| Margrét H.Blöndal
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| Born 1970, Reykjavík, Iceland
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| Education: |
| 1994-1997 MFA Mason Gross
School of the Arts, |
| Rutgers University, USA.
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| 1989-1993 BFAThe Icelandic
College of Arts and Crafts |
| 1986-1989 Art School of Reykjavik,
Iceland |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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| 2007 |
Mother´s Tank, Dublin, Ireland
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| 2005 |
Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basil,
Switzerland |
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Dandruff Space and Shroud,
Brooklyn, NY |
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Reykjavík Art Festival, curator
Jessica Morgan |
| 2004 |
Filiale Basil, Basil, Switzerland
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Safn, Reykjavík Iceland |
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2003
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Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri
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| 2002 |
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík,
Iceland |
| 2000 |
ınstitute of Visual Arts
INOVA, Milwaukee, USA |
| 1999 |
Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein,
Austria |
| 1998 |
Villa Minimo,Hannover, Germany
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Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík,
Iceland |
| 1996 |
Center Square Art Gallery,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J. |
| 1994 |
Livingston Gallery, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, N.J. |
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The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík,
Iceland |
| SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS: |
| 2006 |
PHANTASMAGORIA, La Celda
Contemporanea of the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexifo
City |
| 2005 |
Buenos Dias Santiage – an exhibition
as expedition, MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art Chile |
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Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Manitoba,
Canada
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FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII. Site-Ations,Lodz,
Poland |
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Tivolí The Museum of
Árnes, Iceland |
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New Icelandic Art. The
National Gallery of Iceland |
| 2004 |
Aldrei-nie-never, Berlin,Germany
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| 2003 |
Handlungsanweisungen / instructions
Kunsthalle Wien |
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DeVishal, Exhibition Space for Contempory
Art, Holland
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Wollenmaiden – HÚS Project
Gallerie,Dublin Ireland |
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Jimmie Durham´s workshop,Galerie
Sølvberget,Norway |
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The Nordic Biennal,Röda
Sten Galleriet,Göteborg,Sweden |
| 2002 |
Don, The Locker Plant,Marfa,Texas
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MYND The Municipal Galerie
of Reykjavík, Reykjavík |
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My Body is Over the Ocean,
Alma Löv Museum, Sweden |
| 2001 |
CAMP, Lejre,Danmark
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MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter,
Oslo, Norway |
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I would like to see... selected
by Sjón, Geruberg, Iceland |
| 2000 |
Non Stop Beautiful Ladies,
Marfa, Texas |
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This Earth is a Flower,
Construction in Process, Poland |
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Norden, Kunsthalle Wien,Austria
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From here to there,
Akademie Schloss Solitude,Germany |
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Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki
Cultural City 2000,Finland |
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Eisernes Haus 7/6 Österreich/Island,Graz,Austria
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Gallery Articule,Montréal,Canada
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| 1999 |
Kultur Bahnhof Eller,
Düsseldorf, Germany |
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7/6 Austria-Iceland,The
Living Art Museum, Reykjavík. |
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Summit,Galerie 5020,Salzburg,Austria
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Etwas,Kunstverein,Hannover,Germany
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| 1998 |
Vacation - a collaborative
installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörð and Gu’laugur K. Óttarsson,Gallery
Sævar Karl,Reykjavík,Iceland |
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Station to Station,The
Living Art Museum,Reykjavík. |
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-30/+60,The Municipal
Gallery of Reykjavík. |
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Gallery North,Copenhagen,Danmark
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Lundur,Lunds Konsthall,Sweden
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| 1997 |
Visual Arts´97 ,Hafnarhúsið,Reykjavík.
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A4Hlynur Hallsson,Otto
Plank Galleri,Bergen,Norway |
| 1996 |
MFA , 420 West Broadway,
N.Y. , N.Y. |
| 1995 |
17 Years,The Living
Art Museum,Reykjavík. |
| 1994 |
Gallery Greip,Reykjavík. |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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The National Museum of Iceland
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Die Neue Galerie,Graz,Austria
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The Artists´ Museum,Lodz,
Poland |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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NY Art Magasine January/February
2005 vol.N˚1/2. |
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Halldór BjörnRunólfsson:Hreinn
Fridfinnsson and his legacy. Skírnir, maí 02. |
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Eva Heisler: Out of Place
and Underfoot-On the Art |
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Margrét H. Blöndal
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NU: The Nordic Art Review,vol.
III NO. 1/01Brigitte Kölle: The |
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Geology of the Domestic. On
the works of Margrét H. Blöndal |
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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 |
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Flash Art. Vol XXXII n˚
204 January-Februari 1999. Halldór Björn |
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Runólfsson:Aperto Reykjavik
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| SELECTED WRITINGS:
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Once in a inward bay…contribution
to James Carl, Plot, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada,
March 2003. |
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Does she have to disappear,
Atopia, edited by Gavin Morrisson, Houston, Edinborg maí 2003. |
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Boil, simmer seethe and
stew, We are all Normal (and we want our freedom) a collection
of contemporary Nordic artists writings edited byKatya Sander &
Simon Sheikh. 2001 Black Dog Publishing Limited, Monkeydandruff -
Reykjavík spring 2000. |
| AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:
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| 2006 |
NKD Nordic Artists´ Centre
Dale, Norway |
| 2005 |
Art Omi, International Artists´ResidencyNy
USA |
| 2005 |
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
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| 2000 |
Artist in Residence, The Chinati
Foundation, Marfa,Texas |
| 2000 |
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 |