education
| 1991–1993 | MFA. Yale University, School of Art: Sculpture, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1989–1991 | MFA. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| 1985 | Gerrit Rietvelt Academie, Amsterdam |
| 1981–1985 | The Icelandic College of Art and Craft, Reykjavik |
solo exhibitions
| 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. Earth Homing/Reinventing Turfhouses, Ráðagerði, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland |
| 2017 | Sketched in the Atelier 1956. Made for dancer Unnur Gunnarsdóttir’s project I volunteer. Mengi, Reykjavik |
| 2017 | Tesur. Participatory art project. Hólar in Hjaltadal, Skagafjörður and Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavík. Collaboration with Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir |
| 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. Forystufjársetur/Leadersheep Museum, Þistilfjordur, Iceland |
| 2015 | Musée Islandique. Slunkaríki Edinborgarhús, Isafjordur, Iceland |
| 2014 | Nordatlantens Brygge. Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 2014 | Lusus naturae. Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. |
| 2013 | Gallery Skurinn. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2013 | En Thulé froiduleuse, aspects de la scène artistique islandaise contemporaine. Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
| 2012 | Musée Islandique. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
| 2011 | Fowlbanks and Four-leaf Clovers. Gallery Sudsudvestur,Reykjanesbær, Iceland |
| 2010 | Models. ASI Art Museum. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2010 | Leiðsla. Hallgrimskirkja Church, Reykavik, Iceland. |
| 2009 | Three Lambs and a Calf. Gallery Start Art, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2008 | The President’s Flagpole. Hrafnseyri, Iceland. |
| 2006 | Cock’s Egg IV. Tiere auf Grasshockern. Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany. |
| 2006 | Cocks’s Egg III. Gallery Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2005 | Iceland Specimen Collection. Gallery i8. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2005 | Coming Soon. With Kelly Parr. Bad Taste Gallery. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2005 | Cock’s Egg II. ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2004 | Cock’s Egg I. Safnasafnid, Svalbardseyri, Iceland. |
| 2003 | Foalds. National University Library of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2002 | Gold. Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2001 | Burp. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 1999 | nordAl. Kopavogur Art Gallery, Kopavogur, Iceland. |
| 1998 | Corpus dulcis. Gallery i8, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 1996 | White Ravens. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 1994 | Selfportait. Gerduberg Culture Center, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
group exhibitions (selected)
| 2021 | Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities. The Nordic House, Reykavik |
| 2018 | Experiment on Turf. Earth-Homing, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland |
| 2018 | Blossoming – Iceland’s 100 Years as a Sovereign State, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2018 | Glimpse, Pondicherry, India. |
| 2015 | Rolling Snowball 5 –CEAC, Djúpavogur, Iceland |
| 2014 | Saga – Narrative Art. Der Ruhrfestspiele. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany |
| 2014 | Contemporary Icelandic Portraits. Akyreyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland |
| 2013 | Under the Open Sky. Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2012 | True North: Contemporary Art of the Circumpolar North. Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA. |
| 2012 | Cyborgs: Strange Creatures and Creations. Kopavogur Art Gallery, Kopavogur, Iceland. |
| 2011 | In Between. Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Iceland. |
| 2011 | Circular Domain. 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, New York. |
| 2008 | Bi, Bi Iceland. Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland. |
| 2008 | New Fiber. Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. |
| 2007 | HOT HOUSE: expanding the field of fiber. Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. |
| 2007 | Fat. The Icelandic Seal Center, Hvammstangi, Iceland. |
| 2007 | Alas-nature. The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
| 2005 | Monsters. Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri, Iceland. |
| 2004 | Paralelle 64. Espace d´art Contemporain Gustave Fayet, Sérignan, France. |
| 2004 | Polis. Galerie Sztuki Wspoczesnej, Wroclaw, Poland. |
| 2004 | Arts Contemporani de Islandia -Des dels confins de la terra. La Capella, Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2003 | Icelandic Photography – Retrospective. Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2003 | New times in Icelandic Photography. Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2003 | Over the Bridge of Optimism. Reykjavik Art Gallery-Hafnarhus, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2002 | this.is not… Lorna, Vesturport, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2002 | Art Brussel. Gallery i8, Brussel, Brussel, Belgium. |
| 2001 | Ferdafuda. Galleri Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland. |
| 2000 | The Seven Virtues in Ancient and Modern Times. Stekkjargjá, Þingvellir, Iceland. |
| 1999 | The New Fin-de-Siécle Generation. The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 1998 | The Coastline. Reykjavik Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 1998 | Under the Flesh. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
honors
| 2005 | Richard Serra Award. National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik. |
| 1999 | Sjova-Almennar Culture Award. Sjova-Almennar, Reykjavik. |
| 1999 | The Gudmunda Kristinsdóttir Art Award. City of Reykjavik and Reykjavik Art Museum’s Errósafn (Erro’s official collection), Reykjavik. |
| 1998 | Penninn Art Award. Penninn, Reykjavik. |
National Artists Fellowship: The Iceland Department of Culture. 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019
work in public possession
The National Gallery of Iceland
The Reykjavik Art Museum
Safn Art Collection
SPRON Art Collection
University of Icleland Art Collection
Cranbrook of Art Museum
permanent installations
| 2021 | Eye / Auga Hamrahlid College. Reykjavik |
| 2020 | Hella Rock. Eastern Prominade, Portland, Maine |
| 2014 | Þúfa. Reykjavik Harbor, Reykjavik. |
| 2007 | Birds of the Sky. Church of Isafjordur, Isafjordur, Iceland. |
| 2007 | Briet Bjarnhedinsdottir Memorial. City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2005 | Cupstone. Town of Seltjarnarnes, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. |
| 2002 | Would you know yet more? Althingi. Iceland Parliament, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2001 | Tungukots-Mori. Hvammstangi Hospital, Hvammstangi, Iceland. |
| 1998 | Great Auk. City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
performance
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, Germany |
| 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 |
teaching
| 2016- | Professor Fine Art, The Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 2015 | Guest professor Fine Art, The Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 2006- | Reykjavik Art School, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2006 | Visiting professor, The Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 2001- | The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland |
lectures and seminars
Nordatlantens Brygge, seminar 2015, Copenhagen, Iceland
Musée du quai Branly, París, France
National Gallery of Iceland, seminar 2012, Reykjavik, Iceland
Keflavik Church, Keflavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik,Iceland
Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
theatre production
| 2008 | mammamamma. Stage setting and costume design. Open Out Production, Hafnafjordur Theater, Hafnafjordur. |