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Margrét H. Blöndal, 1970 Education: 1994-1997 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University1989-1993 BFA The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts 1986-1989 The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Iceland Selected One-Person Exhibitions: 2009 Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, USA, curator Gavin Morrisson2008 Nicolas Krupp Galleri, Basil with Daniel Hunziker 2008 Project Room, Warehouse, Contemporary Art, Teramo, Italy 2007 Touching the Membrane The Municipal Museum of Reykjavik 2007 Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland 2007 Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome 2007 Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia 2007 Sieves Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland 2005 Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basil 2005 Dandruff Space and Shroud, (with Roni Horn), NY 2005 Material time work time life time, Reykjavík Art Festival, curated by Jessica Morgan 2004 Filiale Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2004 Safn, Reykjavík Iceland 2003 Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri 2002 The Living Art Museum, Iceland 2000 Institute of Visual Arts INOVA, Milwaukee, USA 1999 Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria 1998 Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany 1998 Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland 1996 Center Square Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J. 1994 Livingston Gallery, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J. 1994 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2009 Quiet Revolution, organized by Hayward Touring, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak 2009 Quiet Revolution, organized by Hayward Touring, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak 2009 Possibilities The Reykjavik Art Museum 2008 The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri 2008 Manifesta 7, Trentino, Alto, Italy, curated by Adam Budak 2008 Loftnet, Co-Lab, Copenhagen 2008 Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City 2007 Skyldi ég vera _etta sjálfur, Ketilhusid, Akureyri, Iceland 2006 Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri 2006 Ruin – A dangerous obsession and the culture of excess, Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin 2006 Strip – images in line, Kunstverein Baselland / Muttenz-Switzerland, curated by Rolf Bier 2005 Buenos Dias Santiage – an exhibition as expedition, MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art Chile, curated by Jean-Paul Felleyand Olivier Kaeser 2005 Volcana, Icelandic Panorama, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Manitoba, Canada, curated by Kevin Kelly 2005 FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII. Site-Ations, Lodz, Poland 2005 Tivolí The Museum of Árnes, Iceland, curated by Markús Örn Andrésson and Thurídur Sigurdardóttir 2005 New Icelandic Art. The National Gallery of Iceland 2004 Aldrei-nie-never, Galerie Kuckei-Kuckei Berlin, Germany 2003 Handlungsanweisungen / instructions a permanent public art installation, Kunsthalle Wien project space. 2003 DeVishal, Exhibition Space for Contempory Art, Haarlem, Holland 2003 Wollenmaiden – HÚS Project, Dublin Ireland 2003 Jimmie Durham´s workshop, Eikaas Galerie, Jölster, Norway 2003 The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Galleriet, Göteborg, Sweden 2002 Don, The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas 2002 MYND, The Municipal Galerie of Reykjavík, Reykjavík Art Festival 2002 My Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Löv Museum, Sweden 2001 CAMP, Lejre, Danmark 2001 MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway 2001 I would like to see... selected by Sjón, Gerduberg, Iceland 2000 Non Stop Beautiful Ladies, Marfa, Texas 2000 This Earth is a Flower, Construction in Process, Poland 2000 Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria 2000 From here to there, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk 2000 Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Finland 2000 Eisernes Haus 7/6 Österreich/Island, Graz, Austria 2000 Gallery Articule, Montréal, Canada 1999 Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany 1999 7/6 Austria-Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland 1999 Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria 1999 Etwas, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany 1998 Vacation - a collaborative installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudlaugur K. Óttarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland 1998 Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland 1998 -30/+60, The Municipal Gallery of Reykjavík, Iceland 1998 Gallery North, Copenhagen, Danmark 1998 Lundur, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden 1997 Visual Arts´97 , Hafnarhúsid, Reykjavík, Iceland 1997 A4 Hlynur Hallsson, Otto Plank Galleri, Bergen, Norway 1996 MFA , 420 West Broadway, N.Y. , N.Y. 1995 17 Years, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland 1994 Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland Works in Public Collections: The Reykjavik Art MuseumThe National Museum of Iceland Die Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria The Artists´ Museum, Lodz, Poland Selected Bibliography: - Die Zeit July 24th Luca Di Blasi Beiläufig, berührend- LIST #19 Icelandic Artists at the Roving European Biennial: Manifesta 7 - LIST #18 Icelandic Art News Simple Enigmas: The Art of Margrét Blöndal - Blackbird an online journal of literature and the arts, Fall 2007 vol. 6 No. 2 - ArtForum September 2007, Massimo Carboni: Margrét H. Blöndal, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo - NY Art Magasine January/February 2005 vol.N¾1/2. Halldór BjörnRunólfsson: Hreinn Fridfinnsson and his legacy. - Skírnir, May 2002. Eva Heisler: Out of Place and Underfoot-On the Art of Margrét H. Blöndal - NU: The Nordic Art Review, vol. III NO. 1/01 Brigitte Kölle: The Geology of the Domestic. On the works of Margrét H. Blöndal - Art in America September 2001 Art on Ice. Gregory Volk: In a “remote” country growing rapidly more urban and cosmpolitan, Icelandic artists readily adopt-and meet - global art-world standards - Flash Art. Vol XXXII n¾ 204 January-Februari 1999. Halldór Björn Runólfsson: Aperto Reykjavik Selected writings: - Once in a inward bay…, contribution to James Carl, Plot, Contemporary
Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, March 2003 Teaching and Lecturing: 2000 - present, The Icelandic Academy of Art1998 - present, The Reykjavík School of Visual Art 2008 Det Kongelige Kunst Akademie, Copenhagen, Danmark 2007 The National College of Art and Design, Dublin 2007 VCU, Richmond, Virginia 2005 University of Manitoba, School of Art 1998 2008 The Reykjavík School of Arts Awards and Residencies: 2009-2010 Stiftung Laurenz Haus, Basel, CH2009 Gudmunda Kristinsdóttir Art Prize 2008 Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards 2006 Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards 2006 Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Artist´s Fund 2006 NKD Nordic Artists´ Centre Dale, Norway 2005 Art Omi, International Artists´Residency Ny USA 2005 One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund 2003 Half Year Stipendium from the Icelandic Artist´s Fund 2002 The Richard Serra Prize, Iceland 2000 Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas 2000 One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund 1994-1996 Fulbright Scholarship 1995-1996 Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University |