1971 born in Reykjavik, Iceland
1993-1994 RYMI School of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
1994-1997 The Icelandic Academy of Art, Reykjavík. Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture
lives in Reykjavik
Solo Exhibitions
2008 `Coagula, Flowers of Evil still bloom´, Cueto Project, New York, USA
`The black Spider´, Schauspielhaus/Migros Museum Zurich, CH
`Ouroboros´, Bob van Orsouw Gallery, Zurich, CH
`Ouroboros´, National Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2007 `Ouroboros´, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, D
`Inside the Core/Tetralogia´, Void Gallery, Derry, IRL
`Tetralogia, Tekningar/drawings´, Prospectif Cinema at Centre Pompidou, Paris, F
2006 `Inside the Core´, The Osram Gallery, Drawings and Sculptures, Munich, D
`Inside the Core´, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
`Versations Tetralogia´, Reykjavik Art Museum, IS
2005 `Versations Tetralogia´, Icelandic Pavilion, la Biennale di Venezia, I
`Operazione Oesophagus and the Foodprocessors´, Akureyri Art Museum, Island (with Matthew Barney), ISL
2004 `Melankólía´, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin, D
`Katharsis´, Gallery i8, Reykjavik, ISL
2003 `Teikningar/Drawings´, Gallery Schoen, Bochum, D
`Teikningar/Drawings´, Designed by M/M Paris. Published by Bad Taste, F
2001 `Animal Inside Animal Outside´, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik, ISL
`Art and Real Estate´, Husvangur Real Estate Office, Reykjavik, ISL
2000 `Operzione Drammatica´, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kópavogur, ISL
1999 `Are You Ready to Rock II´, The Old Warehouse, Westmann-Islands, ISL
`Are You Ready to Rock I´, Gallery Slunkariki, Isafjordur, ISL
`Persons And Feelings´, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik, ISL
Group Exhibitions
2009 `ISLANDBOX - Icelandic Art at the Venice Biennal´,
Gemeinschaftshaus der Nordischen Botschaften, Berlin, D
`Transaquania - Out of the blue´, The Blue Lagoon, ISL
`Mythologies´, Haunch of Venison, London GB
`Kings, Gods & Mortals´, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, D
2008 `Life? Biomorphic shapes in sculpture´, Kunsthaus, Graz, A
Nuit blance, Maison Rouge, Paris, F
`Tree of Signs, Gabriela Fridriksdottir & MM/Paris, Urridaholt,
Reykjavik, ISL
`Edges of Darkness´, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, D
`Streymid/La Durée´, National Gallery Reykjavik, ISL
2007 `Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart´, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, D
`La Chaine´,BankArt 1929, Yokohama, J
`Ausgezeichnet´, Kunstverein Freiburg, D
`Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?´, Auckland Festival of the Arts, Mankau City, Auckland, NZ
2006 `Remember who you are´, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
`Through the Looking Glass´, Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, CH
2005 `Sketch in Motion´, Sketch Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, CH
`I still Believe in Miracles II, Musée dart Moderne de la Ville de Paris, F
`To Samekh´, Walter Events-Horizontal Memories, Yoko One
`Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, N
2004 `Noonday Demons´, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland, GB
`Parallele 64´, Art Contemporain Islandais, Espace d'art Contemporain Gustave Fayet, Sérignan, F
`Les Spectacles Vivants´, Centre Pompidou, Paris, F
`Loveless´, Minami Aoyama Minato-Ku Tokyo, J
`Where Do We Go From Here´, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York,USA
`ICE´, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, B
`Sons and Dottirs´, Tentplaza Center for Visual Art, Rotterdam, NL
2003 `Behind The Eyes´, Bergen Kunsthalle, Bergen, N
`Woolenmaiden Hus´, Project, Dublin, IRL
Prague Biennale, Narodni v Praze/National Museum Prague, CZ Republic
`Women 2003 / Billboard Project´, Amager Landevej, Copenhagen, DK
2002 `My Body is Over The Ocean - The Sea´, The Alma Löv Museum, S
Group Exhibition, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, ISL
2000 Group Exhibition, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur, ISL
Sculptures By Silfurtun, Gardabaer, ISL
`Sovereignty´, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kópavogur, ISL
`Occurrence´, Hverfisgata, Reykjavik, ISL
`The Seven Cardinal Virtues´, Thingvellir, Icelandic National Park
`Orgasm 2000´, The Art Museum, Akureyri, ISL
1999 Maggógabb Inc. Present: Art, Gallery 101, Reykjavik, ISL
(in collaboration with Magnus Sigurdarson)
`Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock´, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, S
1998 `Station to Station´, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, ISL
(Co-operation with Egill Sæbjörnsson and Haraldur Jonsson)
Public Collections
National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavik Art Museum
SAFN Collection, Reykjavik
Osram GmbH, München
Migros Museum, Zurich