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Sea Lava Circle: Works from the Pétur Arason & Ragna Róbertsdóttir Collection
16 Jun - 30 Jul 2022 i8 Galleryi8 Gallery is pleased to present Sea Lava Circle: Works from the Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir Collection, which will be on view at the gallery from 16 June to...Read more -
No.9 Cork Street
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON, B. INGRID OLSON, RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR 4 - 20 Nov 2021 OtherAt Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, i8 Gallery will present an exhibition of work by three gallery artists: Birgir Andrésson, B. Ingrid Olson, and Ragna Róbertsdóttir. The exhibition opens on...Read more -
4 Parts Divided
SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON, IGNACIO URIARTE, RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR 6 Oct - 25 Nov 2016 i8 Gallery4 Parts Divided is an exhibition of four large-scale works, each of particular significance in the career of four different artists. The works are shown separately, each on view in...Read more -
Works on Paper
Birgir Andrésson, Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Ignacio Uriarte, Janice Kerbel, Karin Sander, Kristján Guðmunddsson, Lawrence Weiner, Ólafur Elíasson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir and more 5 Sep - 31 Oct 2013 i8 GalleryFeaturing 30 artists, Works on Paper uses the conventional subtitle as title to emphasize the exhibition’s shift in focus; from paper as merely media toward a wider interpretation for its...Read more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
The Infinite Day 20 Sep - 20 Oct 2012 i8 GalleryThe Infinite Day – a solo exhibition of works by Birgir Andrésson (1955–2007), features a selection of works from the artist´s estate, some of which have never been exhibited previously....Read more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
19 Apr - 10 May 2008 i8 GalleryBirgir Andésson (1955-2007) studied at the Icelandic College of Arts & Crafts and Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, Holland. During his lifetime Birgir actively exhibited around Scandinavia and Nothern Europe....Read more -
Summer Show
Ólafur Elíasson, Karin Sander, Roni Horn, Birgir Andrésson and more 20 Jul - 2 Sep 2006 i8 GalleryRead more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
19 Mar - 30 Apr 2004Read more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
29 Jan - 27 Feb 2000The Closets of the Icelandic Myth The best weapon against myth is probably to mythologize it and create a virtual myth: the new myth thus created will become a real...Read more
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Birgir Andrésson: As Far as the Eye Can See
Kjarvalsstaðir - Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 29 Jan - 15 May 2022As Far as the Eye Can See is a major survey of works by Birgir Andrésson at the Reykjavík Art Museum. The exhibition, curated by...Read more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON: The Infinite Day
Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland 6 - 15 Oct 2017Birgir Andrésson's 'The Infinite Day' (2005) was presented as an outdoor mural at Grandi in Reykjavik as part of the Sequences Art Festival 2017. The...Read more -
Birgir Andrésson: MOVING. NORMAN FOSTER ON ART
Carré d'art - Musée dárt Contemporain de Nimes, Nimes, France 3 May - 15 Sep 2013To mark Carré d'Art’s 20th birthday, Norman Foster has been invited to curate an anniversary exhibition to open on May 2nd 2013. This is an...Read more -
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON: THE YEAR IN ICELANDIC COLORS AND A FEW 90 MINUTES IN BLACK AND WHITE
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany 24 Apr - 31 Jul 2005The Museum Abteiberg presents Birgir Andrésson: THE YEAR IN ICELANDIC COLORS AND A FEW 90 MINUTES IN BLACK AND WHITE. This is the artist's first...Read more
b.1955, d. 2007
Born in the Westman Islands, Iceland
Lived and worked in Reykjavik
EDUCATION
1978-79 Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1973-77 Icelandic College of Arts & Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
As Far as the Eye Can See, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016
4 Parts Divided, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
The Northernmost North, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tölt, The Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013
Tölt, Nordic Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Tölt, Kulturhaus Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany
2012
The Infinite Day, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
STARS DON´T STAND STILL IN THE SKY: A Tribute to Lawrence Weiner, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Sea Lava Circle: Works from the Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir Collection, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
2021
Birgir Andrésson, B. Ingrid Olson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, i8 Gallery at No.9 Cork Street, London
2019
Wunderkammer, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
High & Low - Icelandic Contemporary Art, at Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Sequences Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
List Officinalis, Nesstofa, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Other Hats: Icelandic Printmaking, The International Print Centre, New York, USA; National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016
TEXT, Lisasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
KINGDOM - Flora, Faun, Fable, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
2014
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, Scandinavia House, New York, NY, USA
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA
2013
Works on Paper, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Unpredictables, Norman Foster et l'art contemporain, Carré d'art - Musée dárt Contemporain de Nimes, Nimes, France
Elemental, Boden Arts Center, Boden, Sweden
Magnetic North, Ratio 3, San Francisco, USA
2012
Air de Pied-à-terre, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, USA
Dissecting Nature, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, USA
