CURRICULUM VITAE
Arna G. Valsdóttir, 1963
 
ART EDUCATION
2010 – ongoing Member of the Dieter Roth Akademie
1989 Jan Van Eyck academie, Maastricht, Holland, Video/Audio department
1986 Myndlista og Handíðaskóli Íslands, Graphic department
1981 Kunsthöjskolen Holbæk, Denmark
 
ART TEACHING
2005 – today – Art teacher at VMA Art department, Akureyri
2001 – 2013 Science of Art workshops in Iceland and abroad
1998 – 2003 Lektor in art at Akureyri University
1990 – 1997 Art teacher preschool and elementary school
1990 – 2013 Art workshops children and adults
 
MEMBERSHIP
Dieter Roth Akademían, Verksmiðjan (Factory) in Hjalteyri, SÍM, Akureyri Art association,
Nýló, Boardmember of Gil Association and A! Performancefestival,
Founder and artistic director of Heim Videoartfestival
 

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Reykjavík Art Museum, Akureyri Art Museum, Kollgáta, Menningarfélagið Hraun

SOLOEXHIBITIONS
2024 Herhús video installation, Intoo Festival in Alþýðuhúsið, Siglufjörður
2023 Radar, vídeó/songinstallation, Heim videoart festival, Akureyri
2023 In the blink of the eye, Librarygallery, The University of Akureyri
2020 Co-op, Videoinstallation, Listasafnið á Akureyri
2020 Persistence of vision, Einkasafnið Eyjafjarðarsveit
2019 Still life, Mjólkurbúðin, Akureyri
2016 Journey´s End, Café de Krul, artzine gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Local Fact 8-… Erling, Erling Goldsmith, Reykjavík
2015 Yes sir I can Boekie-my songbook, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
2015 Heim þrá, heim videofestival, Akureyri
2015 Forming Margrét, a videoportrait of a ceramics artist, Kollgáta, Ak
2014 Agnes/Kæra ljóðsdóttir, videoinstallation, Geimdósin Akureyri
2014 Staðreynd – Local Fact, video/songinstallation, Listasafnið á Akureyri
2014 Mahú-Blassdjús, voicedrawings, Kompan, Alþýðuhúsið á Siglufirði
2013 Beam of light, videoinstallation, Berg Cultural house, Dalvík
2012 Local fact 5- Fragments, video/soundinstallation, Gerðuberg, Reykjavík
2011 Local fact 4- From the roots, video/soundinstallation, Flóra, Akureyri
2011 Local fact 3- Lady sings the blues, video/soundinstallation, Populus Tremula Ak
2009 Sound/videoinstallation in the churchtowers of Akureyri
2008 Blindflight, voice performance, Outdoor art festival, Eyjafjörður
2007 In Silence- a portrait of a house, Ketilhúsið, Akureyri Cultural house
2007 Turn on the lights, live recording installation, Populus Tremula, Akureyri
2006 Moving image, videoinstallation, Austurbær cinema, Winter Festival, Reykjavík
2006 Crossing the street, videopainting on a screen Café Karoline, Akureyri
2006 Core, moving image installation, Galleri Box, Akureyri
2005 From Lighthouse to Lighthouse, video/soundinstallation, Garðskagi Lighthouse
2005 Human Kaleidoscope 3, Hafnarfjörður Theater, Bright days of Hafnarfjörður
2004 Human kaleidoscope 1, Ketilhús, Akureyri Culture house
2001 Six o´clock, clock installation, Kompan gallery, Akureyri
1997 Overwiev exhibition, Deiglan gallery, Summer Art Festival Akureyri
1996 Paintings, Café Culture, Dalvík
1995 Sound performance/installation, The National Theater, Reykjavík
1989 Gallery Rue de Serbie, Liege, Belgium

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Boekie Woke & Friends, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Forðabúr Hjartans, Hof cultural house, Akureyri
2023 Electric lines, video installation with Karl Guðmundsson, Deiglan, Akureyri
2023 Samtíma, Mjólkurbúðin, Akureyri
2023 Musicvideofiest, Deiglan, Akureyri
2023 Gegnumtrekkur, videowork with Kristín S. Garðarsdóttir, Korúlfsstaðir, R-vík
2023 Salon des Refuses, Deiglan, Akureyri
2023 Videojanuary, Mjólkurbúðin – Salur Myndlistarfélagsins, Akureyri
2022 Heimalningar II, Dyngjan listhús Eyjafjarðarsveit
2022 Videojanuary, Mjólkurbúðin – Salur Myndlistarfélagsins, Akureyri
2022 Lifelines, part of Karl Guðmundsson exhibition, Akureyri Art Museum
2021 Leysingar, Performance art festival, Alþýðuhúsið in Siglufjörður
2021Co-op, Videowork on the front of Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyrarvaka
2021Tacit Gaze, Collaboration with Raisa Foster – Laikku Culture House, Tampere, Finland
2021Grasgrænt,Text on wall, Mjólkurbúðin – Salur Myndlistarfélagsins, Akureyri
2021 Art in Alviðra, Alviðra Dýrafjörður
2021 Recidency, Safnasafnið, Svalbarðsströnd
2021 Videojanuary, Mjólkurbúðin – Salur Myndlistarfélagsins, Akureyri
2020 Heimalningar, Dyngjan listhús Eyjafjarðarsveit
2020 Vídeójanúar, Mjólkurbúðin – Salur Myndlistarfélagsins, Akureyri
2019 By memory, Vor, Akureyri Art Museum
2019 Skafl festival, Alþýðuhúsið Siglufjörður
2018 Entrance- collboration with Raisa Foster, Heim, Akureyri
2018 Remembering, From Iceland, KEG Galleri, The Netherlands
2018 They say, Fresh Winds 2017-18, Garður
2017 Co-op, New resources, Akureyri Art Museum/ The Factory Hjalteyri
2017 It´s always snowing, Skafl, Alþýðuhúsið Siglufjörður
2016 Visit, Heim video art festival, Akureyri
2016 Residency, Opia – artists in residency, SÍM gallery, Reykjavík
2015 I never talk to strangers, with Kristján Pétur Sigurðsson, Kaktus, Akureyri
2015 I never talk to strangers, with Kristján Pétur Sigurðsson, Gallerí 002, HF
2015 Vatnið syngur 3, Haust2015, Akureyri Art Museum
2015 Leit, with Björk Viggósdóttir, Ymur festival, Kaktus Akureyri
2015 The water sings, vatnsberinn Fjall+Kona, Listasafn R-víkur, Ásmundarsafn
2013 Wie ein goldfisch, Correlation, Halle50, Munchen, Germany
2013 Wie ein goldfisch, Collaboration 5, Firstlinesgallery, Munchen, Germany
2013 Dieter Roth symposium, Institut for(x), Aarhus, Danmark
2012 Himmel über Berlin, Global Lokal, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri
2012 Landingspot, Festival for Art and Gardening, Akureyri gardening station
2010 Look into my treasure chest, Listveisla 1, Safnasafnið Museum, Eyjafjörður
2010 Growing, voice/painting performance, Festival for art and gardening, Akureyri
2009 An oath to the meatball, Kvörn, sound installation, The Factory Hjalteyri
2009 The world in the hands, drawing installation, Safnasafnið Museum, Eyjafjörður
2008 Local fact 1, happily singing, The Factory Hjalteyri, Eyjafjörður
2007 In Silence- a portrait of a house, Ketilhúsið, Akureyri Cultural House
2006 About the Godess, Skeið Gallery, Svarfaðardalur
2005 Human Kaleidoscope 2, The Living Art Museum, Winter festival in Reykjavík
2003 Between my fingers, Ferðafuða, Ketilhúsið, Akureyri Culture House, Akureyri
2001 Produce, Akureyri in Art, Akureyri Art Museum
2000 An unheard blues, Clock and voice installation, Space in the Space, Ketilhús, AK
2000 Eternity, clock/sound/painting installation, Festival of the Lionsclub, Dalvík
2000 Does the bell ring? Clock/sound inst. Orgasm2000, Akureyri Art Museum
1999 The water sings, a song performance, In the flesh, Akureyri Art Museum
1997 Monday, Sound installation, 50×50, Deiglan gallery, Akureyri
1994 Drawings, Salon, Galleri Greip, Reykjavík
1990 This is my home, Moving song installation/performance, 16 Jonge Kunstenaars, The choice of Guillume Bijl, Hoorn, Holland
1986 Wilde at heart, Linoleum cut and voice installation, UNG festival, Reykjavík

STIPENDIUMS, COMMISSIONS
2024 The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, 3 months commission
2021 Icelandic Visual Art Fund – grant
2021 Icelandic Art Center – travel grant
2021 Letterstedska Fund – travel grant
2021 Akureyri Culture fund – travel grant
2020 Akureyri Culture fund, covid-19 grant
2020 Akureyri Culture fund – grant
2019 Akureyri Culture fund – grant
2018 The Icelandic Art Center – travel grant
2017 Akureyri Culture fund – grant
2016 The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, 3 months commission
2016 Eyþing, grant
2015 Nominated to the DV culture award for 2014
2015 The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, 9 months commission
2015 Eyþing, grant
2014 The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, 6 months commission
2013 Myndlistarsjóður/ The Icelandic Artfond
2014 Listasjóður Dungal/ Dungal Artfond
2004 Akureyri Culture fund, 3 monts commission

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
2024 Sink(ing) vídeóperformance in Boekie Woke & Friends, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Söngvatn, performance with Ólöf Valsdóttir, Einkasafnið í Eyjafirði, Part of performance series of Aðalheiður S. Eysteinsdóttir
2023 Video/song performance, Populus Tremula event in Deiglan, Akureyri
2022 Heim videoartfestival, curator
2021 Heim videoartfestival, curator
2021 Video/song performance, Populus Tremula event in Deiglan, Akureyri
2021 Heim videoartfestival, Between worlds,with Aðalsteinn Þórson in collaboration with Exton
2020 Heim videoartfestival, curator
2019 Heim videoartfestival, curator
2018 Heim videoartfestival, curator
2017 Telle, by Pit Terre, performance with Suchan Kinoshita, A! Performance festival, Akureyri
2017 Heim videoartfestival, curator and artist, Akureyri
2016 Voiceperformance with Girilal Baars, North Wind Sound Art Festival, Listhús, Ólafsfjörður
2016 Heim videoartfestival, curator and artist, Akureyri
2015 Heim videoartfestival, curator and artist, Akureyri
2016 Telle, by Pit Terre, gjörningur með Suchan Kinoshita, Munster Art Academie, Germany
Curating “Heim videofestival” since 2015 in collaboration with A! performance festival, Akureyri
2015 Aska, song/reading, Celebration for Thor Vilhjálmsson, Safnasafnið
2015 This is my home, video/songperformance, Performancefestival Alþýðuhúsið in Siglufjörður
2014 Nordic Light 2014, The Spectacle, Leading artist of Visual Art
2004 – 2011, Hymnodia chamerchoir, Alto singer and artistic consultant
2006 Hafið bláa, Set design in the musical by Kristlaug M. Sigurðardóttir
Austurbæjarbíó, Reykjavík
2005 Dínamít, video in the set design by Þórunn Sigríður Þorgrímsdóttir, National Theater of Iceland

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