Hreinn Fridfinnsson
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"After a while, a shadow of a flying bird might pass across my hands."
It would not be right to define Hreinn Fridfinnsson as a strictly Conceptual artist - so rich are the range of directions and types of expression explored in his practice. Indeed, if his works move away from te more analytical forms adopted by certain Conceptualists, we could see it as belongings to a more lyrical line, characterized by a romantic tendency that seeks the potency of imagination, often conveyed by relating tp the natural landscape and its phenomena. It is no small merit of Fridfinnsson's work to have brought a narrative quality to Postminimalist art in more explicit ways than most artists of his generation.
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Born in 1943 in Baer Dölum, Iceland
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key dates
2021 Hreinn Fridfinnsson : For the Time Being, Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College, Miami, Etats-Unis
2019 Retrospective To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964-Today, at KW Institute of Contemporary art of Berlin, Germany, and at the Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.
2015 Personal exhibition at Kunstverein, Amsterdam, Pays Bas.
2010 To spin and swing you need a beat, 7th solo show at Galerie Papillon, Paris.
2007 Personal exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, in London.
2002 Personal exhibition at Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan.
2002 Personal exhibition at Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan.
1993 Represents Iceland at the Venice Biennale.
1982 Participates in the exhibition Sleeping Beauty - Art Now, Scandinavia Today, at the Guggenheim Museum in New-York.
1982 Participates in the exhibition Sleeping Beauty - Art Now, Scandinavia Today, at the Guggenheim Museum in New-York.
1965 Co-founder of the SÃM artist's group and Gallerà SÃM.
"Hreinn Fridfinnsson was born in a landscape of almost nothing. A land at the end of the world, both bare and majestic, on which the imagination of men made elves and spells grow. This harsh and grandiose nature, fiels of singular natural phenomena, favorable to the blossoming of myths, irrigates all the artist's work." Irène Languin, in Tribune de Genève, mai 2019
"Cleanly cut wire mesh, alone or surrounded by glassware, invented fossil stones accompanied by a photograph, prints printed on canvas framing metal rods, drapery falling in the middle of decorative geometric forms constitute the essential of the artistic paraphernalia of Hreinn Fridfinnsson." Hervé Legros, in Art Press n°154, 1991
2012
The imminence of poetics, Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Particles, Meessen De Clercq Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
La Tentation du verre, un choix d'Åuvres de la Collection du CIRVA, Château de Villeneuve / Fondation Ãmile Hugues, Vence
2010
Cornered Rooms Facing in â Facing out , Waterside Project Space, Londres, UK
Exhibition, exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museo dâarte contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Circuit céramique, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Sèvres
2009
Avoir 20 ans à voir, Galerie Papillon, Paris
Trente millions d'amis, Ecole Régionale des beaux-arts de Rouen
Comme des rois mages, le kiosque, Centre d'Action Culturelle Pays de Mayenne, Mayenne
2008
Des certitudes, sans doute(s), collection privée dâart contemporain, Musée de Picardie, Ecole supérieure dâart et de design, Amiens
Le bruissement des images, Centre Photographique de l'Ãle de France, Pontault-Combault
2005
Horizontal Memories (Water Event), Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Trivoli, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Où sommes-nous ?, FRAC Limousin, Limoges
2004
Eblouissement, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Les mêmes et même quelques autres, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Hanlungsanweisung, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Where do we go from here, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
Ars Fennica, Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg puis à Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
2001
Somewhere of the rainbow, FRAC Haute Normandie
2000
Carnegie Art Award 2000, Helsinki, Oslo, Goteborg, Copenhague, Stockholm, Reykjavik
Norden, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Amateur/ Eldsjäl", Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Interplay, Contemporary Art Museum, Oslo, Norway
Museum of Earth, Warsaw, Poland
Aratta, Listasafn Kopavogs, Iceland
In the Mirror of Space& Time, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
64°N.- 20° V, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Norway
Azerty, un abécédaire autour des collections du FRAC Limousin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1999
00, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Nethelrands
Dularfulling gardurinn, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
Natures Mortes, Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
1998-99
Look me in the eyes, Galerie Von Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Losse werken, rake klappen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997-98
Tekeningen, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
De Verbouwing, de Verhuizing & de Verandering, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
Landscape, Kjarvalsstadir Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
10 ans de Création à Marseille, CIRVA, Marseille
Maison Cerveaux, Noisiel
1995
Maisons-Cerveaux, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims et La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel
Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pas pour la galerie, Galerie Camille Von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium
1994
Wanas, Sweden
1993
Edities& unica, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reconsidered images, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992
Galerie Van der Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Ijsland- Island, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Netherlands
Il paesaggio Culturale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Arctic Circle, Norway
Artscade Norland, Hattfjelldal, Norway
1991
Six logos around the carpet, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kôlnicher Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
They see the light, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany
Kunst Europa 1991-Island, Kölnisher Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1990
Borealis, Louisiane, USA
Utopies, Grand Palais, Paris
Europäische Werkstatt Rurhgebiet, Ruhrfestspiele, Germany
Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany
New nordic Art, The central house of artists, Moscow, Russia
Achilles de kwetsbare plek, Kasteel Groeneval, Baarn, Netherlands
The End of the Century, The Museum for Crafts, Moscow, Russia
The Nordic '60s Upheaval and Confrontation, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
SÃM 1965-1972, Kjarvassaldir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Borealis 4, Nordic Arts Center, Helsinski & Louisiana, Humlebaek / Pohjoismainen Taidekeskus, Suomenlinna & Louisiana, Humlebaek
Galerie Susann Biederberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Utopies 89--L'Europe des Créateurs, Grand Palais, Paris
Many Pearls for a Line, Galerie Van Gelber, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1988
Natonal Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1986
Nordanad Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Nordanad Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1984
10 gestir Listahaditar 84 at Kjarvrlsstödum
Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1983
ARSâ83, Athenaeum Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
1982
Einkaheimar-Personal Words, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sleeping Beauty - Art Now, Scandinavia Today, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1981
Aspects de l'art dâaujourd'hui, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Elva moderna isländska konstnärer, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Personal Worlds, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977
Ca va ? ça va ?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1975
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Netherlands
1974
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
H 20", St Nicolas Kirke, Copenhague, Denmark
Driemans-tentoonstelling, t'Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
1973
8ème Biennale de Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris
1972
SÃM Ã Listahatid i, Reykjavik, Iceland
Dans la presse
"Hreinn Fridfinnsson was born in a landscape of almost nothing. A land at the end of the world, both bare and majestic, on which the imagination of men made elves and spells grow. This harsh and grandiose nature, fiels of singular natural phenomena, favorable to the blossoming of myths, irrigates all the artist's work." Irène Languin, in Tribune de Genève, mai 2019
"Cleanly cut wire mesh, alone or surrounded by glassware, invented fossil stones accompanied by a photograph, prints printed on canvas framing metal rods, drapery falling in the middle of decorative geometric forms constitute the essential of the artistic paraphernalia of Hreinn Fridfinnsson." Hervé Legros, in Art Press n°154, 1991
Solo exhibitions
2022
About the Day and the Ray, Meessen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
Conduct 10, i8 Gallery, Reykjavìk, Islande
By the Waterfall, EENWERK, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Nr. 4 Umhverfing / N° 4 Around, Academy of the Senses, projet d'art publique, Dalasysla, Islande
2021
Hreinn Fridfinnsson : For the Time Being, Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College, Miami, Etats-Unis
One Thing and Another, and Then Some More, Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Espagne
2020
Midnight jump, Rozenstraat, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
A Group of Pieces, Nordenhake Gallerie, Stockholm, Suède.
Midnight jump, Rozenstraat, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2019
To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964âToday, Centre dâArt Contemporain, Genève, Suisse
2018
By the Ocean, EENWERK, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2017
Hulduklettur, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Allemagne
2015
2009
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, The Fall, Meessen de Clercq Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Seven Times, 1972, Nordenhake gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Projet pour le parc de sculpture du Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
2007
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2006
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
Sudsudvestur, Keflavik, Iceland
2005
La Verrière Hermès, Brussels, Belgium
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Galerie Slunkariki, Iceland
2004
Galerie Claes Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
2003
Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
2002
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
2001
Something Black, Something White, Something Neither Black Nor White, Ljosaklif Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
E541 Art House, Iceland
2000
Ars Fennica, Waïno Aaltonen Museum of Art, Finlande/ Turku & Hameenlinnan Art Museum, Finlande/ Museum of Earth, Warsaw, Poland
Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
1999
Editions Camomille, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
i8 galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie A. Von Scholz, Berlin, Germany
1998
Galerie 20m2, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie Fiskurinn, Reykjavik, Iceland
Collection, Another Place, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Galerie Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996
Galerie Alexandra von Scholz, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Solon Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Galerie Claes Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Ingolfsstraeti 8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1994
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Rijs, Oslo, Norway
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Ultima Thule, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
Biennale de Venise, Pavillon Islandais, Italy
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1992
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Rhythms in Space, ICA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991
Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
Galerie II, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Slunkariki, Isafjördur, Iceland
1988
Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Galleria Augusta Helsinski, Finland
Kunstneres Hus, Oslo, Norway
1987
Forum, Zürich, Germany
Galerie Suzanne Biederberg , Amsterdam, Netherlands
Le Magasin/Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble
Galerie Bama, Paris
1986
Galerie Bama, Paris
1985
Galerie Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984
Galerie Bama, Paris
1979
Galerie Helen Van der Meij, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Bama, Paris
1977
Galerie Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
Seriaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976
Galerie Gaëtan, Genf, Switzerland
Galerie Elsa Von Honolulu, Gent, Belgium
1974
Galleri SÃM, Reykjavik, Iceland
1973
Galerie Fignal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
In-Out Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1972
In-Out Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971
Galerie 845, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Fignal, Haarlem, Netherlands
Galerie Balderich, Mönchen-Gladbach, Germany
2023
Formes de la ruine, Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon, Lyon
About the Day and the Ray, Meessen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
Conduct 10, i8 Gallery, Reykjavìk, Islande
By the Waterfall, EENWERK, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Nr. 4 Umhverfing / N° 4 Around, Academy of the Senses, projet d'art publique, Dalasysla, Islande
2021
Hreinn Fridfinnsson : For the Time Being, Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College, Miami, Etats-Unis
One Thing and Another, and Then Some More, Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Espagne
2020
Midnight jump, Rozenstraat, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
A Group of Pieces, Nordenhake Gallerie, Stockholm, Suède.
Midnight jump, Rozenstraat, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2019
To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964âToday, Centre dâArt Contemporain, Genève, Suisse
2018
By the Ocean, EENWERK, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2017
Hulduklettur, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Allemagne
2015
Echeos and Reflections, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Suède
Between what and what not, Galerie Meessen De Clercq, Belgique
Echoes and reflections, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Suède
I Collected Personal Secrets, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, commissaire Krist Gruijthuijsen
2014
2013
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Nordenhake Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne
Around and about, Galerie Elba Benitez, Madrid, Espagne
2012
Hús (House), Centre d'art Hafnafjördur, Hafnarborg, Islande
2011
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finlande
2010
To spin and swing you need a beat, Galerie Papillon, Paris
More or Less, Galerie i8, Reykjavìk, Islande
Between what and what not, Galerie Meessen De Clercq, Belgique
Echoes and reflections, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Suède
I Collected Personal Secrets, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, commissaire Krist Gruijthuijsen
2014
A Portrait of a Sculptor as a Sculpture with a Sculpture by a Sculptor, i8 Gallery, Islande
Time and time and again, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavìk, Islande
Messen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
Time and time and again, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavìk, Islande
Messen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
2013
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Nordenhake Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne
Around and about, Galerie Elba Benitez, Madrid, Espagne
2012
Hús (House), Centre d'art Hafnafjördur, Hafnarborg, Islande
2011
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finlande
2010
To spin and swing you need a beat, Galerie Papillon, Paris
More or Less, Galerie i8, Reykjavìk, Islande
2009
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, The Fall, Meessen de Clercq Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Seven Times, 1972, Nordenhake gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Projet pour le parc de sculpture du Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
2007
Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2006
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
Sudsudvestur, Keflavik, Iceland
2005
La Verrière Hermès, Brussels, Belgium
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Galerie Slunkariki, Iceland
2004
Galerie Claes Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
2003
Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
2002
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
2001
Something Black, Something White, Something Neither Black Nor White, Ljosaklif Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
E541 Art House, Iceland
2000
Ars Fennica, Waïno Aaltonen Museum of Art, Finlande/ Turku & Hameenlinnan Art Museum, Finlande/ Museum of Earth, Warsaw, Poland
Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
1999
Editions Camomille, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
i8 galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie A. Von Scholz, Berlin, Germany
1998
Galerie 20m2, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie Fiskurinn, Reykjavik, Iceland
Collection, Another Place, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Galerie Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996
Galerie Alexandra von Scholz, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Solon Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Galerie Claes Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Ingolfsstraeti 8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1994
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Rijs, Oslo, Norway
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Ultima Thule, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
Biennale de Venise, Pavillon Islandais, Italy
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1992
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Rhythms in Space, ICA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991
Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
Galerie II, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Slunkariki, Isafjördur, Iceland
1988
Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Galleria Augusta Helsinski, Finland
Kunstneres Hus, Oslo, Norway
1987
Forum, Zürich, Germany
Galerie Suzanne Biederberg , Amsterdam, Netherlands
Le Magasin/Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble
Galerie Bama, Paris
1986
Galerie Bama, Paris
1985
Galerie Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984
Galerie Bama, Paris
1979
Galerie Helen Van der Meij, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Bama, Paris
1977
Galerie Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
Seriaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976
Galerie Gaëtan, Genf, Switzerland
Galerie Elsa Von Honolulu, Gent, Belgium
1974
Galleri SÃM, Reykjavik, Iceland
1973
Galerie Fignal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
In-Out Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1972
In-Out Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971
Galerie 845, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Fignal, Haarlem, Netherlands
Galerie Balderich, Mönchen-Gladbach, Germany
Group exhibitions
2023
Formes de la ruine, Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon, Lyon
The source. 1983-2023, Un regard sur les collection du FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France
2022
Une histoire de famille, Collection(s) Robelin, MAC Lyon
To Light Shadow and Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Allemagne
A family story, Collection(s) Robelin, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France
This Play, Arter, Istanbul, Turquie
i8 Gallery, Reykjavìk, Islande
2020
Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Corridor, Galleri Gangur / The Corridor, Reukjavìk, Islande
For Eyes That Listen, Arter, Istanbul, Turquie
2019
Outline, Kopavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
30 ans pile ! Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
Moving Images Department #11 : Image (of) Slence, National Gallery, Prague, République Tchèque
Untitled, no author, Gallery Port, Reykjavik, Islande
2018
Una Fornace a Marsiglia. CIRVA, Le stanze del vetro, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venise, Italie
Speak of money and love, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
Honey, I rearranged the collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Allemagne
The Unending Gift, Messen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
After Finitude, a selection by Elena Damiani, Galerie Nordenhake, Mexico City, Mexique
2017
Happy People, The Living Art Museum Reykjavik, Islande
Skulpturprojekte Münster, Allemagne
The multiple versus the unique work, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2016
198920072016, Galerie Papillon, Paris
Lightpaint, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Islande
Once we were next door neighbours with John Zurier, ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
Iceland Yoko Ono: One More Story... Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
2015
Homecomings : Projective Space, KurfürstenstraÃe, Berlin, Germany
Still Life, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Un été dans la Sierra, Château de Rentilly, Seine-et-Marne
2013
Cérémonie, Boutique Malinda Gloss, Paris
Mon île de Montmajour, Un parcours de Christian Lacroix autour des oeuvres du CIRVA, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles
2022
Une histoire de famille, Collection(s) Robelin, MAC Lyon
To Light Shadow and Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Allemagne
A family story, Collection(s) Robelin, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France
This Play, Arter, Istanbul, Turquie
i8 Gallery, Reykjavìk, Islande
2020
Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Corridor, Galleri Gangur / The Corridor, Reukjavìk, Islande
For Eyes That Listen, Arter, Istanbul, Turquie
2019
Outline, Kopavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
30 ans pile ! Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
Moving Images Department #11 : Image (of) Slence, National Gallery, Prague, République Tchèque
Untitled, no author, Gallery Port, Reykjavik, Islande
2018
Una Fornace a Marsiglia. CIRVA, Le stanze del vetro, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venise, Italie
Speak of money and love, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
Honey, I rearranged the collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Allemagne
The Unending Gift, Messen De Clercq, Bruxelles, Belgique
After Finitude, a selection by Elena Damiani, Galerie Nordenhake, Mexico City, Mexique
2017
Happy People, The Living Art Museum Reykjavik, Islande
Skulpturprojekte Münster, Allemagne
The multiple versus the unique work, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2016
198920072016, Galerie Papillon, Paris
Lightpaint, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Islande
Once we were next door neighbours with John Zurier, ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
Iceland Yoko Ono: One More Story... Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Islande
2015
Homecomings : Projective Space, KurfürstenstraÃe, Berlin, Germany
Still Life, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Un été dans la Sierra, Château de Rentilly, Seine-et-Marne
2013
Cérémonie, Boutique Malinda Gloss, Paris
Mon île de Montmajour, Un parcours de Christian Lacroix autour des oeuvres du CIRVA, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles
2012
The imminence of poetics, Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Particles, Meessen De Clercq Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
La Tentation du verre, un choix d'Åuvres de la Collection du CIRVA, Château de Villeneuve / Fondation Ãmile Hugues, Vence
2010
Cornered Rooms Facing in â Facing out , Waterside Project Space, Londres, UK
Exhibition, exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museo dâarte contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Circuit céramique, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Sèvres
2009
Avoir 20 ans à voir, Galerie Papillon, Paris
Trente millions d'amis, Ecole Régionale des beaux-arts de Rouen
Comme des rois mages, le kiosque, Centre d'Action Culturelle Pays de Mayenne, Mayenne
2008
Des certitudes, sans doute(s), collection privée dâart contemporain, Musée de Picardie, Ecole supérieure dâart et de design, Amiens
Le bruissement des images, Centre Photographique de l'Ãle de France, Pontault-Combault
2005
Horizontal Memories (Water Event), Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Trivoli, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Où sommes-nous ?, FRAC Limousin, Limoges
2004
Eblouissement, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Les mêmes et même quelques autres, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Hanlungsanweisung, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Where do we go from here, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
Ars Fennica, Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg puis à Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
2001
Somewhere of the rainbow, FRAC Haute Normandie
2000
Carnegie Art Award 2000, Helsinki, Oslo, Goteborg, Copenhague, Stockholm, Reykjavik
Norden, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Amateur/ Eldsjäl", Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Interplay, Contemporary Art Museum, Oslo, Norway
Museum of Earth, Warsaw, Poland
Aratta, Listasafn Kopavogs, Iceland
In the Mirror of Space& Time, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
64°N.- 20° V, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Norway
Azerty, un abécédaire autour des collections du FRAC Limousin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1999
00, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Nethelrands
Dularfulling gardurinn, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
Natures Mortes, Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris
1998-99
Look me in the eyes, Galerie Von Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Losse werken, rake klappen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997-98
Tekeningen, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
De Verbouwing, de Verhuizing & de Verandering, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
Landscape, Kjarvalsstadir Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
10 ans de Création à Marseille, CIRVA, Marseille
Maison Cerveaux, Noisiel
1995
Maisons-Cerveaux, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims et La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel
Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pas pour la galerie, Galerie Camille Von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium
1994
Wanas, Sweden
1993
Edities& unica, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reconsidered images, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992
Galerie Van der Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Ijsland- Island, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Netherlands
Il paesaggio Culturale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Arctic Circle, Norway
Artscade Norland, Hattfjelldal, Norway
1991
Six logos around the carpet, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kôlnicher Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
They see the light, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany
Kunst Europa 1991-Island, Kölnisher Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1990
Borealis, Louisiane, USA
Utopies, Grand Palais, Paris
Europäische Werkstatt Rurhgebiet, Ruhrfestspiele, Germany
Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany
New nordic Art, The central house of artists, Moscow, Russia
Achilles de kwetsbare plek, Kasteel Groeneval, Baarn, Netherlands
The End of the Century, The Museum for Crafts, Moscow, Russia
The Nordic '60s Upheaval and Confrontation, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
SÃM 1965-1972, Kjarvassaldir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Borealis 4, Nordic Arts Center, Helsinski & Louisiana, Humlebaek / Pohjoismainen Taidekeskus, Suomenlinna & Louisiana, Humlebaek
Galerie Susann Biederberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Utopies 89--L'Europe des Créateurs, Grand Palais, Paris
Many Pearls for a Line, Galerie Van Gelber, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1988
Natonal Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1986
Nordanad Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Nordanad Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1984
10 gestir Listahaditar 84 at Kjarvrlsstödum
Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1983
ARSâ83, Athenaeum Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
1982
Einkaheimar-Personal Words, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sleeping Beauty - Art Now, Scandinavia Today, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1981
Aspects de l'art dâaujourd'hui, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Elva moderna isländska konstnärer, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Personal Worlds, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977
Ca va ? ça va ?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1975
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Netherlands
1974
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
H 20", St Nicolas Kirke, Copenhague, Denmark
Driemans-tentoonstelling, t'Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
1973
8ème Biennale de Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris
1972
SÃM Ã Listahatid i, Reykjavik, Iceland
Communications, Galerie Inhibodress, Sydney, Australia
1971
SÃM IV, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1969
SÃM III Galleri SÃM, Reykjavik, Iceland
1967
UM '67, Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland
1966
Den Nordiske Ungdomsbiennale pour Bildende Kunst, Louisiana museum of modern art, Humlebaek, Denmark
1965
SÃM 1, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007
Sculpture Park, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre dâart contemporain, Bignan
2006
Isafjordur Collage, Iceland
2004
Reykjavik Energy, Iceland
1993
Artspace Nordland, Hattfjelldal, Norway
1982
Amsterdam City Hall, Netherlands
CNAP, Paris
FRAC Bourgogne
FRAC Limousin
FRAC Pays de la Loire
FRAC Bretagne
Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Listasafn ASÃ, Reykjavik
Listasafn ReykjavÃkur, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki
Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
National Gallery, Reykjavik
Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam
Netherlands Government Collections, Haag
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
1965
Co-founder of the SUM artist's group and Gallerà SÃM
1958-60
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland
1971
SÃM IV, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1969
SÃM III Galleri SÃM, Reykjavik, Iceland
1967
UM '67, Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland
1966
Den Nordiske Ungdomsbiennale pour Bildende Kunst, Louisiana museum of modern art, Humlebaek, Denmark
1965
SÃM 1, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Public orders
2007
Sculpture Park, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre dâart contemporain, Bignan
2006
Isafjordur Collage, Iceland
2004
Reykjavik Energy, Iceland
1993
Artspace Nordland, Hattfjelldal, Norway
1982
Amsterdam City Hall, Netherlands
Selected collections
CNAP, Paris
FRAC Bourgogne
FRAC Limousin
FRAC Pays de la Loire
FRAC Bretagne
Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Listasafn ASÃ, Reykjavik
Listasafn ReykjavÃkur, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki
Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
National Gallery, Reykjavik
Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam
Netherlands Government Collections, Haag
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Formation
1965
Co-founder of the SUM artist's group and Gallerà SÃM
1958-60
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland