b. 1945 in Reykjavik
Lives and works in Reykjavik
EDUCATION
1970 - 1971
Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
1963 - 1970
The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Iceland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Ferocious Glitter, Gallerí Úthverfa / Outvert Art Space, Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland
Configured Landscapes, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
2018
Between Mountain and Tide, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016
Four Parts Divided, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Bakkabíó, Places, curated by Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and Eva Ísleifsdóttir, Arnarfjörður, Iceland
2015
Sensible Nature - CULTURESCAPES Iceland, Natural Science Museum, Basel, Switzerland
2014
THE LIGHT OF DAY - MAGMA WORKS, Lawrence Weiner & Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Safn Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Curator: Katharina Wendler
2013
Seascape, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Seascape, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2012
Fjords, with Harpa Árnadóttir, Bíldudalur, Iceland. Curator: Markús Thor Andrésson
2010
Mindscape, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2008
Recursive Shadows, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Ulrich Ruckriem, Alan Charlton, Bury Art Gallery Museum + Archives, Bury, UK
2007
Landscape for all, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Eternal Eruption, with Birgir Andrésson, Safn, Reykjavík, Iceland
Cairn Gallery, Fife, Scotland
2005
Vault Series Focus: Ragna Róbertsdóttir, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
2004
Patterns of Energy, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Patterns of Energy, Chinese Europian Art Center, Xiamen, China
2003
At the Threshold of Visibility, The National Gallery of Iceland , Reykjavík, Iceland
2002
Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Studio A, Ottendorf. Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, Germany
2001
A Longing for Landscape, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Cairn Gallery, with Sólveig Adalsteinsdóttir, Nailsworth, UK
2000
Sleeper, Edinburgh, UK
1999
Katla, The Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland
Two Landscapes, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
1998
Quintate/Fimmt, Gerðarsafn - Kopavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
1997
Islandische Positionen der Gegenwart, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
1996
Tehús, Vesturgata 3, Reykjavik, Iceland
i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Byinstallationar, Hordaland Prosject Galleri, Bergen, Norway
1994
Hekla, La Base, Levallois, France
1993
Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Iceland
Portid, Intenational Art Festival, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
1992
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1991
We Won´t Party Alone, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1990
Guachen, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989
Krókur, Reykjavík, Iceland
1988
Birgir Andrésson´s gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
The Window Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
The Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
1987
Four Installations, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Corridor, Reykjavík, Iceland
1986
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Eternal Recurrence, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
2020
Sjóndeildarhringur, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Searching for the Shapes Within, Persons Project, Berlin, Germany
Greetings Across The Ocean, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
Listþræðir, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hafið - Reflections of the Sea, Felleshus, Berlin, Germany
Structure and Order : Draft of Contemporary Art History in Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019
Late Summer Show, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018
Cyclic Repetitions, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
No man's land - where beauty alone reigns, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Curator: Markús Thór Andrésson.
Earth homing : reinverting turf houses, Grótta, Iceland. Curator: Annabelle von Girsewald
2017
KUNSTRAUM. WASSERWERK, Siegburg, Germany
2016
KINGDOM - Flora, Fauna, Fable, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland. Curator: Markús Thór Andrésson
How Space Turns, Western Gallery - Washington University, Bellingham (WA), USA. Curator: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
2015
The Transportation Business, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, USA. Curator: Gregory Volk
Cubit 1, Safn, Reykjavik, Iceland. Curator: Birta Gudjónsdóttir
Points of View, The Culture House, Reykjavik, Iceland. Curator: Markús Thór Andrésson
Wie Raum Wird / Synthesis, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany. Curator: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Ich kann auch anders, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottendorf, Germany
Natural Affairs, QuadrArt Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria. Curator: Christel Schuppenhauer
2014
Your Compound View, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Synthesis, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland. Curator: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Rolling Snowball 5, Chinese European Art Center, Djúpivogur, Iceland
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, Scandinavia House, New York, NY, USA
2013
Elemental, Havremagasinet / Boden Art Center, Boden Sweden. Curator: Gregory Volk
Chance Encounters, Museum of Design and Applied Art, Reykjavík, Iceland
Black / White, Galerie Hamish Morrison, Berlin, Germany
Wieder Sehen, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottendorf, Germany
Works on paper, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012
The Power of Passage, Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Iceland. Curator: Hafthor Yngvason
Seeing Red, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition of Monochromes, Artíma Gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland. Curator: Marteinn T.
Tausen
Nautn og Notagildi, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Carnegie Art Award 2012, Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland;
Sophienholm Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Outdoor Excursions, Burlington City Arts, Vermont, USA. Curator: Gregory Volk
Birgir Andrésson and Friends, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
Rolling Snoball 2 Quan Zhou, Quan Zhou, China
2010
Fokus Lódz Biennale 2010, Lódz, Poland
Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2009
The Dialogue, CEAC 10 years anniversary exhibition, Xiamen, China
Central Periphery, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Alan Johnston
SNO 48, SNO, Contemporary Art Project, Sydney, Australia
Japan, Slewe, Amsterdam, Holland
Lífróður, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Curators: Dorothée Kirch and Markús Thór Andrésson
2008
Big, Big Bangs/Small, Small Bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Confronting the Image, Elements of MOCA, Bejing, China
Gesten War Heute Ist, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottendorf, Germany
Edges of Darkness, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2007
Just Print, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
A North Light-Cynosure the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
Agitation and Repose, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA. Curators: Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
Contemporary Scandinavian Art, SMoCA, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
2006
13 women, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland (part of Reykjavik Art Festival)
Hin blíðu Hraun, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
Crystal Grey, Safn, Reykjavík Iceland; Peacock visual arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2005
Surface Charge, VCUarts Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Curators: Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
Jylland, Arhus Kunstbygning, Arhus, Denmark
Kaleidoscope, Osaka Contempoary Art Center, Osaka, Japan. Curator: Alan Johnston
2004
Home Extension, University Art Museum, Albany, USA Curators: Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
Enviroment and Nature, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003
Safn, Opening Exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland
This I Want to See, with Ingibjörg Sólrún, Gerðuberg Cultural Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002
Three Walls, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Three Walls, Galerie Michael Zink, Munchen, Germany
2001
Minimalism, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Painting and Painting, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Sweden
Confronting Nature, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
Camp Lejre, Lejre, Denmark
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Drawing Iceland, Gallerie 54, Gothenburg, Sweden. Curator: Harpa Árnadóttir
Göteborgs internationella konstbiennal, Gothenburg, Sweden
2000
Solitude au musée, Musée d'art moderne de St.- Etienne, France
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Solitude im Museum, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
White Axis, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
Árátta, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
Bedrock, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
White Axis, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
1999
The Volcano Gate, with Finnbogi Pétursson, i8 Gallery at the Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain and STHLM Art Fair,
Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
Forme Claire, Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Microwave, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, USA
Paintings Now II, Galerie Schuppenhauer, Köln, Germany
Umedalen skulptur 99, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Centre Régional D'Art Contemporain, Séte, France
1998
Galerie Peter Lindner, Wien, Austria
i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
A 4, Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
1997
Á seyði, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
A 4, Gallery Otto Plonk, Bergen, Norway
1996
Snagar, Galleri Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland
Vision and Reality, Gallery Gúlp, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995
Umedalen Skulptur 95, Umedalen, Sweden
Icelandic Abstract Art - Under Review, The Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
La Hora Del Norte, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
1994
Drift 94, Art in Landscape, Lista Lighthouse Gallery, Norway
New Acquisitions, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
1992
The Greatness of Smallness, Aarhus Artmuseum, Denmark
1991
Kunst Europa, Island, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany
1990
The End of the Century, Museum for Decorativ and Applied Art, Moskow, Russia
1989
Two Faces of Iceland, Person and Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1988
Aldarspegill, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
5Dimensioner, Rohsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden; The Nordic House, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
1987
Scandinavia Today, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
1985
12e Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
1983
Listmunahúsid, Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
1982
Scandinavia Today, USA and Helsinki, Finland