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| Katrin Sigurdardottir |
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| Solo Exhibitions: |
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| 2010 |
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The Suburban, Oak Park, Chicago, IL |
| 2009 |
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Eleven Rivington, New York
Greenberg van Doren Gallery, New York. cat. |
| 2008 |
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"Coulisse", Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2006 |
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PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, USA |
| Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, cat. |
| Gallery i8, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2005 |
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Sala Público Siqueiros, El Cubo, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2004 |
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"D-segni", Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino,
Italy. cat. |
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Reykjavik Museum of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland. cat. |
| 2003 |
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Galleria Maze, Torino, Italy. |
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| Group Exhibitions (selected): |
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| 2009 |
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"Beyond the Picturesque" SMAK Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
- traveling to MArta Museum, Herford, Germany
"Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
"The Cabinet", Sala Murat, Bari
- traveling to Museolaboratorio ex manifattura tabacchi, Città Sant’Angelo, Pescara, Italy.
"Landscape 2.0", Kunsverein and Stiftung Springhornhof, Germany
The Armory Show (Greenberg van Doren) |
| 2008 |
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"Its not Your Fault", Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
"Experiment Marathon Reykjavik," Reykjavik Museum of Art.
"Pleinairism" Galleri i8, Reykjavik
"Poeticia de Natureza", MAC / Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
"Megastructure Reloaded," Former State Mint, Berlin, Germany
"World Histories" De Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Frederiksborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Armory Show, New York (Galleri i8)
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Galleria Maze)
NADA, Miami (Eleven Rivington) |
| 2007 |
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"Land Grab," Apex Art, New York, NY
Artist Project, Cabinet Magazine, Issue 24, Shadows
"Acting in Utopia," Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
"Alas, Nature," National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik , Iceland
"Double X-Rated," Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, NY
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Galleria Maze)
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| 2006 |
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"Soft Sites' Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
"Models and Prototypes", Kemper Art Museum at Washington University, St. Louis, USA
"Destroyed Worlds" Kunsthaus Dornbirn, Austria; Aarhus Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
"Amazeing Friends", Galleria Maze, Torino, Italy
"Cityscapes", Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Landscape and Folklore", National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
"Mutilated / Culticated Environments" Center for Book Arts, New York, USA
"Homesick", Center for Icelandic Art, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany
The Armory Show, New York, USA (Galleria Maze, Torino)
Art Basel / Miami Beach, USA (Gallery i8, Reykjavik) |
| 2005 |
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"The Here and Now", The Renaissance Society, Chicago
"T1 - The Pantagruel Syndrome", Castello di Rivoli, Fondazione Sandretto, GAM, Turin, Italy.
"Nordic Contemporary Sculpture 1985-2005", Wanas Foundation, Sweden
"Le Giene de Lieu", Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France. cat.
"city/observer", Rhizome Artbase / New Musum of Contemporary Art, New York
"Odd Lots", White Columns, Queens Museum of Art & Cabinet Magazine, New York.
"Moving Centers " National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"Exceeding Paint /Expanding Painting". Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York.
"Surface Charge" Anderson Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Art Basel Miami, USA. (Galleri i8, Reykjavik)
LISTE Basel, Switzerland (Galleria Maze, Torino)
NADA, Miami, USA (Galleria Maze, Torino)
Art Bruxelles, Belgium (Gallery i8, Reykjavik)
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Galleria Maze). |
| 2004 |
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"Troy Story", Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, USA
"Dreamscapes" Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
"Deconstruction for a Construction", Galerie Valerie Cueto, Paris,
"Des dels confins de la terra", La Capella, Barcelona, Spain. Cat.
"Scale and Elevation", Art in General, New York, USA.
"Microwave", Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
"Indivisible Cities" Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA.
LISTE Basel, Switzerland (Galleria Maze, Torino)
Art Bruxelles, Belgium (Gallery i8, Reykjavik)
MACA, Mexico City (Josee Bienvenu, New York)
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Galleria Maze) |
| 2003 |
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"Carnegie Art Award" Victoria Miro Warehouse, London, UK, Mejlans
Museum, Helsinki, Finland, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden. Cat.
"Microwave 4", Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, USA,
"Not to Scale", Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Cat.
"Cities without Citizens II", Rosenbach Museum - Philadelphia, USA. Cat.
"Indoor/Outdoor", LIMN Gallery, San Francisco,
'START", Centro Arte Contemporanea di Cavalese, Italy.
LISTE Basel, Switzerland. (Galleria Maze, Torino) |
| 2002 |
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"The Force" Gale Gates et al., New York, NY, USA.
"20 Years of Icelandic Art" Icelandic National Gallery, Reykjavik.
"Carnegie Art Award" Hafnarhus Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland,
Kunstnarnes Hus, Oslo, Norway, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Reactions", Exit Art, New York, NY, USA.
"Man and City", Reykjavik Museum of Art - Kjarvalsstadir. Iceland.
"Carriage House Projects", Islip Art Museum, New York. Cat.
Artissima, Torino, Italy. (Galleria Maze, Torino) |
| 2001 |
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“Confronting Nature” The Corcoran Gallery, Washington
DC, USA. Oct 13-Nov 26. cat.
“Listamadurinn á horninu / The Artist on the Corner” Public
project in Reykjavik. Nov. |
| 2000 |
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"Park" Momentum - Nordic Art Biennale, Moss, Norway. Cat.
"En dehors des Cartes" Centre d´Art Contemporaine á Séte, France. Cat.
"Inventing Iceland", Galerie Articule, Montréal, Canada. Cat.
"Models of Resistance", Globe - Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark,
"Dictionary", Café9, Reykjavik Museum of Art, Lasipalatsi-Helsinki, Villa
Serena-Bologna, Mediaspace-Brussels, Universal Space-Prag, Bergens Kunstf. |
| 1999 |
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"Til nyrrar aldar / Towards a New Century", Icelandic Natl Gallery, Reykjavik,
"Eitthvad - Etwas - Something" Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany,
"takki" Labor Elektronsche Mediakommunikation, Hamburg, Germany. |
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| Honors: |
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| The Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, USA, 2005.
The Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. New York, USA, 2005
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Woolworth Bldg Residency New York. 2003-4.
Art OMI International Artists Colony, Ghent, New York, USA. 2003.
The Icelandic Dpt. of Culture: National Artist Fellowship 2007, 2005, 2002, 2000, 1997.
Carnegie Art Award - Finalist, 2002
Nordic Committee on Art and Design: Residency at NACD, Norway. 1999, 2001.
The Icelandic Dpmt of Culture: The G. Kristinsdóttir Memorial Award, 2000.
The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art: NIFCA residency, Riga, Latvia. 2000. |
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| Public Collections: |
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Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik Museum of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
University Art Collection, Reykjavik, Iceland
ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandair |
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| Bibliography (selected): |
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"Experiment Iceland", Lilly Wei, Art in America, Octber 2008
"It´s Not Your Fault" Lara Kristin Lentini, Art Papers, October 2008
"Inspired by Vikings and Volcanoes", Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, July 25th, 2008.
"Fire and Ice", Ben Davis, Artnet, May 25th, 2005
"Creators of Cool", Tom Haines, The Boston Globe, May 25th, 2008.
"Uitgelicht", Karel Ankerman, Kunstbeeld, nr 7/8, 2008
"High Plane," Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times, October 27, 2006.
"Ein Sehnsuchrsort der Kunst," Iris Rodriguez, Die Zeit, Berlin, Dec 7. 2006.
"Art and Landscape in Iceland," Cathryn Drake, MAP - Journeys in Contemporary Art, Issue 12, Edinburgh, Winter 07/08.
"High Plane" , Markús Andrésson, Sjónauki #1, Reykjavík, October 2007.
"Models and Prototypes," Catharina Manchanda, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, October 2006.
"Katrin Sigurdardottir: Small Wonder," Elna Svenle, PS1 Newspaper, New York, October 2006.
"Critics Pick," Marc Spiegler, ArtNews Magazine, November 2005.
KunstForum International #177 pp 454-455. Fall 2005.
"Roth and Other Riches," David D'Arcy, Modern Painters Magazine, July/August 2005.
"Where is my Buddha-mind?" Hamza Walker, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, 2005.
"Katrin Sigurdardottir / Reykjavik Art Museum," Dominic Lombardi, review, Sculpture Magazine, April 2005.
"Near and Far," Gregory Volk. Foreword Eirikur Thorlaksson. Reykjavik Art Museum, Icleand, 2004.
"D-segni," Conversation w/ Ilaria Bonacossa. Foreword Francesco Bonami. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino 2004.
"Of Landmarks and Birthmarks: the work of Katrin Sigurdardottir," Eva Heisler, N. Paradoxa, vol 15, London, UK 2005.
"Portable Landscape," Mariuccia Casadio, Vogue Casa, October 2005.
"Women Artists, an Illustrated History," 4 th ed. N.G. Heller, Abbeville Press, USA. 2004
"Our Critics Picks," Chicago Tribune, USA, Feb 20, 2005.
"Sigurdardottir Disegna," Lisa Parola, La Stampa Sette, Torino, Italy. 23-29/04/04.
"Goings On About Town," A. Shaw & A. Ward, The New Yorker Mag. 10/03, 02/04.
"Katrin Sigurdardottir," Milovan Farronato, Tema Celeste 98 (Italian edition) 2003.
"Katrin, Tracce di Memoria," Lisa Parola, La Stampa Sette, Torino, Italy. 04/2003.
"Not To Scale," Michael Amy, Tema Celeste 99 (Intl edition) Sept/Oct 2003.
"Home is Where the Art is," Edward Weinman, Iceland Review, Autumn 2002.
"The Shape of Time," Audur Olafsdottir, MHR-30, Reykjavik Museum of Art, 2002.
"Painting Scandinavia," Edward Weinman, Atlantica Magazine, Sept-Oct 2002.
"Veg(g)ir / Ways / Walls," Eirikur Thorlaksson, Reykjavik Museum of Art, 2002.
"Katrin Sigurdardottir," Artkrush, New York, NY, Mar-Apr. www.artkrush.com
"Critics Picks," TimeOut New York, USA. February 7-14 2002. Issue #332.
"The Force," Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk, NYArts International, USA. Vol 7, #3.
"Iceland at 1000" interview, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, USA. 11.4.01.
"Confronting Nature" review, The Washington Post, USA. 11.1.2001.
"Katrin Sigurdardottir," E. Heisler. Confronting Nature/Corcoran Gallery, USA 2001.
"Visions of Nature in Icelandic Art," A. Olafsdottir. Confronting Nature/Corcoran.
"Völundarhús minnisins/The Labyrinths of Memory," Á. Kristófersdóttir, Andblaer Journal.
"Les mots, on en parle de plus en plus!" A Poncelet Cargo dyslexiquue, FR,10/00.
"Momentum," Pernille Grane, Art Press, Paris, October, 2000.
"En biennale a ta vare pa" review, G Morgenstern, Aftenposten, Norway, 24.5.00.
"Nordisk succes" review, K. Kern, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27.5.2000.
"On Katrin Sigurdardottir s Fyrirmynd", Eva Heisler, Park - Momentum, May 2000.
"Aperto Reykjavik" feature, Halldor B. Runolfsson, Flash Art, Jan/Feb. 1999.
"Green Grass of Home," feature, C. Hoegsbro, Out of Focus, Copenhagen, 11/99.
Interview with Torhild Dahl, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, 17.8.1999. |
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| Academic (selected): |
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Yale School of Art, Department of Sculpture, New Haven, CT (visiting artist 2009)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA (visiting artist 2006)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA (visiting artist 2005)
Princeton Univeristy, NJ, USA (class studio visit 2005)
Univerity of Chicago, IL, USA (visiting artist 2005)
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, USA (visiting artist 2005)
Univeristy of Illinois, Chicago, USA (visiting Artist 2005)
New York Studio Program, New York, New York, USA (visiting artist 2003)
Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA (visiting artist 2003)
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA (visiting artist 2002)
Middlebury College, Vermont, USA. (visiting artist 2002)
National Academy of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland (lector 1999 - 200, professor 2008)
University of Iceland , Reykjavik. (lector 1998 - 2002)
National Academy of Art, Oslo, Norway. (guest lector 1999 - 2002)
Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway. (visiting artist 1998)
The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík. (lector 1997 - 1999)
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ, USA. (visiting artist coordinator, instructor TA 1994 - 1995) |
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