Overview

Ragna Róbertsdóttir’s practice explores identity, materiality, and time, as well as natural and architectural histories. Róbertsdóttir is best known for her minimal sculptures and installations, which often comprise elements inherent to the Icelandic environment, such as lava rock, salt, turf, and clay.

 

Ragna Róbertsdóttir (b. 1945, Iceland) currently lives and works between Reykjavík and Berlin. Róbertsdóttir has exhibited internationally throughout her career, and she has had major solo shows at venues including The Living Art Museum and the Reykjavik Art Museum. A monograph of her work from 1984-2017 was published by DISTANZ in 2018.
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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

 

2021

Ragna Róbertsdóttir, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2019

Ferocious Glitter, Gallerí Úthverfa / Outvert Art Space, Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland

Configured LandscapesPersons 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

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2023

A Meeting with Eldfell, Safnahús Vestmannaeyja, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

hvað var - hvað er  - hvað verður? ARS LONGA, Djúpivogur, Iceland

A Line has Time in it - Revision, Persons Project, Berlin, Germany

 

2022

STARS DON´T STAND STILL IN THE SKYA Tribute to Lawrence Weiner, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Nr 4 Umhverfing / No 4 Around, Academy of the sense, Westfjords, Iceland

Volcanic Protector (m:an), Ratskeller - Galerie Fur Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany, curator Julia Wirxel 

Notes from a Seamstress' DaughterPerson's Projects, Berlin, Germany
Out of Time, X1X Woman Biennial, Palazzo Massari, Padiglione d´arte contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy

 

2021

Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection, Cloud Seven, Brussels

Contact, What's Normal 2021, online, curator Gregory Volk

Birgir Andrésson, B. Ingrid Olson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, i8 Gallery at No.9 Cork Street, London

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

 

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