textile courses, at own studio
2002.
Sculpture
courses, Open Art University, Icelandic
Academy of the Arts, 2001-2002.
Part time instructor, Icelandic Academy
of the Arts, textile and ceramics dept. 2000-2001.
Gallery
talk, Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Art.
Graduate
Part Time Instructor,
sculpture, CU Boulder, USA 1999-2000.
Gallery
talk, John Sommers Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Assistant, for Linda Herritt , Professor at CU Boulder
1998-1999.
Japanese
papermaking, The Icelandic College of Arts and
Crafts, Reykjavík 1998 and 1999.
Icelandic supervisor, The Third Textile
Triennale, Tournai, Belgium 1996-1997.
Japanese papermaking, teaching,
Tómstundaskólinn, Grensásvegi, Reykjavík 1996.
Japanese papermaking, teaching,
Grafíkfélagið, Tryggvagötu 15, Reykajavík
1995-1996.
Screen-printing, teaching, Studio "Fimma", Iðnbúð 5, Gardabær,
1988 - 1989.
Screen-printing, teaching, Association
for the Elderly in Reykjavík, 1987-1988.
Publications and broadcasting
CIA.is
newsletter http://cia.is/news/july05/hrafnhildur.htm
Morgunblaðið,
newspaper, by Bragi
Ásgeirsson, February 29th 2004.
Morgunblaðið, newspaper, by Ragna Sigurðardóttir,
May 29th 2003.
Ríkisútvarpið,
interview, Icelandic Broadcasting Service - Radio, May 2003.
Morgunblaðið, newspaper report,
May 17th 2003.
DV, newspaper, by Ásrún
Kristjánsdóttir, November 25th 2002.
Morgunblaðið, by Halldór
Björn Runólfsson, July 2002.
Morgunblaðið, interview, July 5th
2002.
Morgunblaðið, newspaper report,
July 6th 2002.
DV, newspaper, by Aðasteinn
Ingólfsson, December 10th 2001.
Morgunblaðið, newspaper,
Halldór Björn Runólfsson, November 25th 2001.
Ríkisútvarpið sjónvarp,
Icelandic Broadcastin Service - television, November 2001.
Morgunblaðið, newspaper report,
November 24th 2001.
Ríkisútvarpið,
interview, Icelandic Broadcasting Service - radio, November 2001.
Morgunblaðið, Newspaper report,
November 10th 2001.
Denver Rocky Mountain news, January 30th
2000.
Morgunblaðið
newspaper, September 1999.
Morgunblaðið newspaper,
November 1998.
Ríkisútvarpið
Sjónvarp, IBS Television, September 1997.
Morgunblaðið newspaper, by
Eiríkur Þorláksson, September 1997.
NoTele, Television station, Tournai,
Belgium, Nordic Countries video interview. 1997.
Morgunblaðið newspaper by Bragi
Ásgeirsson 1996.
Höklar, book printed for The
Icelandic church´s Art Symposium. 1993.
Ríkisútvarpið
Útvarp, Icelandic Broadcasting Service Radio, August 1992.
Morgunblaðið newspaper, by
Bragi Ásgeirsson, 1992.
Stöð 2, Television, September 1990.
Ríkisútvarpið
Sjónvarp, Icelandic Broadcasting Service Television, September 1990.
Morgunblaðið newspaper, by
Eiríkur Þorláksson, September 1990.
Morgunblaðið newspaper, by
Bragi Ásgeirsson, March
1988.
Morgunblaðið newspaper, May
1987.
Garðabær, newspaper, March
1987.
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