Sigga Björg Sigurdardottir

*1977 REYKJAVIK / ISLAND, LEBT UND ARBTEITET IN REYKJAVIK


2002 – 2004 MFA, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, GLASGOW / SCHOTTLAND

1997 – 2001 BA FINE ART, ICELANDIC ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN, REYKJAVIK


PREISE UND STIPENDIEN

2008 professional artists salaries, the icelandic government, ministry of culture

2007 creative development grant, the scottisch arts council

2007 grant towards a solo show in new york, myndstef, island

2006 THE WOOLLEN GLOVE, ARTIST AWARD, THE ICELANDIC ART ACADEMY, MUGGUR, TRAVELING GRANT FOR A SOLO SHOW IN GALERIE CLARK, MONTREAL

2005 SVAVAR GUDNASON AND ASTA EIRIKSDOTTIR, PRAINTING GRANT, THE ICELANDIC ART MUSEUEM, MUGGUR, TRAVELING GRANT FOR BERLINER LISTE 

2005 MINNINGARSJODUR MARGRETAR, ARTIST GRANT


EINZEL- (E) UND AUSGEWÄHLTE GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN

2010 junge kunst e.v., wolfsburg (e)

2010 yancey richardson gallery, project gallery, new york

2010 7001s film festival, egilsstadir

2010 kiss of life, the glue factory, glasgow international festival of visual

          art,  glasgow

2010 coloursynthesis, listasafn reykjavikur - reykjavik art museum, reykjavik

2010 buy what you love, jack shainman gallery, new york (kuratiert von the rema

          hort mann foundation)

2009 cheese, velsmidjan factory, neskauptstadur

2009 running time: artist films in scotland 1960 to now, national galleries of

          scotland, dean gallery, edinburgh

2009 fishfocus festival: dark star. iceland videoart between performance,      

          music and animation, rome film festival, rome (kuratiert von hari valbonesi)

2009 x. no soul for sale, a festival of independents, x initiative, new york

2009 last day of magic, scalamata gallery at the 53rd venice biennial´s official

          satellite project "dÉtournement", Venice

2009 bad moon rising 4, galerie sans titre, brussels

2009 candybar, galeria 13, mexiko city

2009 lennon and baktus, mosfellsbaer art space, mosfellsbaer

2008 zedrik, 101 gallery, reykjavik, island (e)

2008 demon darling, kunstverein uelzen, uelzen (mit michael nitche)

2008 phantakalifragilistigexpialigetisch, galerie adler, frankfurt

2008 salem, castlefield gallery, manchester

2008 a jadrinum, film archive, wellington, new zealand

2008 winter07, gallery specta, kopenhagen

2008 the teardrop explodes, stadtgalerie schwaz, schwaz

2008 into the woods tonight, parrotta contemporary art, Stuttgart und berlin

2008 TOMORROW ALWAYS BELONGS TO US, GOTEBORGS KONSTHALL, GOTEBORG, SWEDEN

2008 CASTLEFIELD GALLERY, MANCHESTER - MIT RUTH BARKER, ERICA EYRES, NIALL MCDONALD

2007 THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, STADTGALERIE SCHWAZ, SCHWAZ

2007 WINTER 07, GALLERI SPECTA, KOPENHAGEN, DENMARK

2007 A JADRINUM, FILM ARCHIVE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (KURATIERT VON DR. L. EMMERLING)

2007 THREE PART HARMONY: DEFINITION, DELICACY AND DETAIL IN DRAWING, CURATOR’S OFFICE, WASHINGTION (KURATIERT VON ANDREA POLLAN UND FRED OGNIBENE)

2007 DCA DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS, DUNDEE / UK

2007 REDUCE TO MAX, RÖMERAPOTHEKE, ZÜRICH

2007 GALERIE ADLER, NEW YORK (E)

2006 VIDEO KILLED THE PAINTING STAR, CCA GLASGOW / SCHOTTLAND

2006 THE MAGIC LANTERN, CCA GLASGOW / SCHOTTLAND

2006 ICELANDIC PAINTING SINCE 1980, ICELANDIC ART MUSEUM, REYKAVIK

2006 THE SQUARE ROOT OF DRAWING, TEMPLE BAR GALLERY, DUBLIN

2006 THE UN-HOMELY, GALERY ADLER, FRANKFURT

2006 ICELANDIC ART IN THE 3RD MILLENIUM, REYKJAVIK ART MUSEUM, REYKJAVIK

2006 AKUTELLE VIDEOKUNST AUS ISLAND, KW INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, BERLIN

          ARTIST FILM SCRENING, THE OPEN EYE CLUB, GLASGOW / SCHOTTLAND

2006 EINE STENE, IN DER KUNST ENTSTEHT: ISLAND, KUNSTVEREIN LANGENHAGEN, LANGENHAGEN

2006 LINIE DINA4 PROJEKTE, MÜNCHEN

2006 WRONG HOUSE, WASHINGTON (E)

2006 GARCIA GALLERY, GLASGOW / SCHOTTLAND (E)

2006 GALERIE ADLER, FRANKFURT (E)

2006 CENTRE D’ART ET DE DIFFUSION CLARK, MONTREAL / KANADA (E)

2005 BOX GALLERY, AKUREYRI ISLAND (E)

2005 DWARF GALLERY, REYKJAVIK (E)

2005 THE TRAP AND THE ROPE, THE JAIL GALLERY, GLASGOW

2005 ZOO ART FAIR, THE GREAT UNSIGNED, LONDON

2005 INTERRUPTION WITH SIGGA BJÖRG AND LAURENCE ELLIOT, THE BRICK FACTORY, STOCKHOLM

2005 CRAVING YOUR INDULGENCE, THE GREAT UNSIGNED, LONDON

2005 BERLINVASION, WITH KLINK AND BANK, BERLINER LISTE, BERLIN

2005 LYS OVER LOLLAND, SENGLANDKERFABRIKKEN, LOLLAND / DENMARK

2005 TIVOLI GROUP SHOW, LISTASAFN ARNESINGA, HVERAGERDI, ISLAND

2005 KRUTT ART FESTIVAL, LYSUHOLL, SNAEFELLSNES, ISLAND

2005 THE LIVING ART MUSEUM, REYKJAVIK

2005 BY PROXY, BROADWAY GALLERY, NEW YORK

2005 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, UTS GALLERY, SYDNEY

2005 BLOC, THE COUNTY HALL GALLERY, LONDON

2004 GALLERY VESTURVEGGUR, SKAFTFELL, SEYDISFIORDUR / ISLAND (E)

2004 NOONDAY DEMONS, CCA – CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, GLASGOW

2004 THE SECRET SHOW, GULBENKIAN GALLERIES, RCA, LONDON

2004 THE WINTER MASS, THE NORDIC HOUSE, REYKJACIK

2004 THE OTHER PEOPLE SHOW, THREE COLTS GALLERY, LONDON

2004 THE DREAMS OF DYSTOPIA, KLINK AND BANK, REYKJAVIK

2004 MFG GLASGOW, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

2004 GLASGOW ART FAIR, GLASGOW

2003 INTERNATIONAL DRAWING RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHOW, CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BEIJING – XIANG, CHINA

2003 INTERIM SHOW, MACHINTOSH GALLERY, GLASGOW SCHOOL ART, GLASGOW

2002 THE OPEN GALLERY, CO FOUNDER OF A TRAVELING GALLERY IN COLLABORATION WITH VIDHOFN, REYKJAVIK

2001 AROUND THE COUNTRY, RECIDENCY ENDED WITH A SHOW, THE OLD POST OFFICE, VIK I MYRDAL, ISLAND

2001 FLYING OVER HEKLA, KJARVALSTADIR, REYKJAVIK ART MUSEUM, REYKJAVIK

2001 GROUB EXHIBITION, LAUGARVEGUR 25, REYKJAVIK

2000 THE WINDOW, GALLERY SAEVAR KARL, REYKJAVIK (E)

2000 TEN DISAPPOINTMENTS, GALLERY NEMA HVAD, REYKJAVIK (E)

2000 PAINTING EXHIBITION, THE YELLOW HOUSE, REYKJAVIK

2000 DRAWING EXHIBITION, KAELIRINN, LAUGARNES, REYKJAVIK

1998 FUTURAMA GALLERY GEYSI, HITT HUSID, REYKJAVIK

1997 THE TEENAGER IN THE FOREST, GALLER NEMY HVAD, REYKJAVIK

1992 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP, NORDIC TRAVELLING EXHIBITION


PERFORMANCE


2005 DISKO TRANCE FROM BEYOND, DANCE-MUSIC-VIDEO, ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT ASDIS SIF, GUNNARSDOTTIR AT KLINK AND BANK, REYKJAVIK UND BERLINER LISTE

2002 MALFUR SKINNYTOE, EIN PUPPENTHEATER, ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT KIRA KIRA UND DEN ISLANDIC KITCHEN MOTORS, ICA, LONDON

2002 TJARNARBIO, REYKJAVIK

2002 THE BLANC CANVAS, LEEDS, ENGLAND


SAMMLUNGEN


reyklavik art museum, reykjavik

VICKY HUGHES AND JOHN SMITH, LONDON

SAMMLUNG REYDAN WEISS, ESSEN

ZABLUDOWICZ ART TRUST, LONDON

KUNSTHAUS, ZÜRICH