GUÐRÚN VERA HJARTARDÓTTIR
Born: 06. 12. 1966 in Reykjavík, Iceland
Telephone: +354 863 3763
e.mail: gudvera@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2009-11 Art Academy of Iceland – Art-teacher (MA)
2004-05 Waldorf/ Rudolf Steiner Pedagogical Studies, Teacher training
1991-94 AKI-Akademie voor beeldend Kunst, Enschede, Holland. (BA)
1987-91 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts.
1986-87 The Reykjavík Art School.
GRANTS/STIPENDS
1994 The annual Penninn prize for young artists in Iceland.
2001 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
2004 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
2005 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
The grant from the fund in memory of Guðmunda S. Kristinsdóttir/Erro, appointed to young female artist.
Reykjavik culture grant
Visual Artists Fund
2007 Kópavogur culture grant
2015 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund, travel grant
2017 Icelandic Visual Arts Fund.
2018 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
2020 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
Icelandic Visual Arts Fund.
2022 Official Grant from the Icelandic government, art fund for six months.
Icelandic Visual Arts Fund.
SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
1994 Gallery Made in Heaven, Utrecht, Holland.
1995 De Molen, Hengelo, Holland.
1996 Gallery 20fm, Reykjavík.
1997 Gallery+, Akureyri
1998 Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
2000 “Mother earth”, Nælon and jarðaber-fashion store, Reykjavík
“Wall-tattoos”, Ten homes in Reykjavík
The Corridor, Reykjavík
2001 “Roots”, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavík
2004 “Waiting for a masterpiece”, Gerðarsafn -Art Museum Kópavogur
2005 “Growth”, Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður
“On the edge” The Icelandic folk art museum, Svalbarðsströnd
“Welcome to the world of mankind”, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík
2007 “Happy days” Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik.
“Happy days II; Experiences of the double”, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
2008 Spectator, Deiglan Akureyri.
2013 One upon a now…, Akureyri art museum.
2015 Inter-Esse, The Kitchen Auf der Höhe, Dornach, Swiss.
2017 Backroom, Showroom Skothús, Reykjavík.
2018 Dear future, SÍM showroom, Reykjavík.
2019 Umhverfing, In Snæfellsnes, Iceland.
2020 Musica Universalis, Gerningur. Klambratún/Kjarvalstaðir, Reykjavík
SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1991 “Lost...age”, Reykjavík
1992 “Sex”, Villa Lobos, Enschede, Holland
1993 “ Noordelijke Verbeelding”, Iceland Gallery, Den Haag, Holland
“The Garden”, De Barak, Enchede, Holland
1994 Cultureel Centrum,Enschede, Holland.
“Suspicious Garden”, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
“Outlawed”, Shad Thames galleries, London
1995 “NOTK”, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Holland
Gallery Greip, Reykjavík
1996 “13 artists”, Cultural Center, Grindavík
Municipal Museum, Reykjavík
1998 “UM´98", Hveragerði
“In the flesh”, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
1999 “Suspicious Garden II”, ASÍ Museum, Reykjavík
2000 “Land-Art”, Reykjavík
2001 “Ferðafura”, Slúnkaríki, Ísafirði
2002 “My body is over the ocean”, Alma löv Museum, Svíðþjóð
“Ferðafuða”, Vestmanneyjar
“Gallerí Hlemmur”, Gerðarsafni, Kópavogiur
2003 “Ferðafuða” Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður.
“Gallery Hlemmur”, Kosningarskrifstofa Samfylkingarnar, Lækjargötu, Reykjavík
“Fellingar”, Þjóðarbókhlaða og Kvennasögusafn, Reykjavík
“Ferðafuða”, Listasafni Reykjavíkur - Kjarvalstaðir, Reykjavík
“Over the bridge of optimism”, Listasafn Reykjavíkur - Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík.
2004 “Fruit of Darkness”, Skaftfell, Seyðisförður.
“Sacredness”, Art Museum ASÍ, Reykjavík.
“New Icelandic art”, The National Gallery, Reykjavík.
2005 “But the exciting aspect is to organize matter“, Gallery Area 53, Vienna, Austria.
“Beijing Biennale“, Beijing, China.
2006 “Apple”, Broadway Gallery, New York City, USA
“Something beautiful” Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavík.
2008 Ekvilenjica, Art radionicalazarete, Dubrovnik, Króatía.
2009 "Possibilities", Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhúsid.
„Looking at others“, Umjetnicki paviljon u Zagreb, Króatía.
„A Journey to the center“, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA.
„Rhyme“, Listasafn Reykjavíkur Ásmundarsafn.
2012 Safnasafnið, Svalbarðarströnd.
2013 Under the naked sky, performance with Sigrun Úa Gunnardottir Listahátíd Reykjavíkur,
2014 Contemporary portrait, Listasafnid á Akureyri.
2015 Inter-Esse, ásamt Sigrúnu Gunnarsdóttur, The Kitchen auf der Höhe, Dornach,
Sviss.
2018 The society of the common good, GGG-studios Basel, Sviss.
2019 Lots of tiny people, Art Museum Kópavogur - Gerðarsafn
2021 Blátt plan“Áminning um elstu verur jarðar” Gerningur PLAN-B Listahátíð Borganesi
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Museum Reykjavík
Art Museum Kópavogur - Gerðarsafn
The Icelandic folk art museum
Iceland air collection
National Gallery of Iceland