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STUDIES
2015-2016 Internship with artist/filmmaker Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir, Berlin, Germany
2012-2015 Visual art, BA, Iceland Art Academy, Reykjavik
2014 Exchange studies in Intermedia art (class of professor Alba D’Urbano), HGB, Leipzig, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Villigarðurinn / The Wild Garden, Lóla Flórens, Iceland
2022 Eldur & Flóra / Fire & Flora, MAMA Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Sólarhlið / Solar Gate, Coocoo’s nest, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Ringulreið í Hvítagulli / Chaos in Platinum, Gallerí Slím, Reykjavik

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ljósbruni / Bright Burn as part of Hamraborg Festival, Bókasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur, Iceland
2023 Ljós í listaverki, Gallerí Fyrirbæri, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Samfélag skynjandi vera / Community of Sentient Beings, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2018 Rúmelsi #3: Streymi, Ekkisens in The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2018 Computer Spirit, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Computer Spirit, Kurant, Tromsø, Norway
2017 Hundur borðar hund / Dog eat dog, Ekkisens, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Hof Hundsins / Temple of the Dog, Pogotowie teatralno-filmowe, Lodz, Poland
2017 Ofar mannlegum hvötum #12 / Beyond Humans Impulses #12, Mengi, Reykjavík
2016 Hávaði III, Ekkisens, Reykjavik
2016 Myrkramessa, off-venue at A! Performance festival, Akureyri, Iceland
2016 Plan B art festival, Borgarnes, Iceland
2016 Straumur í polli / Stream In a Puddle, Gallerii Metropol, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Grapevine – videoart night, Húrra, Reykjavík
2015 Kynleikar / Gender Play, Ekkisens, Reykjavik City Hall and Tjarnarbíó, Reykjavík
2015 Ymur Festival, Kaktus, Akureyri, Iceland
2015 Hávaði II, Ekkisens, Reykjavík
2015 Fjöltengi / Multiple-socket extension lead, Ekkisens, Reykjavík
2014 SOÐ, Skaftfelli, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2014 Tilfinningaleg Frystikista / Emotional Freezer, Kaffistofuni, Reykjavík
2014 Import / Export, HGB, Leipzig, Germany
2013 Materealize, Estonia pst 7, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 Art of Noises – Sequences off venue, Hafnarstræti 17 (Gamla Kaffi rót), Reykjavik
2013 Home Movies Present – 16mm og super8 cinema, Bíó Paradís, Reykjavik

PROJECTS / OTHER
2023- Art Faciliator for the open studio Listafl (Laugarás), at The National University Hospital of Iceland
2021-2023 Teacher at The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts
2021-2023 Workshop leader at The Reykjavik City Museum
2021-2022 Author for Artzine
2016-2018 Computer Spirit, Collaborative art project with Freyja Eilíf, Sigthora Odins and Heiðrún Viktorsdóttir
2016-2017 The Villains, Collaborative art project with Anton Logi Ólafsson
2014-2017 Curatorial work for exhibitions; Hávaði III, Fjöltengi (Multiple-socket extension lead) and Tilfinningaleg Frystikista (Emotional Freezer)
2017 Teiknum Reykjavik! / Drawing Reykjavik!, Workshop leader for the Children’s Art festival, Reykjavik City Hall
2017 Article author for Myrkfælni Magazine, 1st and 2nd edition
2015-2016 Listvísi – Málgagn um myndlist (Art Journal), Editor of editions 5-6
2015-2016 Project assistant for Keep Frozen Project; web-design, image creation, editing and archiving, travel and documentation co-ordinator & etc
2014-2016 Photographic and design related work for Icelandic Bands

GRANTS
2017 Residency at Kunstnerhuset i Lofoten, Svolvær, Norway funded by NNKS
2017 Muggur travel grant for exhibition Temple of the Dog, at Pogotowie teatralno-filmowe, Lodz, Poland
2016 Muggur travel grant for exhibition Stream In a Puddle, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 KÍM mobility grant for exhibition Stream In a Puddle, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Project grant from the Icelandic Visual Arts Fund for Listvísi – Málgagn um myndlist, 6’th edition

MEDIA COVERAGE
2021 “Veröld út af fyrir sig - Samfélag skynjandi vera í Hafnarborg”, Artzine
2018 “Listiðkun og fjölkynngi flæða saman í Streymi”, Fréttablaðið
2018 “Fjórar seiðlistakonur sýna í Nýló”, Morgunblaðið
2018 “Computer Spirit: Undirvitund og efniskennd hugbúnaðarheimsins”, Artzine
2017 “Art is a value of the heart in Iceland”, Lost Shoe Collective
2015 “So what’s this controversial art in City Hall I keep hearing about?”, Grapevine
2015 “Hrunkynslóðin: Pönkið lifir í listinni”, Kjarninn
2015 “Sýningarstjórar kynleika biðja starfsfólk ráðhússins afsökunar”, Vísir
2015 “Mistök að sýna kynleika á matmálstíma”, Rúv
2015 “Fjöltengi í Ekkisens”, Víðsjá, Rúv
2015 “Unnið með innsæið að leiðarljósi”, Morgunblaðið