Þórdís Alda Sigurðardóttir
Born in Reykjavik, 1950
Lives and works in Mosfellsbaer and Skagafjordur, Iceland
EDUCATION:
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München, Germany
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Reykjavík College of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland
Teachers’ Training College of Iceland
MEMBERSHIP:
Royal Society of Sculptors, UK
SÍM - The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists
MHR - Reykjavik Association of Sculptors
The Academy 0f the Senses
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019
Over and all around, Listamenn Galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013
Stolen Feathers, Ketilhúsinu, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2009
Being (s) here, ART ON ARMITAGE, Chicago, USA
2006
Storyline, Listasalurinn Mosfellsbær, Iceland
2005
Storyline, Hótel Djúpavík, Iceland
2005
Dream Feathers, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2004
Figments, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003
Gallery Katedralen, Skagen, Denmark
1998
Washing – Cleansing, Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland
1997
Plates of History, Ásmundarsalur, Listasafn ASÍ - Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Leaders Summit, Tehúsið, Hlaðvarpinn, Reykjavik, Iceland
1994
Signs, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Skúlptúrsýning - Spielbank, Hannover, Þýskaland
1991
Opposites, Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland
Animals and wires, Ásmundarsalur, Listasafn ASÍ - Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1987
Paths, Gallery Gangskör, Reykjavik, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
No. 5 Around, Gamlabúð, Höfn, Hornafirði, Iceland
2023
Torg, Art Fair, Korpúlfsstaðir Exhibition Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
Interplay, Korpúlfsstaðir Exhibition Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
Haptic Challenges, Cetate Arts Danube, Cetate, Romania
Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 20th Century Art, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2022
No. 4 Around, Ögurstofa, Vestfirðir, Strandir og Dalir, Iceland
2020
The Wheel, Across the Golden Bridge, Outdoor exhibition, The Reykjavik Association of Sculptors 2020, Grafarvogur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Threads of Art, National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands), Reykjavik, Iceland
2019
Spring, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
9th International Biennial of Mini Textile Art ‘‘Scythia‘, Ivano-Frankivs´k, Ukraine
No.3 Around, Hellissandur, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
2018
No.2 Umhverfing, Heilbrigðisstofnun Austurlands, Menningarhúsið, Minjasafn, Egilsstaðir, Island
2017
10th International Biennale of Textile, “ETHNO”, Art Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
Shapeshifting, Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
No.1 Umhverfing, Heilbrigðisstofnun Norðurlands / Safnahúsið Sauðárkróki, Skagafjörður, Island
2016
Mother, Summer Exhibition, M1 Gallery, Skagen, Danmark
2015
A Studio in Iceland, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Summer Exhibition, Safnasafnið (The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum), Eyjafjörður, Island
To Save the World, Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
They, Gallery Ormur, History Center in Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
2014
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, Scandinavia House, American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, USA
The Big Laundry, BWA - Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz (Galeria Miejska), Bydgoszcz, Poland
Points of Contact, LÁ, Art Museum of Árnessýsla, Hveragerði, Iceland
Icelandic Contemorary Portraits- Character Descriptions in the 21st. Century, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
Iceland: Artists respond to Place, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA
Not Quite Lysistrata, Art on Armitage, Platform Projects – Art Athina International Contemporary Art Fair
Athens, Greece
2013
Face to Face, Listasafn ASÍ - Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Under The Open Sky, Skólavörðuholt, Reykjavik, Iceland
Art on Armitage á SUPERMARKET, Kulturhuset (The House of Culture), Stockholm, Sweeden
Chronotopology, BWA - Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz (Galeria Miejska), Bydgoszcz, Poland
Chronotopology, Panevezys Civic Art Gallery, Panevezys, Lithuenia
2012
Chronotopology, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuenia
From Iceland, Louise Ross Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Jór, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010
Listveisla, Kraum (space of art & design), Reykjavik, Iceland
Listveisla, Safnasafnið, Svalbarðströnd, Iceland
Art on Armitage á SUPERMARKET, Kulturhuset (The House of Culture), Stockholm, Sweeden
2009
Start Art Gallery, ART Vilnius09, Vilnius, Lithuania
LAUGAVEGURINN, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Start Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008
Solitude - Landschaft im Aubruch, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany
Solitude - Landschaft im Aubruch, NES - International, multi-disciplinary artist residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Home, Start Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Bye Bye Iceland, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
Excentrum, Kunsthuset Kabuso (The Art Centre Kabuso), Øystese, Norway
2007
The Provincialists, Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art, Hamar, Norway
The Provincialists, Gerðarsafn - Kopavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Opnunarsýning, Start Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Mini Vott, Start Art Gallery Reykjavik, Iceland
2006
Mega Vott, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (catalogue)
The Provincialists, Listasavn Føroya (National Gallery of the Faroe Islands), Thorshavn, Faeroe Islands (catalogue)
More is More, Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland
2005
Gullkistan 2005, Art Festival Laugarvatn, Iceland (brochure)
The North Atlantic Islands, The Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (brochure)
Summer Exhibition, Safnasafnið (The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum), Eyjafjörður, Iceland (brochure)
2004
Figments, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003
Ferðafuða - traveling exhibition, Áhaldahusið, Vestmanna Islands, Iceland
Ferðafuða - traveling exhibition, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002
Ferðafuða - traveling exhibition, Slunkariki-gallery, Ísafjördur, Iceland
Ferðafuða - traveling exhibition, Myndlistarmiðstöð Art Center, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2001
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi beach, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
Sculpture by the Sea - Ten Days on the Island, Roaring Beach, Tasmania (catalogue)
Ferðafuða - traveling exhibition, Akureyri Art Museum - Ketilhúsið, Akureyri, Iceland
2000
Orgasm 2000, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
1999
Land, LÁ, Art Museum of Árnessýsla, Selfoss, Iceland (brochure)
Summer Exhibition, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1998
The Coast Line, Outdoor exhibition, The Reykjavik Association of Sculptors, Reykjavik Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland (catalogue)
1997
Harvest, Outdoor exhibition, Kjarnaskógur, Akureyri, Iceland (brochure)
Summer exhibition, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996
Aðföng, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1995
8th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
1994
S.O.F.A. ‘94 Art Festival, Nyborg, Denmark
Sculpture, Sculpture, Sculpture, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland (catalogue)
Homage a Jón Gunnar Árnason, Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland
1993
Galleri Portið, three artist show, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
The Female Body, Mokka Coffee, Reykjavik, Iceland
1991
S.O.F.A. ‘91 Art Festival, Nyborg, Fyn, Denmark (catalogue)
1990
NordForm 90, Malmö, Sweden
1989
The Reykjavik Association of Sculptors, Korpúlfsstaðir Exhibition Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
1988
Gallery Gangskör, Reykjavik, Iceland
1985
Nordic Textil Triennial, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1984
Outdoor, land art / sculptures, Dalland, Mosfellsbær, Iceland (brochure)
1980
Icelandic Female Artists, Jónshús, Copenhagen, Denmark
