Arngunnur Ýr

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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



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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