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Margrét H. Blöndal
Þín er vænst / Do not go roughly into that good night 23 May - 20 Jul 2024 i8 Galleryi8 Gallery is pleased to present Þín er vænst / Do not go roughly into that good night, an exhibition of new work by Margrét H. Blöndal, which will be...Read more -
MARGRÉT H. BLÖNDAL
Aerotics / Loftleikur 3 Sep - 10 Oct 2020 i8 Gallery'My works are installations. I work across media and form. Sometimes I turn the medium around, approaching sculptures as drawings or drawings as sculptures. Text becomes a frame, words define...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 -
MARGRÉT H. BLÖNDAL
7 Jan - 5 Mar 2016 i8 GalleryLanguage is in the thrall of equivalences and allusion. We say what something is by saying what it reminds us of, of what it is like. We talk in likenesses....Read more -
MARGRÉT H. BLÖNDAL, SILVIA BÄCHLI
Open; Wait 19 May - 30 Jun 2012 i8 GalleryA light shines on the ground, the outline of a doorway. You step forward, drawn by its hesitant oblong shape, the door open just a crack to make a towering...Read more
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Margrét H. Blöndal: Liðamót / Ode to Join
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland 28 May - 2 Oct 2022The exhibition Liðamót / Ode to Join by Margrét Blöndal comprises on the one hand drawings made with oil and powdered pigments, and on the...Read more -
Margrét H. Blöndal: Pollur-Spegill
Skaftafell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland 7 Oct - 26 Nov 2017The solo exhibition pollur – spegill by Margrét H. Blöndal, is ongoing from Oct 7 – Nov 26 in the Skaftfell Art Center. The exhibition...Read more -
Margrét H. Blöndal: Manifesta 7
Manifattura Tabacchi, Rovereto, Italy 19 Jul - 2 Nov 2008Margrét H. Blöndal’s sculptures and installations are spatial poems, woven using diverse fabrics and materials found in everyday life. Her work is emotive, sensual, and...Read more -
Margrét H. Blöndal: Touching the Membrane
Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 8 Nov - 31 Dec 2007The exhibition Touching the Membrane does not dwell on the literal implications suggested by its title. Though it underlies Margrét H. Blöndal’s fundamental idea, her...Read more
b. 1970 in Reykjavik
Lives and works in Reykjavik
EDUCATION
1994-1997
MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1989-1993
BFA The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland
1986-1989
The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Þín er vænst / Do not go roughly into that good night, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
2022
Liðamót/ Ode to Join, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
2021
e n t r a n c e, Gallery Thomas Fischer, Berlin
2020
Aerotics / Loftleikur, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
2018
Hemiola, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
2017
Zug, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
pollur - spegill, Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður
2016
Borð, Outvert Art Space, Ísafjörður
Margrét Blöndal, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
2015
Flóra Culture House, Akureyri
Meander, Galerie Thomas Fisher, Berlin
Felldur/Field, Sequences VII, Harbinger, Reykjavik
Meeding oder Wedding, with Huginn Thór Arason, Stöpullinn, ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik
2014
OUT, Kompan, Althýduhúsið, Siglufjördur
Hrafnseyri at Arnarfjörður, Cultural Center
2012
Open; Wait, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik (with Silvia Bächli)
Schlag, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Asmundarsalur, Reykjavík
Túndran og tifið á Sléttu, Óskarsbraggi, Raufarhöfn
TF Editions, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
2023
PAPIER, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin
Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century Art, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík
2021
Abrakadabra, Reykjavik Art Museum
Góðir Gestir - group show with Icelandic artists, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm
2020
Landvist, Stóri - Klofi, Rangárþing Ytra
2019
Late Summer Show, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Sequences IX - Really, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Nr. 3 Umhverfing, Snæfellsnes peninsula
2018
Cycle Music and Art Festival, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
2017
VISUAL RESONANCE - Cycle Music and Art Festival, Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur
Rolling Snowball/9, Djúpivogur
Flair, Fridman Gallery, New York City
Entangled: Threads & Making, Turner Contemporary, Kent
2016
Cycle Music and Art Festival, Gerdarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum
Traces of Water (Curated by Ágústa Kristófersdóttir and Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson), Harfnarborg, Hafnarfjörður
2015
Visual Resonance - Kommentierte Musik II, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Distant Moods on a Blue Evening, Cesis Art Festival, Latvia
Flóra, Akureyri
Ausstellungsraum Klingertal, Basel
2014
Cacences of Line and Color, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík
Stöpullinn, with Huginn Thór Arason, ASÍ, Reykjavik
2013
Elemental, Boden Arts Center, Boden
Variety 2: Margins and Circles, with Motoko Dobashi, Franziska Furter & Yukiko Suto, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich
2012
Zeichnungen im Salon Dahlmann, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
Hangman´s Rock – The Delirium of Vision, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2009-2010
Artist in Residence, Foundation Laurenz House, Basel, Switzerland
2009
Guðmunda Kristinsdóttir Art Prize
2008
Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006
Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Reykjavik, Iceland
NKD Nordic Artists´ Centre, Dale, Norway
2005
Art Omi, International Artist Residency, New York, USA
2002
The Richard Serra Prize, Iceland
2000
Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA
1995-1996
Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, USA
1994-1996
Fulbright Scholarship