course of life
Education
2019 MFA Medium and Material-based Art - Oslo National Academy of the Art / Norway
2015 a semester, MFA Ceramic Art - University of Gothenburg, HDK / Sweden
2012 BFA Ceramic Art / Bergen Academy of Art and Design / Norway
2011 a two years study in Ceramic Art - The Reykjavík School of Visual Art / Iceland
2004 BEd primary and lower secondary school, art teacher - The University of Akureyri / Iceland
Resent and upcoming projects
Maternity leave Jun 2019 – September 2020
Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale 2021
Residencies & Workshops
2021 Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale – selected artist / Norway
2018 Workshop at the slate quarry at Pillarguri in Oppland / Norway
2018 Publication workshop at Jan Van Eyck Academie’s Anne Petronille Nypels Lab in Maastricht / The Netherlands
2017 /2014 SIM Residency Berlin / Germany
2017 Wood Firing workshop in Venabygd with Torbjørn Kvasbø / Norway
2016 Phoenix Brighton and The Ceramic House / UK
2013 International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Project Network / Denmark
2012 KAHLA/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH / Germany
2011 Claydies workshop in The Nordic House Reykjavík at DesignMarch / Iceland
Awards & Grants
2019 Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere, Kulturrådet (Arts Council Norway)
2016 Scandinavian International Art Festival in Jingdezhen China, by KINGS Scandinavian Center invite
2016 The Icelandic Art Center, mobility grant
2016 /2014 Iceland Design Centre – Design fund, travel grant
2016 /2013 The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Muggur residency grant
2016 /2013 The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association, travel- and educational grant
2014 Selected by nomination to participate in ECC2014 New Talent exhibition
2014 Return home, project grant
2014 /2013 The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Program, mobility funding grant
2012 Invite residency to KAHLA/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH
Design in production
2013 KAHLA/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH Atelier Collection - Designers cut, a plate and a bowl
Selected solo & duo exhibitions
2018 Landmark / Galleri Seilduken Oslo, Norway
2014 Tíðir – in collaboration with Yst / Bragginn, Iceland Tíðir – The Egg and Out of the closet / Kunstschlager gallery Reykjavik, Iceland
2013 Sól- eyjar (Sun- islands) / Installation in Kópaskers lighthouse at midsummer, Iceland
2012 Síldarstúlkan / Permanent outdoor sculpture in Raufarhöfn, Iceland
Hugar(úr)vinnsla - selected works, with Eygló Benediktsdóttir / The Nordic House Reykjavik, Iceland
Selected group exhibitions
2021 Årsutstillingen - Steiner på stranda / SKMU Kristiansand, Norway
Den 8. K-lab – Å høre til / Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale, Norway
2019 Årsutstillingen - Circle / KODE Bergen, Norway
A better past is still possible, MFA degree show KHiO - ja det er masse af fjell her… / Galleri Seilduken Oslo, Norway
2018 MA1 exhibition Sit on a Stone rather than a Pillow - Fjara / Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Never saw a crack I didn’t like - Steinar í fjöru / Galleri Seilduken Oslo, Norway
Vitrine Artists’ Publications - Somewhere in between the trees / Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2017 Wood Firing in Venabygd - results / Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2016 Scandinavian International Art Festival - Tíðir - five fragments / The Scandinavian Center/TaoXicuang Museum Jingdezhen, China
Landscape : Islands - LITTORAL ASSEMBLY / in collaboration with Iris Garrelfs / The South Gallery, UK
Landscape : Islands - Columnar cups - Columnar bowls / The Ceramic House, UK
2015 Advanced time - untitled set of columns / A –Venue, Sweden
Haust/Autumn - reaction of dwelling in expanded surrounding of the inner / Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
2014 ECC2014 New Talent - reaction of dwelling in expanded surrounding of the inner and Mind embryos - The Bath / Grønbechs Gaard, Denmark
KAHLA Atelier Collection - Designers cut / Kokka store, at Reykjavik Culture Night, Iceland
http://piecesesandboxeses.wordpress.com/ - Variable stone / eleven emerging artist, traveling exhibition / Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Korea, USA, Canada, Iceland, Germany, Denmark
2013 World cup - reaction of dwelling in expanded surrounding of the inner / The Apple House Gallery Guldagergaard, Denmark
Under the open sky - Memento Mori / An outdoor art exhibition, part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival 2013 and in collaboration with The living Art museum, Iceland
KAHLA Atelier Collection - Designers cut / Ambiente Frankfurt Fair, Germany
2012 Smámyndasýning félagsmanna SÍM - Small-image / Reykjavik, Iceland
Bachelor Exhibition 2012 KHiB - Mind embryos / Bergen’s old State Prison, Norway
2011 62 ways of frustration, outsiders view collaborative installation/ Galleri Bokboden Bergen, Norway
A trip to the factory - Blue Motive / Kokka store, at Reykjavik Culture Night, Iceland - DMY International Design Festival Berlin, Germany - Graduated show Reykjavik, Iceland