Education
1990-1992
Mills College, Oakland, CA. MFA in painting.
1989-1990
Gerrit Rietveldt Academie, Amsterdam, Holland.
1984-1986
San Francisco Art Institute. BFA in painting.
1982-1984
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts.
Public Art Commissions
Commission for DeCode Genetics, 2000.
Mural for Dublin Elementary School, Dublin, California, 1998.
Mural for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1992.
Awards and Grants selected
Sumarborgin culture grant from the city of Reykjavik 2021
Culture grant, Ministry of Culture, Iceland, 2020.
Ministry of Culture work grant for artists, 2000, 2012
Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, 2005.
Menningarmalanefnd, Cultural Committee grant, Myndstef Grant, 2004.
SFMOMA SECA Award nominee 2004, 2005.
Fleishhacker Foundation nominee, 2004.
Svavar Gudnason and Asta Eiriksdottir Memorial Award, 2000.
Work grant from the city of Gardabaer, 1996.
Teaching Experience
Art instructor for Reykjavik Art College, Monart School of the Arts, Icelandic Academy of Art
California State University, Monterey Bay
Reykjavik Art College, Iceland's University of Education
San Francisco Art Institute,Yerba Buena Sr. Arts Workshop
Art director for a mural for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Dublin Elementary School, CA.
Teacher’s Assistant for Hung Liu and Sono Osato, Mills College, 1992.
Animation production at Colossal Big Pictures S.F., 1988-1992.
Solo Exhibitions
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, California.
2016
Dramaland, Hannesarholt, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2015
Witness, Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2014
Blow, PPIC, San Francisco.
2013
Argunnur Yr, Árnes Art Museum, Iceland.
VOLTA, New York, solo exhibition.
Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco,
2012
ArtPadSF with Marx & Zavattero Gallery, San Francisco, CA..
101 Montgomery with Artsource SF, San Francisco.
Reykjavik Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2011
Kit Schulte Contemporary Art , Berlin.
Reykjavik Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2010
Distant, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.
2008
Euphora Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland..
Uppahaið, Transcendent Reykjanesbær Art Museum, Iceland.
2007
Firmament, Gallerie Immanence, Paris, France.
Land I Saw, Hallgrimskirkja, Iceland.
2006
Firmament, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.
Firmament, Gallery Turpentine with Amanda Hughen, Reykjavik, 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, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2000
Gerdarsafn Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland.
1999
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, SF, CA, Saevar Karl, Reykjavik, EFTA Gallery, Brussels, BE.
1998
The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Hafnarborg Museum., Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.
1994
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik., Iceland.
1993
Hulduholar Gallery, Mosfellssveit, Iceland, Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1991 Kjarvalsstadir Municipal Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1989
Gallery Nyhofn, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1987
Media, San Francisco, CA., Living Art Museum, Galleri TOI, Berlin, Germany.
Group Exhibitions Selected
2022
North Atlantic Triennial, Down North, Portland Art Museum,
Reykjavik Art Museum, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
Moremen Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2020
NORTH, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland.
Art for 365 Days, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, Iceland.
2015
Nýmálað/Just Painted, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland.
Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavik, 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.
Shoebox Orchestra Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco.
Shift, NWBLK, San Francisco, CA.
2009
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.
2008
Þykkvibær, Iceland, with Georg Guðni
2007
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. "Landscapes, Rural and Urban Realities”.
2006
Painting After 1980. National Gallery of Iceland.
2005
Rapture, Mills College Art Museum, 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, Oregon.
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California.
The Luggage Store, San Francisco. 3 person exhibition.
Anti Pessimismus, Downtown Artist's Society, Budapest, Hungary.
1997
Coins Gallery, London, England.
1995
The Thin Clear Line, T. Higbee Gallery, San Francisco .
Epicenter, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Exhibitionism, San Francisco, Turlock Cultural Center, Turlock, CA.
Paradise Gallery, Sarasota, Florida.
1993
Windows, Fillmore Center, San Francisco.
1992
Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland. MFA exhibition.
1990
Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco.
1989
Gallery Nyhofn, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989
Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco .
1987
Reconnaissance, MEDIA, S.F.
1985
Here and Now, Reykjavik Municipal Museum.
Selected Public Collections
Alabama Museum of Art
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
University of Iceland Art Collection.
Hafnarborg Art Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.
Gerdarsafn Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland.
OECD, Paris, France.
EFTA, Brussels, Belgium.
DeCode Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Lookout Sculpture Park, New York.
Microsoft.
Cargolux Airlines, Luxemburg.
Icelandair.
Bluebird Cargo, Keflavik, Iceland.
Hitaveitan Power Corporation, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
Landsbankinn, Iceland.
Seðlabankinn, Iceland
Arion Bank Reykjavik and Luxembourg
Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik, Iceland.
City of Gardabaer, Iceland.
RVK Savings Fund, Iceland.
Geysir Center, Haukadalur, Iceland.
Hotel Rangá, Iceland.
Hótel VOS.
Icelandair Hotel Hamar.
Hótel Reynihlíð.