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Erla S. Haraldsdóttir
Born 1967 in Reykjavik
Lives and works in Reykjavik and Berlin

 

Education

1994-1998  Valand School of Fine Art, MFA, Göteborg
1997          San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres Department, San Francisco
1993-1994  Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm
1992-1993  Hovedskous Målarskola, Göteborg
1991-1992  University College of Art, Craft and Design, Göteborg

Solo Shows

2009          Langenhagen , Mikkeli Art Museum, project space, Mikkeli, Finland
2008          "The Plough", AK.28, Stockholm
2007          Sad with Satie, Röda Sten, Göteborg
2006          Langenhagen, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen
                 Sad with Satie, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2003          Capital of the North, with Bo Melin, Akureyri Art Museum
2002          What You Actually Saw, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik
2001          Haraldur + dóttir, SubBau, Göteborg
                 Here, there and everywhere, with Bo Melin, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik
2000          After Effect, AIR, www.fake-i-d.com, San Francisco
1999          Beautiful Landscape, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
1998          Peekaboo, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
                 See You, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg
1996          Porträtt, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg

Selected Group Shows and Screenings

                 Upcoming:
                 Apex Kunstverein Göttingen, 2010
                 Färgfabriken Östersund Sweden, 2010

2010          Novometska radnice ­ New Town hall gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
                 The Synagogue of Plzen, Czech Republic
                 The Apex Kunstverein, curated by Christian Schindler, Göttingen Germany
2009          Fokhelt , Breyðakur in Garðarbær curated by Þóroddur Bjarnasson, Iceland
                 City Reykjavík One Minutes, with Craniv Boyd, theoneminutes.org, online project curated by Jasper Van Den Brink
                 Lífróður/In Deep Water , Curated by Markús Þór Andrésson and Dortothee Kirch, The Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
                 Icelandic Art Today , Curated by Halldór Björn Runólfsson and Christian Schoen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik
                 Ipseity - Abeyance, Nordic House, Reykjavik
2008          Purple of Exteriors , MKgalerie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
                 Something Must Break , Centre for Contemporary Art Kronika, Bytom, Poland
                 La Strada, Galerie Umeni Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
                 Review of a Position, MKgalerie, Berlin
                 Gegen den Strich, Bielelfelder Kunstverein, Germany
2007          Neue Heimat, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
                 Gegen den Strich, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
                 Stadtfinden Moderne, Berlin
                 Cold Hearts Revisited, (screening), Scandinavia House, New York
                 Fukt (screening), Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje in Macedonien
2006          Sequences, I-8 Gallery, Reykjavik
                 Fukt (screening), Preview, Berlin Kunst Salon, Berlin
                 Icelandic Contemporary video Art, (screening), Kunst Werke, Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
                 Acquisitions 2002 - 2005, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
2005          The Peninsula, Videofestival, Singapore History Museum, Singapore
                 Untiteled, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2004          Momentum 04, Nordic Biennal of Contemporary Art, with Bo Melin, Moss
                 Monday Stories, Klink og Bank, Reykjavik
2003          Sverige Komplett, Bohusläns Konsthall, Uddevalla
                 24 h Reykjavik, CMYK TV, Gothenburg
                 L'artiste portatif, Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris
                 Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Hlemmur, Stockholm
                 Beautiful Landscape, Samfylkingin voting office, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik
2002          Galleri Hlemmur, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur
                 Hvalreki, Ljósafossvirkjun, Thingvellir
                 Second Flash, Kozelites, Pècs, Hungary
                 My body is over the ocean, with Daniela Franco, Alma Löv Museum, Östra Amtervik
2000          Public Safety, with Bo Melin, Skoghall Konsthall, curated by Alfredo Jaar, Skogall
                 Swe.de, Riksutställningar touring in Sweden, Stockholm Art Fair
                 Swe.de, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala
                 Swe.de, Sandvikens Konsthall, Sandviken
                 Swe.de, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping
1999          FESARS Konstakuten, Stockholm
                 Trolleys having fun, Artspace, Arlanda Airport, Stockholm
                 Lightshow, Signal Gallery, Malmö
1998          Stuff it, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
                 View from Kom Hotell, wednesday happening at Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
                 A part of universe, Schaper Sundberg Gallery, Stockholm
                 Angel-Spotting, Gallery 54, Gothenburg
1997          Footprints, performance outside SFMOMA, San Francisco
                 A one night event for the senses, Club No TV, San Francisco
                 Dokumenta X, SubBau Gallery, Gothenburg
                 New Agora SvD, Stockholm European Media Art Festival Osnabrueck

Grants, Awards and Residencies

2010            Minningarsjóður um hjónin frá garði og Vindhæli. Neslist, artist residency, Skagaströnd Iceland
2008            Nes, Artist Residency Skagaströnd, Iceland
2008            One   year working grant, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland
2007-2009    Two year working grant, The Arts Grants Committee awards, Sweden
2007            IASPIS (Sweden), project grant Havanna, Cuba
                   CIA (Iceland), travel grant, Havanna, Cuba
2005 - 2006  Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Artist in Residency one year, Berlin
                   Artist in Residency Grant, CIA.IS, Iceland
                   CIA.IS, spontanious support Iceland
                   Project grant, Myndstef, Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association
                   Working grant 6 months, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland
2003 - 2004  Project grant, Myndstef, Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association
                   One year working grant, Konstnärsnämnden / The Arts Grants Committee awards, Sweden
                   IASPIS, travel grant, Konstnärsnämnden / The Arts Grants Committee awards, Sweden
                   The Visual Arts Stipend Fond, travel grant, Iceland
                   SLEIPNIR, travel grant
2002            PENNINN Art Award first prize, Reykajvik
                   City Council Art Award, Gothenburg
                   NIFCA, Artist in Residency, Sveaborg, Finland
                   Three month working grant, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Iceland
                   SLEIPNIR, travel grant
1997 - 2000  Helge Axon Jonsson
                   Otto Charlotte Mannheimer

Selected Bibliography, Reviews, Catalogues

Læknablaðið , Cover of Icelandic Medical Journal, artist of the month, August 2009
Icelandic Art Today , Catalogue edited by Christian Schoen and Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2009
Vidsjá , RÚV, Icelandic Radio culture program, interviewed by Guðni Tómasson, 7/10/2008
Where no ad has gone before ...Turning Diesel ads into Art, Insert, Sleek Magazine june july 2008
Dominic Eichler, Where am I,   interview, List Icelandic Art News 2007
Kirsty Bell, Neye Heimat, review, Frieze Magazine, 11/2007
Katrin Bettina Mueller, Ein Echoraum fur das Jetzt, Die Tageszietung, Kultur, 04.07.07, Berlin
Thomas Lackmann, Renaissance des Ratzefummels, Der Tagesspiegel, Kultur, 05.07.07, Berlin
Dominic Eichler, Where am I,   interview, Artnews.is Iceland 2007 and b - magazine, Berlin, 2006
Fukt, Catalogue, editor Björn Hegardt, Berlin 2006
Art Observer, Dieter Brookman, review, 2006, Berlin
Lisi Raskin, essay on Sad with Satie, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2006
Halldor Björn Runolfsson, Booklet, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, 2005
Thora Thorisdottir, review, Morgunbladid, 10/7/04, Iceland
John Peter Nilsson, review, Aftonbladet, 6/6/04, Sweden
Morgenbladet, review, 28/05/04, Norway
Ika Kaminka, Here, There and everywhere, MOMENTUM 04 catalogue, Norway
Thoroddur Bjarnason, Íslensk myndlist, Morgunbladid, review, 6/9/2003, Iceland
Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, Art to fight over, Akureyri Art Museum, booklet, 2003, Iceland
Enrique Vila-Matas, L'artiste portatif, Centre Culturel du Mexique, catalogue 2003, Paris
Ragna Sigurdardottir, Vindlareykjandi álfastúlkur á Hlemmi, Morgunbladid review, 9/11/2003,
Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, My body is Over the Ocean, Alma löv Museum, catalogue, 2002
Iceland Brynhildur Thorarinsdóttir, TMM, Íslendingar í Adalhlutverki , march 2002, Reykjavík
Joanna Sandell, Svenska Dagbladet, Urbana ingenmansland, Fredagsbilagan, jan 2002 Stockholm
Tidsskriften Presens, Göteborg, nov, 2001
Ragnar Halldorsson, Samansettur (ó)raunveruleiki, Fálkinn, okt 2001, Reykjavík
Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, Here, there and everywhere, Morgunbladid, review ,19/04/2001, Reykjavik
Karl Holmqvist, Here, there and everywhere, Galleri Hlemmur, booklet, april 2001, Rekjavik
Riksutställningar, Swe.De, Catalogue, 2000, Stockholm
Anna Brodow, Ynglingatan floppar i Uppsala, Svenska dagbladet, review, april 2000, Stockholm
Vagnar i vild dans på Arlanda, Metro, Stockholm, may, 1999
Crispin Ahlström The observer becomes both co-actor and walker-on, Göteborgsposten, review, april 1998, Gothenburg
Cecilia Gelin, Personliga Porträtt, GT kultur, review, okt 1996, Gothenburg

Represented

Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
Penninn, Iceland
National Public Art Council, Sweden
Gothenburg City Council of Arts and Culture, Sweden
Private collections in Sweden and Iceland

Miscellaneous


2010            Guest teacher, Reykjavik Art Acedemy, Iceland
2008            Guest teacher, Valand Art Academy of fine Arts, Göteborg, Sweden
2007            Participant in panel discussion, “Neue Heimat - Berlin Contemporary”, Berlin
                   Participant in panel discussion “Art Forum Berlin - Art Talks/Art cities in dialogue”
                   Guest teacher at Arte de Conducta, Havana, Cuba
                   Guest teacher at Valand Academy of Fine Art, Göteborg
2004 - 2005  Guest teacher at Umea Art Academy, Sweden
2002 - 2003  Board member, curator, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik (hlemmur.is)
1998 - 2000  Member of "Swe.de" artist group, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
1997            Teaching Assistant, Peformance, Installation, (Professor Tony Labat), San Francisco Art Institute