MARGRÉT H. BLÖNDAL

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

2022

Liðamót/ Ode to Join, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, (forthcoming)

2021

e n t r a n c e, Gallery Thomas Fischer, Berlin, Germany

2020

Aerotics / Loftleikur, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

2018

Hemiola, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy 

2017

Zug, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin, Germany

pollur - spegill, Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2016

Borð, Outvert Art Space, Ísafjörður, Iceland

Margrét Blöndal, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

2015

Flóra Culture House, Akureyri, Iceland

Meander, Galerie Thomas Fisher, Berlin, Germany

Felldur/Field, Sequences VII, Harbinger, Reykjavik, Iceland

Meeding oder Wedding, with Huginn Thór Arason, Stöpullinn, ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2014

OUT, Kompan, Althýduhúsið, Siglufjördur, Iceland

Hrafnseyri at Arnarfjörður, Cultural Center, Iceland

2012

Open; Wait, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland (with Silvia Bächli)

Schlag, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin, Germany

2011

Suðsuðvestur, Reykjanesbær, Iceland

2009

Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas, USA (curated by Gavin Morrisson)

2008

Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (with Daniel Hunziker)

Project Room, Warehouse, Contemporary Art, Teramo, Italy

2007

Touching the Membrane, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland

Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy

Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Sieves, Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland

2005

Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

Dandruff Space and Shroud, Brooklyn, New York, USA (with Roni Horn)

Material time work time life time, Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland

2004

Filiale Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Safn, Reykjavik, Iceland

2003

Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri, Iceland

2002

The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2000

Institute of Visual Arts INOVA, Milwaukee, WI, USA

1999

Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria

1998

Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany

Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavik, Iceland

1996

Center Square Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

1994

Livingston Gallery, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Abrakadabra, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

Góðir Gestir - group show with Icelandic artists, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Sweden

2020

Landvist, Stóri - Klofi, Rangárþing Ytra, Iceland

2019

Late Summer Show, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sequences IX - Really, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Nr. 3 Umhverfing, Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland

2018 

Cycle Music and Art Festival, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2017

VISUAL RESONANCE - Cycle Music and Art Festival, Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum, Iceland
Rolling Snowball/9, Djúpivogur, Iceland

Flair, Fridman Gallery, New York City, NY, USA

Entangled: Threads & Making, Turner Contemporary, Kent, UK

2016

Cycle Music and Art Festival, Gerdarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum, Iceland

Traces of Water (Curated by Ágústa Kristófersdóttir and Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson), Harfnarborg, Reykjavik, Iceland

2015

Visual Resonance - Kommentierte Musik II, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

Distant Moods on a Blue Evening, Cesis Art Festival, Latvia

Flóra, Akureyri, Iceland

Ausstellungsraum Klingertal, Basel, Switzerland

2014

Cacences of Line and Color, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

Stöpullinn, with Huginn Thór Arason, ASÍ, Reykjavik.

2013

Elemental, Boden Arts Center, Boden, Sweden

Variety 2: Margins and Circles, with Motoko Dobashi, Franziska Furter & Yukiko Suto, Lullin + Ferrari,

Zürich, Switzerland

2012

Zeichnungen im Salon Dahlmann, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany

Hangman´s Rock – The Delirium of Vision, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland

2011

Imagine being here now, The 6th  Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway

Text, Gallerie Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin, Germany

2010

Regionale 11, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland

2009

Possibilities, The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Quiet Revolution, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK; MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK

2008

The Icelandic Visual Art Awards, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland

Manifesta 7, Trentino Alto, Italy (curated by Adam Budak)

Loftnet, Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark

Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

2007

Skyldi ég vera thetta sjálfur, Ketilhusid, Akureyri, Iceland

2006

Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland

Ruin – A dangerous obsession and the culture of excess, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland

Strip – images in line, Kunstverein Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland (curated by Rolf Bier)

2005

Buenos Dias Santiago – an exhibition as expedition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile

(curated by Jean-Paul Felleyand Olivier Kaeser)

Volcana, Icelandic Panorama, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Manitoba, Canada (curated by

Kevin Kelly)

FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII, Site-Ations, Lodz, Poland

Tívolí, The LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland (curated by Markús Þór Andrésson and Thurídur Sigurdardóttir)

New Icelandic Art, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik

2004

Aldrei-nie-never, Galerie Kuckei + Kuckei Berlin, Germany

2003

Handlungsanweisungen / instructions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (permanent intallation)

DeVishal, Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Wollenmaiden, HÚS Project, Dublin, Ireland

Jimmie Durham's workshop, Eikaas Galerie, Jölster, Norway

The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden

2002

Don, The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas, USA

MYND, The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik Art Festival, Iceland

My Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Löv Museum, Sweden

2001

CAMP, Lejre, Denmark

MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway

“I would like to see...”, selected by Sjón, Gerduberg, Reykjavik, Iceland

2000

Non Stop Beautiful Ladies, Marfa, Texas, USA

This Earth is a Flower, Construction in Process, Lodz, Poland

Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria

From here to there, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany (curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk)

Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Finland

Österreich / Island 7/6, Eisernes Haus, Graz, Austria

Gallery Articule, Montréal, Canada

1999

Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany

7/6 Austria / Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria

Etwas, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany

1998

Vacation, with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudlaugur K. Óttarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavik, Iceland

Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

-30/+60, The Municipal Gallery of Reykjavík, Iceland

Gallery North, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lundur, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden

1997

Visual Arts´ 97, Reykjavik Art Museum – Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland

A4 Hlynur Hallsson, Otto Plank Galleri, Bergen, Norway

1996

MFA, 420 West Broadway, New York, USA

1995

17 Years, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

1994

Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland

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