Born 1970, Reykjavík, Iceland
Lives and works in Reykjavík

EDUCATION

1997 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
1993 BFA The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts
1989 The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Iceland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, USA, curator Gavin Morrisson, forthcoming
2008
Nicolas Krupp Galleri, Basil with Daniel Hunziker, forthcoming
Project Room, Warehouse, Contemporary Art, Teramo, Italy
2007
Touching the Membrane, The Municipal Museum of Reykjavik
Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia
Sieves, Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2005
Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basil
Dandruff Space and Shroud, (with Roni Horn), NY
Material time work time life time, Reykjavík Art Festival, curated by Jessica Morgan
2004
Filiale Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Safn, Reykjavík Iceland
2003
Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri
2002
The Living Art Museum, Iceland
2000
Institute of Visual Arts INOVA, Milwaukee, USA
1999
Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
1998
Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996
Center Square Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J.
1994
Livingston Gallery, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland ArtOmi International Residency, Omi, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri
Manifesta 7, Trentino, Alto, Italy, curated by Adam Budak
Loftnet, Co-Lab, Copenhagen
Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City
2007
Skyldi ég vera _etta sjálfur, Ketilhusid, Akureyri, Iceland
2006
Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri
Ruin – A dangerous obsession and the culture of excess, Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin
Strip – images in line, Kunstverein Baselland / Muttenz-Switzerland, curated by Rolf Bier
2005
Buenos Dias Santiage – an exhibition as expedition, MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art Chile, curated by Jean-Paul Felleyand Olivier Kaeser Volcana, Icelandic Panorama, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Manitoba, Canada, curated by Kevin Kelly
FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII. Site-Ations, Lodz, Poland
Tivolí The Museum of Árnes, Iceland, curated by Markús Örn Andrésson and Thurídur Sigurdardóttir
New Icelandic Art. The National Gallery of Iceland
2004
Aldrei-nie-never, Galerie Kuckei-Kuckei Berlin, Germany
2003
Handlungsanweisungen / instructions a permanent public art installation, Kunsthalle Wien project space.
DeVishal, Exhibition Space for Contempory Art, Haarlem, Holland
Wollenmaiden – HÚS Project, Dublin Ireland
Jimmie Durham´s workshop, Eikaas Galerie, Jölster, Norway
The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Galleriet, Göteborg, Sweden
2002
Don, The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas
MYND, The Municipal Galerie of Reykjavík, Reykjavík Art Festival
My Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Löv Museum, Sweden
2001
CAMP, Lejre, Danmark
MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
I would like to see... selected by Sjón, Gerduberg, Iceland
2000
Non Stop Beautiful Ladies, Marfa, Texas
This Earth is a Flower, Construction in Process, Poland
Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
From here to there, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Finland
Eisernes Haus 7/6 Österreich/Island, Graz, Austria
Gallery Articule, Montréal, Canada
1999 Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
7/6 Austria-Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
Etwas, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Vacation - a collaborative installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudlaugur K. Óttarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998
Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
-30/+60, The Municipal Gallery of Reykjavík, Iceland
Gallery North, Copenhagen, Danmark
Lundur, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden
1997
Visual Arts´97 , Hafnarhúsid, Reykjavík, Iceland
A4 Hlynur Hallsson, Otto Plank Galleri, Bergen, Norway
1996
MFA , 420 West Broadway, N.Y. , N.Y.
1995
17 Years, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994
Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Die Zeit July 24th Luca Di Blasi Beiläufig, berührend
- LIST #19 Icelandic Artists at the Roving European Biennial: Manifesta 7
- LIST #18 Icelandic Art News Simple Enigmas: The Art of Margrét Blöndal
- Blackbird an online journal of literature and the arts, Fall 2007 vol. 6 No. 2
- ArtForum September 2007, Massimo Carboni: Margrét H. Blöndal, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo
- NY Art Magasine January/February 2005 vol.N?1/2. Halldór BjörnRunólfsson: Hreinn Fridfinnsson and his legacy.
- Skírnir, May 2002. Eva Heisler: Out of Place and Underfoot-On the Art of Margrét H. Blöndal
- NU: The Nordic Art Review, vol. III NO. 1/01 Brigitte Kölle: The Geology of the Domestic. On the works of Margrét H. Blöndal
- Art in America September 2001 Art on Ice. Gregory Volk: In a “remote” country growing rapidly more urban and cosmpolitan, Icelandic artists readily adopt-and meet global art-world standards
- Flash Art. Vol XXXII n? 204 January-Februari 1999. Halldór Björn Runólfsson: Aperto Reykjavik

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2008
Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards
2006
Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards
Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Artist´s Fund
NKD Nordic Artists´ Centre Dale, Norway
2005
Art Omi, International Artists´Residency Ny USA
One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund
2003
Half Year Stipendium from the Icelandic Artist´s Fund
2002
The Richard Serra Prize, Iceland
2000
Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund
1994-1996
Fulbright Scholarship
1995-1996
Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University