Þór Vigfússon creates powerful objects with colour, texture, and reflection using prefabricated industrial materials. His deceptively simple works, primarily made of glass, plexiglass, mirrors, and Formica with monotone colour fields, push the boundaries between two- and three-dimensional works. Architecture and space play a vital role in their presentation. The works constantly change, eliciting intimate contemplation from the viewer. Vigfússon‘s geometric works are self-referential, singular, and ideal objects in the minimalist tradition, emphasizing the purification and simplification of the art form. They are both a reflection and a function of the inner rationalism of contemporary technological society.
Þór Vigfússon (b. 1954, Iceland) lives and works in Iceland. He studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik and Strichting De Vrije Academie, The Hague in 1978. Vigfússon has had solo exhibitions at Quint Gallery, San Diego, USA (2011); LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland (2003); Reykjavik Art Museum (2002) and at The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (1998). He was nominated for the Carnegie Art Award in 2008 (touring exhibition to Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Stockholm, London, Gothenburg and Carros, France).
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ÞÓR VIGFÚSSON
6 May - 4 Jun 2016 i8 GalleryArt, by its very nature and magic, can be at once simple and complex, fully on the surface while layered with depth and diverse connections. Whether it is constructed through...Read more -
HÖRÐUR ÁGÚSTSSON, CAMILLA LØW, SERGIO SISTER, ÞÓR VIGFÚSSON
19 Dec 2013 - 1 Feb 2014 i8 Galleryi8 Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of works by Hördur Ágústsson, Camilla Løw, Sérgio Sister and Thór Vigfússon – artists of four generations with similar sensibilities to form...Read more -
ÞÓR VIGFÚSSON
9 Sep - 16 Oct 2010 i8 GalleryThór Vigfússon (b. 1954) has for many years been investigating the interaction between art and its surroundings through works made of glass, plexi, mirrors, and formica. Commissioned for many recent...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 -
ÞÓR VIGFÚSSON
27 Oct - 23 Dec 2005 i8 GalleryÞór Vigfússon og Þóroddur Bjarnason – Conversation for i8 exhibition, October 2005 Þór and I are sitting in the cafeteria at the Sculptors´ Association in Reykjavík, where Þór had a...Read more
b. 1954 in Reykjavik
Lives and works in Reykjavík and Djúpivogur
EDUCATION
1977-78
Strichting De Vrije Academie, Den Haag, The Netherlands
1971-74
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík, Iceland
1970-71
Reykjavík Art School, Iceland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2017
Í litum, Gallery Gamma, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016
Moð, The Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen City, China
i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011
Quint Gallery, San Diego, US
2010
i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Safnasafnid, Svalbardsströnd, Iceland
2005
i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2003
Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerdi, Iceland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Threads of Art, National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland
2017
Rolling Snowball/9, Djúpivogur, Iceland
2016
Rolling Snowball 7, Djúpivogur, Iceland
2015
Rolling Snowball 6, Djúpivogur, Iceland
2014
Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
Rolling Snowball 5, Djúpivogur, Iceland
2013
Hördur Ágústsson, Camilla Low, Sergio Sister and Thór Vigfússon, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012
Fedgar/Mædgin, with Helgi Thórsson, Sláturhúsid, Egilsstadir, Iceland
Sýning á einlitum verkum / Exhibition of Monochromes, Artíma Gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland (curated by Marteinn T. Tausen)
2011
Perspectives – On the Borders of Art and Philosophy, Reykjavik Art Museum – Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008
Carnegie Art Award, Touring Exhibition: Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Reykjavík, Stockholm, London, Gothenburg and Carros/France
Icelandic Art, Quint Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
2006
Tærleikar, with Rúrí and Elina Brotherus, Gerdarsafn - Kopavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
The Living Art Museum with Kees Visser and Ívar Valgardsson, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004
Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Félagar, Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Iceland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavík Art Museum
Kópavogur Art Museum - Gerdarsafn
Safnasafnid, Folk Art Museum, Svalbardsströnd
Háskólinn í Reykjavík
Sjóvá-Almennar, Reykjavík
Reykjavík Energy Headquarters
Kópavogur College
Borgarnes College
Flensborg College, Hafnarfjörður
