Education
1990-1992
MFA in Painting, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1989-1990
Gerrit Rietveldt Academie, Amsterdam, Holland
1984-1986
BFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1982-1984
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Selected Public Collections
Alabama Museum of Art
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
University of Iceland Art Collection, Reykjavík, Iceland
Hafnarborg Art Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Gerðarsafn Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
OECD, Paris, France
EFTA, Brussels, Belgium
DeCode Genetics, Reykjavík, Iceland
Lookout Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Microsoft
Cargolux Airlines, Luxemburg
Icelandair
Bluebird Cargo, Keflavík, Iceland
Hitaveitan Power Corporation, Reykjavík, Iceland
Reykjanesbær, Iceland
Landsbankinn, Iceland
Seðlabankinn, Iceland
Arion Bank Reykjavík and Luxembourg
Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavík, Iceland
City of Garðabær, Iceland
RVK Savings Fund, Iceland
Geysir Center, Haukadalur, Iceland
Hotel Rangá, Iceland
Hótel VOS, Iceland
Dublin Elementary School, Dublin, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Selected Awards and Grants
2022
Ministry of Culture Work Grant for Artists, Iceland
2021
Sumarborgin Culture Grant, City of Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020
Culture Grant, Ministry of Culture, Iceland
2012
Ministry of Culture Work Grant for Artists, Iceland
2005
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee
2004
Menningarmálanefnd, Cultural Committee Grant, Myndstef Grant
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee
Fleishhacker Foundation Nominee
2000
Svavar Guðnason and Ásta Eiríksdóttir Memorial Award
Ministry of Culture Work Grant for Artists, Iceland
1996
Work Grant, City of Garðabær, Iceland
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, CA
Portfolio Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Explora Journeys
Maison Luis Carré, Paris, France, with Alvar Gullichsen
2021
Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020
Echo Cliffs/Hljóðaklettar, Wind and Weather Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019
Hotel Hamar, Borgarnes, Iceland
2018
Witness, San Marco Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2017
Beringer Finance, Palo Alto, CA
2016 Dramaland, Hannesarholt, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015
Witness, Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
Blow, PPIC, San Francisco, CA
2013
Arngunnur Ýr, Árnes Art Museum, Iceland
VOLTA, New York
Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2012
ArtPad SF with Marx & Zavattero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
101 Montgomery with Artsource SF, San Francisco, CA
Reykjavik Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011
Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Reykjavík Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010
Distant, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Euphora, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavík, Iceland
Upphafið, Transcendent, Reykjanesbær Art Museum, Iceland
2007
Firmament, Gallerie Immanence, Paris, France
Land I Saw, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
2006
Firmament, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Firmament, Gallery Turpentine with Amanda Hughen, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004
Hafnarborg Art Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
2003
Ventura College Art Gallery, Ventura, CA
2002
Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2001
Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
2000
Gerðarsafn Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
1999
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Saevar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
EFTA Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1998
The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
1996
Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
1994
Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993
Hulduhólar Gallery, Mosfellssveit, Iceland
Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991
Kjarvalsstaðir Municipal Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1989
Gallery Nyhofn, Reykjavík, Iceland
1987
Media, San Francisco, CA
Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Galleri TOI, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
North Atlantic Triennial, Down North, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
2022
North Atlantic Triennial, Down North, Portland Art Museum and Reykjavík Art Museum
Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
EHCC Hawaii
2020
NORTH, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
Art for 365 Days, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, Iceland
2015
Nýmálað/Just Painted, Reykjavík, Art Museum, Iceland
Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
Here and Now, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
15/15: Women and Art, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, Iceland
2014
Women in the Dunes, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shoebox Orchestra Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
Shift, NWBLK, San Francisco, CA
2009
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Þykkvibær, Iceland, with Georg Guðni
2007
Landscapes, Rural and Urban Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2006
Painting After 1980, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005
Rapture, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2004
Paint, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
BACA, Works on Paper, Berkeley, CA.
Paint Junkies, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco
2000 Ecstasy 2000, Akureyri Museum
1998
Natura, Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Voyage, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
The Luggage Store, Three-person exhibition San Francisco, CA
Anti-Pessimismus, Downtown Artist's Society, Budapest, Hungary
1997
Coins Gallery, London, England
1995
The Thin Clear Line, T. Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Epicenter, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitionism, San Francisco, CA and Turlock Cultural Center, Turlock, CA
Paradise Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1993
Windows, Fillmore Center, San Francisco, CA
1992
MFA Exhibition, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1990
Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Gallery Nyhofn, Reykjavík, Iceland
1989
Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
Reconnaissance, MEDIA, San Francisco, CA
1985
Here and Now, Reykjavík Municipal Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Related Experience
Nature guide for tour operators in California and Iceland, 1993-2022
Art Instructor, Reykjavík Art College, Monart School of the Arts, Icelandic Academy of Art, California State University, Monterrey Bay, Reykjavík Art College, Iceland's
University of Education, San Francisco Art Institute, Yerba Buena Senior Arts Workshop,
And Garden Day Montessori
Art Director for a mural project, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Dublin
Elementary School, CA
Teacher’s Assistant, Hung Liu and Sono Osato, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1992
Animation Production, Colossal Big Pictures San Francisco, 1988-1992