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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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 -
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
10 Jun - 28 Aug 2021 i8 Galleryi8 Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of works by Icelandic artist Ragna Róbertsdóttir opening 10 June 2021. This is the artist’s fourth solo show with the gallery,...Read more -
Late Summer Show
Margrét H. Blöndal, Ásgerður Búadóttir, Eyborg Guðmundsdóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir frá Munkaþverá, Arna Óttarsdóttir, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Karin Sander, Júlíana Sveinsdóttir 22 Aug - 19 Oct 2019 i8 GalleryRead 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 -
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
Seascapes 17 Jan - 9 Mar 2013 i8 Gallery“The day will end, and Phoebus will bathe his weary horses in the deep, before my words can do justice to all that has been translated into new forms.” -...Read more -
Winter Show
Karin Sander, Þór Vigfússon, Ólafur Elíasson, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Kristján Guðmundsson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Ragnar Kjartansson, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Lawrence Weiner and more 13 Dec 2008 - 10 Jan 2009 i8 GalleryNew works by Karin Sander, Þór Vigfússon, Kelly Jazvac, Ólafur Elíasson, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Finnbogi Pétursson, Ívar Valgarðsson, Guðrún Einarsdóttir, A.K Dolven, Kristján Guðmundsson, Hrafnkell Sigurðsson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Ragnar...Read more -
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
Landscape for All 8 Nov - 13 Dec 2007 i8 GalleryRagna Róbertsdóttir is a landscape artist; however, her works are not images of landscape, she brings landscape into exhibition spaces and private homes. Her works are made from natural materials:...Read more -
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
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Kristján Guðmundsson & Ragna Róbertsdóttir: Experiments in Concretism
EMMA, Espoo 6 Mar 2024 - 2 Mar 2025EMMA’s collection exhibition offers a fresh take on the long tradition and contemporary forms of concrete art. Featuring work by more than fifty artists, the...Read more -
Ragna Róbertsdóttir: Buffalo AKG collection exhibition
Buffalo, New York 12 Jun 2023 - 12 Jun 2024Two works by Ragna Róbertsdóttir have been acquired by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. “Untitled” (1987), one of the two works in the museum’s collection, is featured in the inaugural installation of the museum currently on view.Read more -
Ragna Róbertsdóttir: Out of time
XIX Biennale Donna, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy 26 Mar - 29 May 2022Ragna Róbertsdóttir is opening tomorrow, 27 March 2022, at the Biennale Donna in Ferrara, Italy. The show, titled 'Out of Time. Ripartire dalla natura', includes...Read more -
Ragna Róbertsdóttir: Contact
What's Normal 2021, Online Exhibition 10 Dec 2021RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR is featured in Gregory Volk's online exhibition “Contact'. As part of 'What is Normal’, an online curatorial platform founded in the pandemic by...Read more
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ETERNAL RECURRENCE
Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik Art Museum 27 Mar - 19 Sep 2021In this extensive exhibition, the works of Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) create a thread which connects different periods in time. His art is displayed along...Read more -
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR: BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND TIDE
The Living Art Museum 24 Mar - 18 May 2018The Living Art Museum proudly presents the exhibition Ragna Róbertsdóttir Between mountain and tide, opening March 24, 2018 at 4pm. The exhibition considers works in...Read more -
Ragna Róbertsdóttir: Patterns of Energy
Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 3 Sep - 31 Oct 2004An extensive retrospective of Ragna Róbertsdóttir, presenting both new and older works made in Icelandic rock, lava, pumice, crushed shell and soil. An exhibition catalog...Read more
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 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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Looking Inward, Looking Outward: 140 years of the National Gallery of Iceland, the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
A Seed Grown From Stone, SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland
Experiments in Concretism, EMMA, Espoo, Finland
2023
Kaleidoscope, Icelandic 20th Century Art, Reykjavík Art Museum/Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland
Opening, Gallery Hillibilly, Y Gallery, Kópavogur, Iceland
Collection Exhibition, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York, United States
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 SKY: A 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' Daughter, Person'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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Frieze London 2024
The Regent's Park 9 - 13 Oct 2024For our Frieze 2024 stand, i8 Gallery presents works by four artists with Icelandic roots central to our program: Ólafur Elíasson, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Eggert Pétursson,...Read more -
CHART 2024
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 29 Aug - 1 Sep 2024i8 Gallery's presentation at Chart 2024 features artworks by established artists associated with the gallery’s history. The exhibition showcases important works from each artist’s respective...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
Miami Beach Convention Center 6 - 10 Dec 2023i8 Gallery's presentation for Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 features artists who are key figures within the gallery's history from past to present.Read more -
Frieze London 2020
8 - 11 Oct 2020Read more