Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir

Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir

Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir hefur unnið að myndlist í yfir tuttugu ár og sýnt víða í Evrópu, Ameríku og í Asíu. Hún hefur með verkum sínum náð að skapa sérstaka sýn á náttúruna sem hún miðlar í málverkum sínum, prent- og vídeóverkum auk stórra veggmynda og innsetninga. Hún hefur leitast við að höndla hreyfingu og hringrás síkvikrar náttúrunnar þar sem kyrr augnabliksmynstur og flæði umhleypinga togast á.

Á síðustu árum hefur hún unnið stórar innsetningar í Kína, nú síðast verkið Múrinn sem er varanlegt útilistaverk í gömlu hverfi rétt við miðborg Peking. Verkið er 48 m2 að stærð, málað á vegg með ösku og glersalla.

Guðrún hefur einnig sinnt sýningarstjórn, og byrjaði m.a. með sýningaröðina Kristin minni í Hallgrímskirkju árið 2009. Nýr sýningastjóri kirkjunnar, Þóra Sigurðardóttir, skoraði á Guðrúnu að takast nú sjálf á við það verkefni. Um verk sitt Vatn segir Guðrún:

Ég valdi vatn sem viðfangsefni til að minna okkur á mikilvægi vatns í lífríkinu, mikilvægi þess í umhverfi mannsins og allri menningu. Engir tveir vatnsdropar eru eins. Hver og einn hefur sína sérstöku formgerð. Í Kristnihaldi undir Jökli segir Jón prímus: „Ég hef þá teoríu að vatn sé gott“.

Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, Frakkland

Myndlistarskóli Reykjavíkur

HELSTU EINKASÝNINGAR

2013 Vatn, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Ísland

2011 NOTCH Norræn, Kínversk listahátíð, Peking, Kína

2011 Sýni, Gallerí Ágúst, Reykjavík, Ísland

2010 Veðurlag, 751 Peking, Kína

2010 Veðurlag, Expo, Shanghai, Kína

2010 Imprints, Luise Ross Gallerí, New York, USA

2009 Veðurskrift, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Ísland

2008 Mynd, Gallerí Ágúst, Reykjavík, Ísland

2007 Veðurfar, Listasafn ASÍ, Reykjavík, Ísland

2006 Hin blíðu hraun, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Ísland

2005 Fjarlægð – nálægð, Skálholt, Ísland

2005 Thaw, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA

2005 Earth´s Dandruff, Dandruff Space, Williamsburg, New York, USA

2004 Flux / Thaw Videó-innsetning, Norrænu sendiráðin, Berlin, Þýskaland

2003 Þoka, Videó-innsetning, Vetrarhátíð, Ráðhús Reykjavíkur, Ísland

2003 Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður Ísland

2003 Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður Ísland

2000 Af Fjöllum Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Ísland

1998 Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA

1998 Gallery Ísland, Osló, Noregur

1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA

1996 Sjónarhóll / Gerðuberg, Reykjavík, Ísland

1995 Fjallshlíðar, Listasafn Kópavogs, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Ísland

1994 Gallerí Sólon Íslandus, Reykjavík, Ísland

1993 Gallery De Lávei, Drachten, Holland

1992 Af fjöllum, Norræna húsið / FÍM salurinn, Reykjavík, Ísland

1991 Gallery Orpheus, Eskilstuna, Svíþjóð

1990 Gallery Persons & Lindelle, Helsinki, Finnland

HELSTU SAMSÝNINGAR

2013 Undir berum himni, Reykjavík, Ísland

2012 Frá Íslandi, Luise Ross Gallerí, New York

2011 Sjónarmið, Listasafn Reykjavíkur

2008 Hoffmannsgallerí, Reykjavíkur akademían, Reykjavík

2007 Að flytja fjöll, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerði

2007 Leiðin á milli, Þjóðminjasafn Íslands, Reykjavík

2007 Portret af Hallgrími Péturssyni, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík

2007 Borealis, Lenox Mass. USA video insetning

2006 Sequences / Overtures on Water, Reykjavík

2005 Haust sýning, Luise Ross Gallery, New York

2005 Straumar, Gallerí 100°, húsi Orkuveitu Reykjavíkur

2005 Island Kultur Stockholms Auktionsverk, Svíþjóð

2005 Grand Rock, Listahátíð, Reykjavík

2003 Kolonialen,Bryggen, Kaupmannahöfn, Danmörk

2003 Ferðafuðra, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík

2002 Moment, Santiago de Compostella, Spán

2002 Andrá, Listasafn ASÍ, Reykj avík, Ísland

2002 Norræn nútímalist, Hadelands Glasverk, Noregur

2001 Norræn nútímalist, Steninge Slott, Svíþjóð

2001 Í skugga trjánna, Hallormsstaðarskógur, Ísland

2000 Vetrarmynd, Gallerý Man, Reykjavík, Ísland

2000 International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA

2000 Muro dipinto Fresku-tvíæringur, Bologna, Ítalía

2000 New Bedford Art Museum, MA, USA

2000 List í Orkustöðvum, Laxárdal, Þingeyjarsýsla, Ísland

1998 Hverfingar, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Ísland

1999 Elementer Runde Taarn, Kaupmannahöfn, Danmörk

1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA

1997 Belkaw, Bergisch Gladbach, Þýskaland

1995 Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Danmörk

1993 Gallery Frank Bustamante, New York, USA

1993 Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Þýskaland

FYRIRLESTRAR, KENNSLA og SAMKEPPNIR

2012 Uppsetning eigin verks í Peking, ásamt 7 nemendumn

Listaakademíu Peking háskóla. Kennsla

2006 Fyrirlestur og sýning Herhúsið, Siglufirði

2005 Fyrirlestur í Listaháskóla Íslands

2000 Tillaga að listskreytingu í nýbyggingu Kennaraháskóla Íslands.

1998 Pratt Fine Art Center,“Summer intensiv program” Seattle, USA

Kennsla og fyrirlestrar.

1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA Fyrirlestur

1993 De Láwei listasetrið, Dracten, Hollandi. Kennsla og fyrirlestrar

1988 Listaakademían, Helsingi, Finnland. Fyrirlestur

1987–88 Myndlista og handíðaskóli Íslands. Kennsla.

Nefndir og stjórnunarstörf

2008-2010 Stjórn Listvinafélags Hallgrímskirkju. Umsjón með sýningum.

2002-2006 Stjórn SÍM

2003-2005 Listir, menning, Menntamálaráduneytid

1996-2001 Stjórn Serrasjóðs

1994-1996 Formaður FÍM

1989-1993 Varamaður í stjórn Listskreytingasjóðs ríkisins.

1989-1992 Formaður sýninganefndar FÍM

Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir has worked at her art for over twenty years and exhibited widely in Europe, America, and Asia. Through her art she has managed to create a singular vision of nature which she conveys through paintings, prints, and video works as well as large murals and installations. She has sought to render the motion and cyclic volatility of nature, with its tug-of-war between momentary still patterns and the flow of unstable systems.

In recent years she has created large installations in China, her latest being the permanent public artwork The Wall for an old neighborhood in the heart of Beijing. The Wall, which measures 48 m2, is a mural in ash and powdered glass.

Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir has also worked as a curator and initiated, among other things, the exhibition series Christian Motifs at Hallgrímskirkja in 2009; now, at the urging of the church’s new curator, Thóra Sigurðardóttir, she takes on the challenge herself. Of her work Water Kristjánsdóttir writes:

I chose water for my subject to remind us of water’s importance in the biological and human environments and in all our culture. No two water droplets are alike; each one is unique in form. In the Halldór Laxness novel Christianity under the Glacier Jón Primus says, “My theory is that water is good.”

EDUCATION

1977-1979 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France

1974-1979 The Reykjavik School of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland

SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS

2013 Art Festival, AQUA, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland

2011 NOTCH Art Festival, The Wall, Mural installation, Beijing, China

2011 Galleri Agust, Speciment, Reykjavík, Iceland

2010 751 Beijing, Weather Tune, Beijing, Chine

2010 Iceland Expo, Weather Tune, Shanghai, China

2010 Luise Ross Gallery, Imprints, New York, USA

2009 The Hafnarfjordur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Weather Writing, Iceland

2008 Gallery Agust, Pictures, Reykjavík, Iceland

2007 ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, Weathering

2007 Hafnarborg Institute of Art, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland. The Soft Lavas

2005 Skalholt Cathedral, Iceland, Installation

2005 Gallery Luise Ross, New York, USA. Thaw

2005 Dandruff Space, Williamsburg, New York, USA Earth´s Dandruff

2004 The Nordic Houses, Berlin, Germany Video instalation

2000 Hafnarborg Institute of Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland

1999 Gallery Iceland, Oslo, Norway

1998 Luise Ross Gallery, NY, USA

1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA

1996 Gerduberg Municipal Art Institute, Visual conference and retrospective and new works

1995 Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur Iceland

1993 Galery De L’Awei, Drachten, Netherlands

1992 The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland

1991 Gallery Orpheus, Eskilstuna, Sweden

1990 Gallery Persons & Lindell, Helskinki, Finland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 Under the open sky, Streets of the Gods, Reykjavík

2012 Luise Ross Gallery, From Iceland, New York, USA

2011 Reykjavík Art Museum, Perspectives, On the borders of Art and Philosophy.

2008 Reykjavik Academy, Iceland Art and scolars,

2007 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Ways in between

2007 LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland, Moving Mountains

2005 Gallery 100°, Reykjavik, Iceland, Streams

2003 Den Nordatlantiske Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002 Santiago de Compostella, Spain, Moment II

2002 ASI Museum, Reykjavik Iceland, Moment I

2001 Nortdic Contemporary Art, Steninge Palace, Sweden

2001 Hallormstadur Forest, East Iceland, Art in the Woods

2000 Gerduberg Municipal Art Gallery, Iceland, Elements

2000 Pittura de Dozza, Bologna, Italy

2000 New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA

1999 The Round Tower, Elements, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seatle, USA

1995 Vejle Kunstmuesum, Vejle, Denmark

1993 Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

1993 Gallery Frank Bustamante, New York, USA

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum

The National Art Gallery of Iceland

Gerdarsafn, Museum of Kopavogur, Iceland

The Hafnarfjördur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland

The University of Iceland

The Icelandic University of Education

The National Broadcasting Service of Iceland

The National Bank of Iceland

The District Court of Reykjavik

Carnegie Museum of Art Collection

The Walter Stöhrer-Stiftung, Germany

The State Finance Agency, Iceland

Icelandair

Also works in private collections in Iceland, Sweden, Norway,

Switzerland, China, USA, Canada and Germany.

RELATED ART ACTIVITIES

2008 Chair person of Hallgrimschurch Art Exhibitions

2007 Commissioned work for a new Hall at the Blue Lagoon, Iceland

2005 Lecture at the Art Academy of Iceland

2000 Selected to participate in Art Competition for the Icelandic University of Education

1998 Teaching at Pratt Fine Art Center / Nordic Heritage Museum´s Summer Intensive Programme, Seattle, USA

1998 Lecture at the Nordic Heritage Museum of Seattle WA, USA

1993 Lecture at De L´Awei,Drachten, Holland

1990 Lecture at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Art

Gudrun Kristjansdottir has received grants and stipends from the City of Reykjavik in1998; the Icelandic State Fund for Artists in the following years 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011.

Recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2005; from the Nordic Art Centre in Sveaborg, Finland; from Cité International des Arts in Paris, from the American-Scandinavian Foundation and from Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, Italy.

She is a member of the federation of Icelandic artists and its chairman from 1994 – 1996. From 1992 -1994 she was a member of the board and was chairman of the exhibition committee 1989 -1992.

Guðrún Kirstjánsdóttir

myndlistarmaður | visual artist

www.gudrun.is

[email protected]