b. 1956
2000-2007
Professor at Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
1992-1997
Co-founder and co-director of “Second Floor” exhibition space, Reykjavik, Iceland (with Pétur Arason)
1983-1993
Director of Mixed Media Department of the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts
1979-1981
Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1976-1979
Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland
Co-founder and co-director of Gallerí Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
1974-1978
Reykjavík School of Art, Iceland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Jarðhæð / Ground Level, Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
2014
Skúrinn, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sleeper, Edinburgh, Scotland
Stöpullinn, ASÍ Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Ingólfur Arnarsson and Sachiko M, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013
Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
2012
1.h.v., Reykjavik, Iceland
2009
Sudsudvestur, Reykjanesbær, Iceland (with music by Ben Frost)
2007
Kubburinn, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland (with music by Stilluppsteypa)
2006
Sleeper, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005
Safn, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999
CCNOA, Bruxelles, Belgium
1996
Kjarvalsstadir, The Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
i8 Gallery 8, Reykjavik, Iceland
1995
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland
1993
Museum Moderner Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven, studio a, Otterndorf, Germany
1992
The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA (permanent installation)
1989
Galleri Krokur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Birgir Andrésson, Reykjavik, Iceland
1988
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1985
Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1983
Gangurinn, Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland
1982
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Rauda húsid, Akureyri, Iceland
1980
Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Nasasjón, Städtische Galerie Speyer, Speyer, Germany
Drawings, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany
OPNUN, Kling and Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016
Eggert Pétursson & Ingólfur Arnarsson, Gallerí Gestur, Reykjavik, Iceland
2015
Thurídur Rós Sigurthórsdóttir / Ingólfur Arnarsson, Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
2014
Andreas Karl Schulze / Ingólfur Arnarsson, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany
Nasasýn, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
Your Compound View, Listasafn Reykjavikur, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011
Faster and Slower Lines – From the Collection of Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
Nasasynir, Olschewski & Behm, Frankfurt, Germany
2010
Iceland Hits Donube, Kunsthalle Krems, Donau festival, Germany
Straumur Burdarás, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
2009
Fokhelt, Breidakur 17-19, Gardabær, Iceland
2008
Open, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007
Levity, Drawing Center, New York, USA
2006
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour von Karin Sander, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
2004
IS/NZ, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany
2003
Woolenmaiden Hus, project by Ólöf Björnsdóttir, Dublin, Ireland
Telling a work of art (project by Karin Sander), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2002
Converter Project 2, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001
CAMP, Lejre, Denmark
Drawing Iceland, Galeri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Naumhyggja, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000
Árátta, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland
Solitude im Museum/Solitude au musée, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Musée d´art moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
vis-á-vis, Galerie Januar e.V., Bochum, Germany
hvít, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996
(Antarctica) Brahma, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1995
Donald Judd and Artist Friends, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Icelandic abstract art-under review, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Papierarbeiten, Köstring/Maier, Munich, Germany
1994
Ludwig Gosewitz and his Icelandic friends, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
1993
Räume für neue Kunst, Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal, Germany
1991
Kunstverein St. Gallen in Katharinen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kunst, Europa-Island, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Nordiska teckningar, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg, Helsinki, Finland (travelling exhibition)
1990
Norraena Húsid, Reykjavik, Iceland
1987
Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
Kex, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden; UKS, Oslo, Norway
1985
Aurora 1, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg, Helsinki, Finland
1984
Filiale, Basel, Switzerland
Iceland: The Art Revealed, Franklin Furnance, New York, USA
1983
Reykjavík-Amsterdam, Ter Weerszijden van de Meridiaan Museum, Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1981
St. Petri, Lund, Sweden
1979
Zona, Firenze, Italy
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
Art Museum of Isafjordur, Iceland
Museum Moderner Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven, Germany
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Michigan, USA
Safn, Reykjavík, Iceland