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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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
2015 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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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.