Curriculum vitae

Ólöf Nordal
Lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland
Professor Iceland University of the Arts

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education
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MFA          Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
MFA          Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
             Gerrit Rietvelt Academie, Amsterdam.
Diploma      The Icelandic College of Art and Craft, Reykjavik.
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solo exhibitions and projects
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2024 Blirdlings / Fyglingar. Portfolio gallerí. Reykjavik
2023 Canis Major / Stóri hundur. Næpan. Reykjavik
2023    Blirds / Fygli. Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik
2022    Mannfuglar. Móberg Nursing Home, Selfoss
2021    Will-o’ the-wisp / Villiljós. Common House/Alþýðuhúsið. Siglufjörður, Iceland
2021    Eye / Auga Hamrahlid College. Reykjavik
2020    Hella Rock. Eastern Prominade, Portland, Maine
2020    Lusus naturae. University of Southern Maine Art Gallery. Portland, Maine
2019    Úngl. Retrospective. Reykjavik Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik
2019    úngl–úngl. Retrospective. Reykjavik Art Museum – Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik
2018    Experiment on Turf / Tilraun um torf.  Earth Homing: Reinventing Turf Houses,
        Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
2016    Garefowl † Pinguinus impennis: Extermination of a Species – Ultimate Samples
        The Icelandic Museum of Natural History in collaboration with The National
        and University Library of Iceland and The Icelandic Institute of Natural
        History. Safnahus /Culture House, Reykjavik
2016    Viaggio sentimentale. Gallery Harbinger, Reykjavik
2015    Palli, Siggi, Villingur and Strútur. Leadersheep Museum Forystufjársetur,
        Þistilfjordur, Iceland
2014    Nordatlantens Brygge. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2014    Lusus naturae. Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.
2013    Gallery Skúrinn. Reykjavik, Iceland.
2012    Musée Islandique. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011    Fowlbanks and Four-leaf Clovers /Féþúfur og lásagrös. 
        Gallery Sudsudvestur,Reykjanesbær, Iceland
2010    Models/Fyrirmyndir. ASI Art Museum. Reykjavik, Iceland.
2010    Leiðsla / Visio. Hallgrimskirkja Church, Reykavik, Iceland.
2009    Three Lambs and a Calf/Þrjú lömb og kálfur. Gallery Start Art,
        Reykjavik, Iceland.
2006    Cock´s Egg/Hanaegg IV. Tiere auf Grasshockern. Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany.
2006    Cocks´s Egg/Hanaegg III. Gallery Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005    Iceland Specimen Collection/Íslenskt dýrasafn. Gallery i8. Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005    Cock´s Egg/Hanaegg II. ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2004    Cock´s Egg/Hanaegg I. Safnasafnid, Svalbardseyri, Iceland.
2002    Gold. Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2001    Burp/Ropi. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1999    nordAl. Kopavogur Art Gallery, Kopavogur, Iceland.
1998    Corpus dulcis.  Gallery i8, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1996    White Ravens/Hvítir hrafnar. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1994    Selfportait/Sjálfsmynd. Gerduberg Culture Center, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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group exhibitions (selected)
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2023    Sequences XI – Can´t see / Get ekki séð. Metaphysical Realm, Safnahus,
        The National Gallery of Iceland.
2022    Umhverfing 4. Hrafnseyri. Arnarfjördur, Iceland.
2021    Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities. The Nordic House, Reykavik
2018    Blossoming – Iceland’s Hundred Years of Sovereign State. National Gallery of
        Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2018    Glimpse, Pondicherry, India
2015    Rolling Snowball 5 – CEAC, Djúpivogur, Iceland
2014    Saga – Narrative Art. Der Ruhrfestspiele. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
2014    Contemporary Icelandic Portretts / Íslensk samtíðarportrett. Akureyri Art
        Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2013    En Thulé froiduleuse, aspects de la scène artistique islandaise contemporaine.
2013    Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
2012    True North: Contemporary Art of the Circumpolar North.
        Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
2012    Cyborgs: Strange Creatures and Creations. Kopavogur Art Gallery,
        Kopavogur, Iceland.
2012    Nautn og notagildi. LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland.
2011    In Between. Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Iceland.
2011    Hringheimar. Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
2010    Þjóðleg fagurfræði. LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland.
2010    Into the Tussock. North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
2010    Vanitas. Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2010    Alternative Eye. Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2009    Possibilities. Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2008    Kata Lógos Theon. Akyreyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
2008    From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art. Scandinavian House, New York, NY.
2008    Bi, Bi Iceland. Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
2008    New Fiber. Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.
2007    HOT HOUSE: expanding the field of fiber. Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills,
        Michigan.
2007    Alas-nature. The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2006    Landscape and folklore. The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005    Monsters. Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri, Iceland.
2004    Paralelle 64. Espace d´art Contemporain Gustave Fayet, Sérignan.
2004    Polis. Galerie Sztuki Wspoczesnej, Wroclaw.
2004    Arts Contemporani de Islandia – Des dels confins de la terra. La Capella,
        Barcelona.
2003    Icelandic Photography – Retrospective. Moscow House of Photography, Moscow.
2003    New times in Icelandic Photography. Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2003    Over the Bridge of Optimism. Reykjavik Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2001    Ferdafuda.  Galleri Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland.
2000    The Seven Virtues in Ancient and Modern Times. Stekkjargjá, Þingvellir,
        Iceland.
2000    Pictures on an Exhibition.  Listasafn Reykjavikur –Hafnarhus, Reykjavik,
        Iceland.
1999    The New Fin-de-Siécle Generation. The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.
1998    Where Currents Meet.  Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1998    The Coastline.  Reykjavik Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1998    Under the Flesh.  The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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permanent installations
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2023 Canis Major / Stóri hundur. Næpan. Reykjavik
2022    Human Birds / Mannfuglar. Hjúkrunarheimilið Móberg. Selfoss, Iceland.
2021    Eye/Auga. Hamrahlid College. Reykjavik
2020    Hella Rock. Eastern Prominade, Portland, Maine
2013    Þúfa. HB Grandi, Norðurgardur, Reykjavik
2007    Birds of the Sky/Fuglar himinsins. Church of Isafjordur, Isafjordur.
2007    Briet Bjarnhedinsdottir Memorial/Bríetarbrekka. City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik.
2005    Cupstone/Bollasteinn. Town of Seltjarnarnes, Seltjarnarnes.
2002    Would you know yet more? / Vituð ér enn-eða hvat? Althingi.
        Iceland Parliament, Reykjavik.
2001    Tungukots-Mori. Hvammstangi Hospital, Hvammstangi.
1998    Great Auk / Geirfugl. City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik.

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honors
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2021   Reykjavik City Artist 2021 / Borgarlistamaður Reykjavíkurborgar
2018   The Order of the Falcon / Hin Íslenska fálkaorða
2005   Richard Serra Award. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
1999   The Iceland Department of Culture: The Gudmunda Kristinsdóttir Memorial Award
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work in public possession
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The National Gallery of Iceland
The Reykjavik Art Museum
Safn Art Collection
SPRON Art Collection
University of Icleland Art Collection
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
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performances
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Cock´s Egg, Art/music performance is a collaboration with composer Thuridur Jonsdottir.  Cock´s Egg has been performed among other places at:

2011    NORDIC MUSIC DAYS 2011. Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008    700IS. Experimental Video and Film Festival, Egilsstadir, Iceland
2008    Die Lange Nacht der Oper. Volksbuhne, Berlin
2007    Reykjavik Arts Festival. Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006    Icelandic Visual Arts Awards.  Akureyri Theater, Akureyri, Iceland
2005    Cock´s Egg, Installation (premiere). ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
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teaching
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2016         Professor, Iceland Academy of the Arts
2015         Visiting professor, Iceland Academy of the Arts
2006         Visiting professor, Iceland Academy of the Arts
2001-        Iceland Academy of the Arts
2006-15      Reykjavik Art School
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lectures
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University of Southern Maine, Portland Maine
University of Iceland
Einar Jónsson Museum
Musée du quai Branly, Paris
University of the Arts, Reykjavik.
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik.
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Hallgrímskirkja Church, Reykjavik.
Keflavik Church, Keflavik.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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theatre production
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2008    mammamamma. Stage setting and costume design. Open Out
Production, Hafnarfjordur Theater, Hafnarfjordur.