Rúrí

Rúrí (1951) is recognized for her groundbreaking, multidisciplinary practice that spans installation, performance, photography, and new media. Emerging in the early 1970s as part of a generation of artists challenging conventions in Icelandic art, she quickly established herself as a fearless voice addressing issues of human rights, the future of life, and the environment.

Over the past five decades, Rúrí has developed a body of work that combines conceptual rigor with poetic intensity. Her projects often confront themes of political conflict, cultural identity, and ecological fragility, positioning art as a critical space for reflection and activism. Among her most celebrated works is Archive – Endangered Waters (2003), an immersive installation presented at the Venice Biennale, which catalogued Iceland’s disappearing waterfalls and brought international attention to harmful industry in her home country.

Rúrí’s practice is distinguished by its combination of visual clarity and philosophical depth. She has exhibited widely at museums, biennials, and festivals across Europe, North America, and Asia, and her works are represented in major public and private collections. Her career also reflects a strong commitment to performance art, with early works in the 1970s and 1980s pioneering new approaches to live and site-specific practice in Iceland.

Through her persistent engagement with the social and ecological challenges of our time, Rúrí has become a leading figure in Nordic contemporary art, a pioneer in her field, and an inspiring artist for younger generations. 

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Artist Rúrí in front of her work Future Cartography

Photographs by Art Bicnick for the Reykjavík Grapevine

Artist Rúrí.

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Töfrafoss (2025) 83 x 103 x 5 cm, framed with museum-grade anti-reflecting glass
Series of 9 photographs, framed 175 × 175 × 4 cm. Photographs on paper (analog photography). The nine waterfalls are also depicted in the installation Archive-Endangered Waters (2003).
Archival print on archival paper. Dimensions: Each frame, 54,4 x 54,4 x 3 cm Material of frames: natural oak, massive, anti-glare glass Works from the series have been shown at International Print Center, New York, National Gallery of Iceland, and
Photograph by Art Bicnic
Future Cartography Study, sketch of the work. Archival print on archival paper. Dimensions: Each frame, 54,4 x 54,4 x 3 cm Material of frames: natural oak, massive, anti-glare glass Works from the series have been shown at International Print Cent
Hverfular samhverfur: Himinn og haf, 2009, 66cm x 208cm, diasec
Fabric banners with Icelandic text hanging in the sky against a backdrop of mountains and clouds.
Worn fabric banners hanging from a line on a pole, set against a cloudy sky and a landscape with water and distant hills.
Ljóðað á landið Framed diptych print. Photograph by Art Bicnic
Future Cartography Study Archival print on archival paper. Dimensions: Each frame, 54,4 x 54,4 x 3 cm Material of frames: natural oak, massive, anti-glare glass Works from the series have been shown at International Print Center, New York, National

Solo Exhibitions

  • Tíma Mát
    SIND gallery, Reykjavík Iceland
    14.8.25 - 27.9.25

    Future Cartography
    Galerija ARKA, Vilnius Lithuania
    29.8.25 - 28.9.25

  • Rúrí  –  And Now What? / E Agora?International Museum of Contemporary Sculpture – MIEC, Santo Tirso, Portugal
    Curator: Álvaro Moreira
    10.3.23 - 25.6.23 

    Rúrí – Glerregn / Glassrain
    National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
    Curator: Vigdís Rún Jónsdóttir
    4.3.23 - 10.10.23

  • Vituð ‘ér enn – eða hvað?
    Hlöðuloftið, Korpúlfsstöðum
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    Curator: Pari Stave
    April-May

  • Rúrí
    Studio Stafn
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    July – August

  • Rúrí:  Jafnvægi – Úr jafnvægi / Balance – Unbalanced
    Akureyri Art Museum, Ketilhús, Akureyri Iceland.
    September

  • Item deRúrí – Fragile Systems
    Nordatlantens Brygge. Copenhagen, Denmark.
    October

    Rúrí,  Time – Telling
    LÁ Art Museum. Hveragerdi. Iceland,
    Mayscription

  • Founts – Vocal VII
    Reykjavik Arts Festival, Harpa
    Reykjavik, Iceland, May 2015

  • Rúrí: Fragile Systeme
    LOFT – Raum für Kunst und Gegenwart,
    Ansbach, Germany,
    March 2013

    Archive- Endangered Waters
    Nordic Cool 2013,
    The Kennedy Center,
    Washington DC

  • Aqua – Silence
    Seven Screens, reloaded
    Osram Art Projects, Munchen, Germany

    Future Cartography
    – in collaboration with Gunnlaugur M. Einarsson
    The exhibition is one of the Independent Projects of (I)ndependent People – Collaborations and Artist Initiatives
    Reykjavik Arts Festival 2012, ASÍ Art Museum

     

    Endangered – Rúrí
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavik, Iceland

    Rúrí
    Appart_323
    Paris, France
    Laufey Helgadottir

    Rúrí – Retrospective
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    Christian Schoen

  • Safnasafnið—The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
    Svalbarðsströnd, Iceland
    Níels Hafstein

  • Aqua-Silence – II
    Osram Gallery
    Munich, Germany
    Christian Schoen

    Aqua-Silence
    Seven Screens,
    Osram Art Projects
    Munich, Germany
    Christian Schoen

  • Dedication
    Drekkingarhylur/
    Drowning Pool
    Þingvellir
    Iceland

    Endangered Waters
    Liget Galeria
    Budapest, Hungary
    Tibor Várnagy/Marja and Reuben
    Fowkes

  • Light of the World – Salt of the Earth, and Vocal
    Hallgrímskirkja Church
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Inga Rós Ingólfsdóttir

    Charmed
    Fugl show space
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Hlynur Helgason

    Rúrí: Archive – Endangered Waters
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Ólafur Kvaran

  • Limpide II
    Colette meets Comme des Garçons
    Tokyo, Japan
    sarah

    Archive – Endangered Waters
    Passage de Désir
    Paris, France
    Catherine Mathis/Laufey Helgadóttir

    Limpide I
    Colette
    Paris, France
    sarah/Laufey Helgadóttir

    Rúrí: Archive – Endangered Waters
    Museum Het Domein
    Sittard, Netherlands
    Stijn Huits

  • Archive – Endangered Waters
    Iceland Pavilion, 50th International Art
    Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia
    Venice, Italy
    Laufey Helgadóttir

  • Passage of Time II
    Galleria Becker
    Jyveskyla, Finland
    Marja Kolu

    Passage
    Skaftfell Culture Center
    Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

  • Glassrain
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Ólafur Kvaran

    Universal Thoughts
    Chinese European Art Center
    Xiamen, China
    Ineke Guðmundsson

    Passage of Time
    Chinese European Art Center
    Xiamen, China
    Ineke Guðmundsson

  • Four Islands – Four Powers
    Skrúður, Hellisey, Flatey, Grimsey
    islands around the coast, Iceland

    Passing of Time
    Ketilhús
    Akureyri, Iceland
    Guðrún Pálína Guðmundsdóttir

  • That Day I Shall …
    Gallery Gamla Áhaldahúsið
    Westman Islands, Iceland
    Benedikt Gestsson

  • Paradise? – When?
    Reykjavik Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Eiríkur Þorláksson

  • Relativity
    Galerie Bossky
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Afstæða
    Twenty Square Meters, project space
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson

  • Gildi II (Values II)
    i8 Gallery
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Edda Jónsdóttir

  • Values
    Kuvataideakatemian Galleria
    Helsinki, Finland
    Hannu Siren

  • Relativity
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Rúri
    Slunkaríki
    Ísafjörður, Iceland
    Jón Sigurpálsson

  • Metre
    atelier
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Rúrí
    Over Klaveret
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Jørgen Bruun Hansen

    Cosmos
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Fragments of Time
    Konstakademien
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Leif Bolter

  • Time
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Rúrí
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Rúrí
    Skipulagsstofa höfuðborgarsvæðisins
    Kópavogur, Iceland
    Gestur Ólafsson

  • Rainbow I
    Korpúlfsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Earthpoem
    outdoor
    Kjalarnes, Iceland

  • Rúrí
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Rúrí – Performance og Objecter
    Gallerie 38
    and Gallerie Kanal 2
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Rúrí
    Galerie Lóa
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Kees Visser, Rúna Þorkelsdóttir

  • Performance for two persons
    De Appel
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Wies Smals

  • Solstice
    outdoor
    Flatey island, Iceland

Group Exhibitions

  • Histories of Ecology
    Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil.
    4.9.2025 - 1.2.2026

    Höfuðskepnur,
    Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús,
    June 5. – September 21.

    Creating from the Collection,
    The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Museum, Svalbardseyri, Iceland.
    curator: Níels Hafstein
    May 11. – September 25.

    Swell: Women’s Initiative in Icelandic Art in the Eighties.
    Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir.
    February 22. – May 11.

  • The 2nd International Triennial of Art and Science  UFNA, Unpredictable Futures – Water,
    The Klaipėda Cultural Center, Klaipéda, Lithuania.
    curators: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Solveiga Gutautė, Saulė Mažeikaitė-Teiberė, Viktorija Misiulė.
    August 29. – November 10.

     

    No. 5 Around, Gamlabúð,
    Höfn in Hornafjörður, Iceland
    June 28. – September 25.

     

    Flags in Icelandic Art
    National Gallery of Iceland – The House of Collections,
    Reykjavík
    June 17. – August 25.

     

    (Post)
    the Nordic house, Reykjavík
    curator: Ruth Hege Halstensen
    June 07. – August 09.

    Aesthetics of Senses and Delights,
    The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Museum,
    Svalbardseyri, Iceland
    May 12. –  September 22.

  • Tokyo Art Book Fair 2023,
    Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan

    Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century Art, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús, Reykjavik,
    curator: Markús Þór Andrésson
    June 28. – August 25.

    Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 20th Century Art, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik,
    curators: Edda Halldórsdóttir, Markús Þór Andrésson, Ólöf K. Sigurðardóttir
    March 25.− August 7.

    Það Liggur í Loftinu / Something Is About To Happen Korpúlfsstadir, Reykjavik. Three man exhibition, Þór Vigfússon – Rúrí – Níels Hafstein March 4. – 26.

    Hornsteinn
    Listasafn Árnesinga / LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
    February to August 2023
    Curators: Kristín Scheving, Zsóka Leposa
    11. February – 20. August

  • Are you glad if you can ask something? Networking between East and North.
    LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland. Opening June 4th
    Curator: Zsóka Leposa

    No. 4  Umhverfing, The Westfjord Peninsula – unconventional venues, Iceland
    Opening in June, Academy of the Senses

  • Listval Christmas exhibition
    Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik
    December 4th- 29th, 2021

    Multis December Exhibition – Svona gerum við
    Hafnartorg, Reykjavik
    December 2nd to 29th 2021

    TI CON ZERO
    Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
    Curators: Paola Bonani, Francesca Rachele Oppedisano and Laura Perrone
    October 12, 2021–February 27, 2022

    Abrakadabra – The Magic of Contemporary Art
    Reykjavik Art Museum – Hafnahus, Reykjavik, Iceland
    October 30. 2021 – March 20. 2022

    Counter Cartographies: Living the Land
    Anchorage Museum
    Alaska
    Curator: Francesca DuBrock
    Oct. 8, 2021—Sept. 25, 2022

  • Extra Tough: Women of the North,
    Anchorage Museum,
    Anchorage, Alaska,
    Curator: Francesca Du Brock
    November 6, 2020 – September 2021 

    Selected Works, Part II – Akureyri Art Museum
    Akureyri, Iceland
    Curators: Hlynur F. Þormóðsson and Þorbjörg Ásgeirsdóttir
    05.12.2020-14.11.2021

    Folklore
    MUCEM, Marseilles, France
    Curators: Jean-Marie Gallais, Marie- Charlotte Calafat
    21. Oct. 2020 – 21. Feb. 2021 

    Folklore
    Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
    Curators: Jean-Marie Gallais, Marie- Charlotte Calafat
    21. March – 21. Sept.
    12.  June  – 04. October 2020

    Fruits of Earth and Imagination
    Safnasafnið / The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum,
    Svalbardseyri,  Iceland
    6. June – 13. Sept. 2020

    Some Favourites
    The Living Art Museum
    The Marshall House
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    1. Jan. – 23. Feb.

  • Ocean Dwellers
    Felleshus, Nordic Embassies,
    Berlin, Germany
    17. Oct. 2019 – 23. Feb. 2020

    Nr. 3 Umhverfing
    Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland
    multiple locations,
    outdoors and indoors
    22. June – 31. August

    Konst-tid / Art-Time
    Edsasdalen, Sweden
    Performance project and exhibition
    2. – 4. August

    Útlína/Outline
    Gerdarsafn – Kopavogur Art Museum,
    Iceland
    6. April – 2. June

  • Cosmogonies. Au gré des éléments, MAMAC – Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France, opening in June.

    Faculty of Action – performance art festival.  Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. Oct. 

    Art For Arctic’s Sake. Fordham University, Ildiko Butler Gallery, New York. Nov.

    No Man‘s Land: Where Beauty Reigns Alone? Reykjavik Arts Festival 2018. Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhus, Reykjavik. 

    Blossoming – Iceland’s 100 Years as a Sovereign State, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík. Opening July 17. 

    Nr. 2 Umhverfing.  Heilbrigdisstofnun Austurlands, Menningarmidstod Fljotsdalsherads, Egilsstadir, Iceland, opening mid June.

    Other Hats: Icelandic Printmaking. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, opening in May

  • DIFFUSES SELBST Dieter Roth und andere Gescheiterte. LOFT – Raum für Kunst und Gegenwart,  Ansbach, Germany.  opening December 2nd

    Other Hats: Icelandic Printmaking. International Print Center, New York,
    opening in April.

    Hverfing/ Shape Shifting. Verksmidjan Hjalteyri, Iceland,
    opening in August.

    A! Performance Festival, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland.
    August 31. – September 3.

    Nr. 1  Umhverfing, Saudarkrokur Health Centre and Museum building, Iceland,
    July 1st –  beginning of September

    Since Then. Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada,
    opening in September

    Sagas on Thin Ice
    The Bakehouse, Miami, US, November 18th to January 21st 2018

  • By Water
    Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland, June.

    Since Then – Núna / Now
    Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg,  Canada, June

    Rolling Snowball – 7
    Djupivogur & Chinese European Art Center – CEAC, Djupivogur, Iceland, July

    INSIGHT #3: WATER WORKS
    Art Center Hugo Voeten
    Herentals, Belgium, March

    Dulkápan Artist’s Books
    Núllid, Reykjavík,
    Iceland, March

    101 Questions to Women
    Nýlistasafnið – The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Primary Force – Iceland in water and colour
    The Nordic Watercolour Museum
    Skärhamn Sweden – May 2015

    Ákall / Challenge
    LÁ Art Museum
    Hveragerdi, Iceland

  • Upheaval – Icelandic Art around and after 1970
    LÁ Art Museum
    Hveragerdi, Iceland

    …  Burning Bright
    Tiger, tiger
    STUX Gallery
    New York 

    Iceland: Artists Respond to Space
    Katonah Museum of Art
    Katonah, NY, US,
    Pari Stave 

    Rolling Snowball 5 – Djupivogur
    Chinese European Art Center – CEAC,
    Djupivogur, Iceland,
    Ineke Gudmundsson

    Not Quite Lysistrata
    Art on Armitage
    Platform Projects – Art Athina International Contemporary Art Fair
    Athens, Greece,
    Mary Ellen Croteau

    Open Scene
    Munich Film Museum, Munich, Germany,
    Christian Schoen

    O Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
    Gallery Stefan Stux
    New York, US

    Due North
    The Icebox Space, Crane Arts
    Philadelphia, US,
    Marianne Bernstein

  • Embracing Impermanence – We came into this with a shovel in our hands
    The Living Art Museum

    Thorgerdur Olafsdottir  & Eva Isleifsdottir

    Pathway – a Dialogue on Northern Issues /

    Polku – vuoropuhelu pohjoisuudesta,
    Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland

    Social Videoscapes From the North,
    Pro Artibus – Gallery Elverket,
    Ekenäs, Finland,
    Lorella Scacco

    Pathway – Dialogues on Northern Issues
    Oulu Art Museum
    Finland

    Social Videoscapes From the North,
    Careof DOCVA
    Milan, Italy
    Lorella Scacco

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    New Concepts for a New World – Ars Electronica 2012,
    Festival for Art, Technology and Society
    Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space
    Linz, Austria

    MHR40YEARS
    Kling & Bang
    Reykjavik, Iceland

    Hættumörk / Endangered
    The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
    Sigríður Melrós Ólafsdóttir, Halldór B Runólfsson

    Climate – Change – Minds
    Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
    Serafine Lindemann/artcircolo – Christian Schoen

    Climate – Change – Minds
    German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany
    Serafine Lindemann/artcircolo – Christian Schoen

    HAUSER XII
    LOFT – Raum fur Kunst & Gegenvart
    Ansbach, Germany
    Christian Schoen

  • Then And Now
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Literacy
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Jón B. K. Ransú

    Höhenrausch.2—Bridges in the Sky
    OK Offenes Kulturhaus
    Linz, Austria
    Genoveva Rückert, Julia Stoff, Martin Sturm, Rainer Zendron 

    Perspectives—On the Borders of Art and Philosophy
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Hafnarhús
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Aðalheiður Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, Gunnar J. Árnason, Gunnar Harðarson, Hafþór Yngvason, Jón Proppé, Margrét Elísabet Ólafsdóttir, Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir, Ólafur Gíslason.

    The Image of Thingvellir
    LA Art Museum
    Hveragerði, Iceland
    Einar Garibaldi Eiríksson 

    Wetlands
    i8 Gallery
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    50 Years of Icelandic Art at the Venice
    Biennale
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Laufey Helgadóttir

    Visage of the Land: Water, Earth,
    Sea And Sky
    Kópavogur Art Museum—Gerðarsafn
    Kópavogur, Iceland
    Guðbergur Bergsson

  • Art Feast-I
    Handverk og hönnun
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Iceland—The Nordic 3rd World
    Country?
    Färgfabriken Norr
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Jonatan Habib Engqvist

    The Will as a Weapon—
    Turning Point of the Seventies
    Reykjavík Art Museum–Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Hrafnhildur Schram

    Art Feast-I
    Safnasafnið—The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
    Svalbarðsströnd, Iceland
    Magnhildur Sigurðardóttir, Niels Hafstein

    Papierarbeiten im Kleinformat
    Bretzenheim and Halle
    Mainz, Germany
    Dorothea van der Koelen

    Castling—Intercurse With the Collection
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Art Cologne 2010
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Cologne, Germany

    One Hundred Years of Icelandic Art
    LA Art Museum
    Hveragerði, Iceland
    Inga Jónsdóttir, Dagný Heiðdal, Rakel Pétursdóttir

  • Rethink Kakotopia/RETHINK
    Contemporary Art & Climate Change
    Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Elisabeth Delin Hansen

    When Ideas Become Form—30 Years of Gallery
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Mainz, Germany

    Islandbox—Icelandic Art at the Venice Biennale
    Felleshus—Nordische Botschaften
    Berlin, Germany
    Matthias Wagner K

    When Ideas Become Form—30 Years of Gallery
    La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen
    Venice, Italy 

    Art Karlsruhe 2009—5 One-Man
    Shows—5 Nations
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Karlsruhe, Germany

    10th Havana Biennial—Integration and
    Resistance in the Global Age
    overtures 4
    Villa Manuela/Uneac, Havanna, Cuba
    Serafine Lindemann/artcircolo

    Several Friends
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Björn Roth, Halldór Björn Runólfsson,
    Sigríður Melrós Ólafsdótti

  • Solitude—Landscape Opening Up—
    honorary artist
    Künstlerhaus Lukas,
    Ahrenshoop, Germany
    Gerlinde Creutzburg
    Sequences—Festival (honorary artist)
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Hafnarhús
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Kira Kira (Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir)

    One Hundred Years of Icelandic Art
    Skaftfell Culture Center
    Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
    Dagný Heiðdal, Rakel Pétursdóttir, Ólafur Ingi Jónsson, Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Daníel Björnsson, Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, Þórunn Eymundardóttir

    Open House – 2008
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Reykjavik
    Iceland

    By By Iceland
    Akureyri Art Museum
    Akureyri, Iceland
    Hannes Sigurðsson

    Pures Wasser
    Kunstverein Villa Streccius Landau, Städtische Galerie Villa Streccius Landau,
    Landau, Germany

  • Bridge Art Fair Miami-07
    Catalina Hotel
    Miami Beach, USA
    Mary Ellen Croteau

    overtures Turkey 2007—Water between
    Poetics and Politics
    Proje 4L/Elgiz Museum of
    Contemporary Art Istanbul, Turkey, Serafine Lindemann/artcircolo,
    Christian Schoen

    Ars Electronica 2007/overtures
    Environmental Office, Second City—Marienstrasse
    Linz, Austria
    Gerfried Stocker, Christine Schöpf, Serafine Lindemann / artcircolo

    overtures–A North to South Art Expedition along the Water
    52nd International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia / Collateral Events, Venice International University,
    San Servolo—Venice, Italy
    Serafine Lindemann, Lorella Scacco,
    Christian Schoen/artcircolo 

    Reyfi
    Nordic House
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Harpa Björnsdóttir

    Borderline—Moving Images
    2Kolegas/Screening
    Beijing, China

    Mini Vott
    StartArt gallery
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Falling Water—Pat Steirs, Ólafur
    Elíasson, Rúrí, Hekla Dögg
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir Reykjavík, Iceland
    Hafþór Yngvason, Yean Fee Quay

    700IS 2007
    Hreindýraland Experimental Film
    and Video Festival
    Honorary artists, Steina Vasulka,
    Finnbogi Pétursson, Rúrí
    Egilsstaðir, Iceland
    Kristín Scheving

    Water in Art and Life
    The Israel Museum,
    The Ruth Youth Wing
    Jerusalem, Israel
    Hagit Allon

  • The Collection, LAM
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Paris Photo—2006 Central Exhibition-
    Stella Polaris, Guests of Honor Le Carrousel du Louvre
    Paris, France
    Andrea Holzherr

    Videos from the North
    Städtische Kunsthale
    lothringer 13/spiegel
    Munich, Germany
    Christian Schoen

    overtures on water
    Sequences—Festival Tjarnarbíó
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Serafine Lindemann / artcircolo
    Christian Schoen

    Mega vott
    Hafnarborg—The Hafnarfjörður Center
    of Culture and Fine Art
    Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

    God’s Chosen People
    Kling og Bang gallery
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Snorri Ásmundsson

    Far-off Deceitful World
    Saarijärvi Art Museum
    Saarijärvi, Finland,
    Torun Ekstrand

    Clarities—Elina Brotherus, Þór
    Vigfússon, Rúrí
    Kópavogur Art Museum—Gerðarsafn
    Kópavogur, Iceland
    Guðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir

    Mega Pop Gig—Björk, Zeena Parkins,
    Mum, Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan, Ghostigital, Damon Albarn, Ego, Magga, Stina Band, Mugison, Rass, Sigur Rós, KK, Ham, Hjálmar, Surprise guests
    Laugardalur Sports hall
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Creator Vesevo
    Vesuvius National Park
    Ercolano, Italy
    Jean-Noël Schifano

    Geometrisk Abstraktion XXIV 2005
    Konstruktiv Tendens
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Color-Tones
    Johannes Gutenberg University
    Mainz, Germany
    Dorothea van der Koelen 

    Mythos und Naturgewalt Wasser
    Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung
    Munich, Germany
    Christiane Lange
    Susann Waldmann

    Collecting – Collection
    The Reykjavík Academy
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Kristinn G. Harðarson

    But the Exciting Aspect is to Organize Matter – Female Positions towards Sculpture
    Gallery AREA
    Vienna, Austria
    Karin Sulimma, Nora Hermann, Elisabeth Kousal

    Glampar/Blitz
    Bluesky Artspace
    Vienna, Austria 

    The Order of Nature
    OK Center for Contemporary Art
    Linz, Austria,
    Genoveva Ruckert, Martin Sturm,
    Hans-Peter Wipplinger

    Inauguration show
    Turpentine Gallery
    Reykjavík, Iceland,
    Viktor Smári Sæmundsson,
    Sveinn Þórhallsson

    Arte Fiera
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Bologna, Italy

  • Art Cologne
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen,
    Cologne, Germany

    A Priori
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Mainz, Germany

    A Priori
    La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen
    Venice, Italy

    Northern European Contemporary Art
    Pickled Art Center
    Beijing, China,
    Ineke Guðmundsson, Quin Jian

    Arte Fiera
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Bologna, Italy

  • Iceland-China Film Week,
    Contemporary movies
    Chinese European

    Art Center
    Xiamen, China
    Ineke Guðmundsson 

    Realism and Reality
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Ecca Femina
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Hafnarhús
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Harpa Björnsdóttir 

    Art Cologne
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Cologne, Germany 

    Eight European Artists
    CEAC—Chinese European Art Center
    Xiamen, China
    Ineke Guðmundsson, Quin Jian

    Zahlen – Zeit – Zeichen/Numbers –
    Time – Symbols
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Mainz, Germany

    La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen
    Venice, Italy

    Light Festival
    Gerðuberg Cultural Center
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Hypercraze 2002
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    MHR-30
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Hafnarhús
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Auður Ólafsdóttir, Eiríkur Þorláksson

  • Performance Week
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Socha A Objekt VI.
    Staré Mesto
    Bratislava, Slovenia

    Dialogues with the Collection
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland,
    Alda Sigurðardóttir, Benedikt G. Kristþórsson, Einar Garibaldi Eiríksson, Ingirafn Steinarsson & Sigurbjörg, Agnes Eiðsdóttir

  • Kvikar myndir – Short Film Festival
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Bjargey Ólafsdóttir,
    Böðvar Bjarki Pétursson

    The Seven Virtues in Ancient and Modern Times,
    Kristnihátíð,
    Stekkjargjá  Thingvellir, Iceland
    Hannes Sigurðsson

    The Seven Virtues in Ancient and Modern Times
    Akureyri Art Museum,
    Hannes Sigurðsson

    Millennium artwork, proposals
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Hafnarhús
    Reykjavík

  • Stockholm Art Fair 1999
    Central Exhibition—Nordic Video
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Monica Nieckels, Michael Thouber, Per Bjarne Boym, Elisabeth Haitto Connah, Paula Toppila, Tiina Erkintalo

    Eyjabakkar Performance
    Eyjabakkar—North of Vatnajökull
    glacier, Iceland

    Düsseldorf Art Fair 1999, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • The Coast Line
    Reykjavík Art Festival
    (Cultural Capital of Europe-2000)
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Auður Ólafsdóttir
    1998–2000

    Chicago Art Fair
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Chicago, USA

    Time/Space – The Living Art Museum
    20 Years
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland 

    Stiklað í straumum
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Wien Art Fair
    Galerie Peter Lindner
    Vienna, Austria

    Isländische Positionen der Gegenwart
    Galerie Peter Lindner
    Vienna, Austria

  • Tiltekt
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland 

    Icelandic Art
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    20th Anniversary of Gallery
    Suðurgata 7
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Halldór Ásgeirsson, Steingrímur Eyfjörð

    The Reykjavík Association of Sculptors—25 Years
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Art Cologne
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Cologne, Germany

    Isländische Positionen der Gegenwart
    Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
    Mainz, Germany

  • New Acquisitions
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    New Acquisitions
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • The Living Art Museum – 17 Years
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Áslaug Thorlacius, Eygló Harðardóttir & Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir

    Töredékek/Fragments – Contemporary
    Icelandic Art
    Ernst Muzeum
    Budapest, Hungary
    Gunnar Kvaran 

    Visual Resonances II
    Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives
    Den Haag, The Netherlands

    Kuopion Tienoo 1995/Experimental
    Environment Kuopio Art Museum and Public space
    Kuopio, Finland,
    Aija Jaatinien, Hannu Siren,
    William Louis Sörensen, Rúrí

    i8 gallery
    Reykjavík
    Iceland

    Altitudes
    Artemisia Gallery
    Chicago, USA

  • Jón Gunnar Árnason
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Kristinn E. Hrafnsson

    Sculpture—Sculpture—Sculpture
    Reykjavík Art Museum—Kjarvalsstaðir
    Reykjavík Arts Festival, Iceland
    Gunnar Kvaran

    Plans for outdoor sculptures
    Suðurnesja Comprehensive College
    Keflavík, Iceland

    Plans for outdoor sculptures with water
    Botanic Garden
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Plans for outdoor sculptures
    Town Hall
    Dalvík, Iceland

    Plans for outdoor water-sculpture
    Gvendarbrunnar
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Salon Exhibition

    Gallery Greip
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Steingrímur Eyfjörð

    Gallery Deiglan
    Akureyri, Iceland
    Steingrímur Eyfjörð

  • Zeit-Sichten
    Frauen-Museum
    Bonn, Germany
    Ingrid Helena Helmke

    16 Days
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Steingrímur Eyfjörð, Ragnheiður
    Ragnarsdóttir

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Storm
    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Kunstnernes Hus
    Aarhus, Denmark

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Galeria Nova
    Bratislava, Slovakia

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Deutsche Oper am Rhein
    Duisburg, Germany

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Guelman Gallery
    Moscow, Russia

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum / Geysishús
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    777—Distance Communication-3
    Aspex Gallery
    Portsmouth, UK

  • Hugsanir Ajatuksia Tanker/Thoughts
    The Nordic Arts Center
    Sveaborg, Finland
    Halldór Björn Runólfsson

    Wanås 1992
    Wanås
    Knieslinge, Sweden
    Marika Wachtmeister

    Dialogues
    Center Canadien d’Architecture,
    Montreal, Canada

    Refill
    Mokka kaffi
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Hannes Sigurðsson

  • Wish of Peace
    Palazzo Lanfranchi
    Pisa, Italy
    Bruno Polacci

  • Nordic Women Artists 1990
    Central Exhibition
    Stockholm Art Fair
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Aurél Schiller, Leif Ståhle

    Estetica Diffusa 4
    Centro Internazionale Multimedia,
    Salerno, and Le Arie del Tempo,
    Associazione Culturale, Genoa, Italy
    Sergio Iagulli

  • Reykjavík Sculptors
    Korpúlfsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    1. International Mail-Art Exhibition
    Pontevedra, Spain
    Celso Paz Pintos, Arturo Miguel, Hermida Paredes, Jorge Riveiro Ruibal

    1. International Mail-Art Exhibition
    Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Traffic
    Stokkholms Stadsmuseum
    Stockholm, Sweden,
    Carl Heideken

  • Skulpturprojekt
    Härnösand kommun
    Härnösand, Sweden

    Self Portraits
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Art of Today II
    Budapest Gallery
    Exhibition Hall of the Hungarian Fine,
    Arts College
    Club of Young Artists
    Budapest, Hungary

    Women in the Art of Women
    Hallveigarstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland,
    Björg Einarsdóttir

    SÍM
    FÍM Galleri
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Aldarspegill
    National Gallery of Iceland
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Bera Nordal

  • Bone in a Cold Oven
    The Nordic Arts Center
    Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Dieter Roth 

    Concrete—Helsinki Art Festival/
    Experimental Environment
    Public space
    Helsinki, Finland
    Hannu Siren

    Art in Space/Experimental
    Environment
    Galeria Katariina
    Helsinki, Finland
    Hannu Siren

    Sculptures for Airport
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Big Scale-85
    Malmö Konsthall
    Malmö, Sweden

    Shards of Glass
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Sigrún Einarsdóttir, Sören Larsen

    Reykjavík Sculptors
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Saari-Vala/Experimental Environment
    an island
    Bockholm, Finland
    Hannu Siren, William Louis Sørensen,
    Jón Gunnar Árnason, Rúrí

    Big Scale -85/Experimental
    Environment
    Skaane Art Festival,
    Public space
    Malmö, Sweden
    Vassil Simittchiev, Bertil Andréason

    Design
    Galleri Langbrók
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Film Festival of Female Artists
    Austurbæjarbíó
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Artist’s Books
    The Nordic House
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Icelandic video art
    Kulturhaus Palazzo
    Liestal, Switzerland

    Iceland: The Art Revealed
    Franklin Furnace
    New York, USA
    Ingólfur Arnarson

    Flying Concrete/Experimental
    Environment
    Public space
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    William Louis Sörensen,
    Finn Nielsen, Christian Holten

    Galerie 11 A
    Copenhagen, Denmark,
    Jón Gunnar Árnason

    Art For the Blind
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    The Living Art Museum— collection
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Across the Meridian
    Museum Fodor – Stedelijk Museum
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ingólfur Arnarson, Timen van
    Grootheest, Magnus Pálsson,
    Niels Hafstein, Haro Plantenga,
    Sigurður Guðmundsson

    Biennale de Pontevedra—Mostra Mail
    Art
    Diputación Provincial
    Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

    Artist Books from Iceland
    Galerie A
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Hagsmunafélagið
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • From the collection
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

     

    XII – Biennale de Paris
    Beaubourg
    Paris, France

    It Can’t Happen Here, Nordic Art Center, Sveaborg, Helsinki,  Finland

  • Islandsk Samtidskunst/Icelandic
    Contemporary Art
    Galerie Semper Ardens
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Performance Week
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland 

    Icelandic Contemporary Art
    Trondheim Kunstforening
    Trondheim, Norway,
    Sven Christiansen

    Icelandic Performance Art
    Bergens Kunstforening
    Bergen, Norway
    Grethe Grathwohl

    Performances
    Henie-Onstad Art Center
    Hövikodden, Norway
    Per Hovdenakk

    Film Week
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Drakabygget 20 Years Festival
    Drakabygget, Sweden
    Jörgen Nash, Lis Zwick

    Kunst og Grönt
    Holbergsgade Automat
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Freddy Fraek

    Reykjavík Sculptors
    Korpúlfsstaðir
    Reykjavík Arts Festival, Iceland

    Breiðfirðingabúð
    Reykjavík Arts Festival
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Experimental Environment II, Korpúlfsstaðir
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Henrik Pryds Beck, Peter Mandrup, Jón Gunnar Árnason, Rúrí

    Experimental Environment, side show
    Kaffi Mokka
    Reykjavík, Iceland 

    Other Books
    The Living Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Mail Art
    Studio Levi
    Madrid, Spain

    Sumar á Kjarvalsstöðum
    Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Iceland
    Gallerie Zona
    Florence, Italy

    Female Artists in the North
    Grenen Kunstmuseum
    Skagen, Denmark
    Axel Lind

    Around Performance
    Fríkirkjuvegur 11
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Ásmundarsalur
    Reykjavík Arts Festival
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Stamp Art
    Other Books and So
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Iceland Blue Show
    Gallerí Suðurgata 7
    Reykjavík, Iceland
    Robin Crozier

  • Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson,
    Níels Hafstein,
    Ólafur Lárusson,
    Þór Vigfússon,
    Rúrí
    The Nordic House
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • SUM ‘75
    Gallerie SUM,
    Reykjavík, Iceland

  • The Independence Day Festival
    University of Iceland,
    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Reykjavík Sculptors
    Reykjavík Arts Festival
    Reykjavík, Iceland

Previous Exhibitions at SIND gallery

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