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 '...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
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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 ,...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
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
2019
Ferocious Glitter, Gallerí Úthverfa / Outvert Art Space, Ísafjarðarbær
Configured Landscapes, Persons Projects, Berlin
2018
Between Mountain and Tide, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
2016
Four Parts Divided, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
Bakkabíó, Places, curated by Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and Eva Ísleifsdóttir, Arnarfjörður
2015
Sensible Nature - CULTURESCAPES Iceland, Natural Science Museum, Basel
2014
THE LIGHT OF DAY - MAGMA WORKS, Lawrence Weiner & Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Safn Berlin, Berlin
2013
Seascape, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Seascape, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri
2012
Fjords, with Harpa Árnadóttir, Bíldudalur
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Elements, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
In the Undergrowth, Ars Longa, Djúpivogur
2024
Looking Inward, Looking Outward: 140 years of the National Gallery of Iceland, the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
A Seed Grown From Stone, SÍM, Reykjavík
Experiments in Concretism, EMMA, Espoo
2023
Kaleidoscope, Icelandic 20th Century Art, Reykjavík Art Museum/Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík
Opening, Gallery Hillibilly, Y Gallery, Kópavogur
Collection Exhibition, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York
A Meeting with Eldfell, Safnahús Vestmannaeyja, Vestmannaeyjar
hvað var - hvað er - hvað verður? ARS LONGA, Djúpivogur
A Line has Time in it - Revision, Persons Project, Berlin
2022
STARS DON´T STAND STILL IN THE SKY: A Tribute to Lawrence Weiner, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Nr 4 Umhverfing / No 4 Around, Academy of the sense, Westfjords
Volcanic Protector (m:an), Ratskeller - Galerie Fur Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Notes from a Seamstress' Daughter, Person's Projects, Berlin
Out of Time, X1X Woman Biennial, Palazzo Massari, Padiglione d´arte contemporanea, Ferrara
2021
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection, Cloud Seven, Brussels
Contact, What's Normal 2021, online
Birgir Andrésson, B. Ingrid Olson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, i8 Gallery at No.9 Cork Street, London
Eternal Recurrence, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
2020
Sjóndeildarhringur, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
Searching for the Shapes Within, Persons Project, Berlin
Greetings Across The Ocean, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen
Listþræðir, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
Hafið - Reflections of the Sea, Felleshus, Berlin
Structure and Order : Draft of Contemporary Art History in Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
2019
Late Summer Show, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
2018
Cyclic Repetitions, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
No man's land - where beauty alone reigns, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
Earth homing : reinverting turf houses, Grótta
2017
KUNSTRAUM. WASSERWERK, Siegburg
2016
KINGDOM - Flora, Fauna, Fable, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík
How Space Turns, Western Gallery - Washington University, Bellingham
2015
The Transportation Business, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York
Cubit 1, Safn, Reykjavik
Points of View, The Culture House, Reykjavik
Wie Raum Wird / Synthesis, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen
Ich kann auch anders, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottendor
Natural Affairs, QuadrArt Dornbirn, Dornbirn
2014
Your Compound View, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík
Synthesis, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík
Rolling Snowball 5, Chinese European Art Center, Djúpivogur
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah
Iceland: Artists Respond to Place, Scandinavia House, New York
2013
Elemental, Havremagasinet / Boden Art Center, Boden
Chance Encounters, Museum of Design and Applied Art, Reykjavík
Black / White, Galerie Hamish Morrison, Berlin
Wieder Sehen, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottendorf
Works on paper, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
2012
The Power of Passage, Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús
Seeing Red, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin
Exhibition of Monochromes, Artíma Gallerí, Reykjavík
Nautn og Notagildi, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerdi
Carnegie Art Award 2012, Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki; Sophienholm Lyngby, Copenhagen