Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson Born in 1966 Lives and works in Reykjavik,

Studies

1991-1993 École des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg, 1986-1989 Multimedia / The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts 1985-1986 Graphic art / Akureyri College of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2017 The Corridor, Justice, Reykjavík 2016 Hafnarborg – the Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hope, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland 2015 The Corridor, My name is Democracy, Reykjavík 2014 Ladies, Beautiful Ladies, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Ladies, Beautiful Ladies, ASÍ , Reykjavik, Iceland 2009 Bridge Art Fair, Gallery Boreas, Miami, USA 2008 Humility, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland 2007-2008 Blonde Miss World 1951–, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Iceland 2006 Portraits On The Edge, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA Blond Professions, St John´s church, Notting , , England 2005 Touching, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland 2001 Hopscotch and other games, 1998–2000, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik, Iceland Blonde Nurses, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland 1998 Gallery Bosom (travelling gallery), Iceland Four Monitors, Gallery 20 m2, Reykjavik, Iceland 1997 Gallery Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland Two Dimensions - Two Visions, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1995 Paintings without figures, Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland Vid Hamarinn, Gallery, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland 1994 Listhusid Thing, Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland Window Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland 1990 Djupid Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

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2019 In Situ, Duktus Bau, Hirzenhein, Louder than , Berg Contemporary, Reykjavík Iceland 2018 Hveragerði, LÁ Art Museum, Iceland 2016 By Water, Elverket, Tammisaari, Finland Let’s Get Physical, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany 2015 Remain in Light, Hlsinki Contemporary, Helsinki Kjarvalsstaðir, Just Painted, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík 2014-2015 A Posteriori: House, Sculpture, Reykjavik Art Museum, Asmundarsafn, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014 Points of Contact, LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland Icelandic Portraiture, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland Pixelated time, Norska Husid, Stykkisholmur, Iceland The Pleasure Principle, Björkholmen Gallery, , 2012 Cyborgs, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland Osyn, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland 2011-2012 The Pleasure Principle, Kling & Bang Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland Hringekjuthrahyggja, Studio Stafn, Reykjavik, Iceland Into The Tussock, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 2010 USA Wistful memory, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland Rhyme, Akureyri Art Museum, Akuryeri, Iceland Stripped away, Tintype Gallery, London, England Rhyme, Reykjavik Art Museum, Asmundarsafn, Iceland 2009-2010 You are more beautiful than a butterfly, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland 2009 Happy together, Art Hall, Tallinn, Herna, Hangar-7, , 2007 Hyper states, Gallery Boreas, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA Skyldi eg vera thetta sjalfur!, Ketilhusid Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland Painting, Space and Society, Göteborgs Konsthall, , Sweden Pure Horror, Gallery S-West, Keflavik, Iceland Indigo, Golden Brush, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland Tiere auf Grasshockern, Kunsthalle, Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany 2006 Portraits on the edge II, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA Kennd vid tilfinningar, Hoffmannsgallery, Reykjavik Iceland Cold Climates, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik Iceland Black Bile, 3 Colts Gallery, London, England 2005 New Icelandic Art, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland 2004-2005 then ...part 7, Silent Reading, Seven Seven Gallery, London England 2004 Cold Climates, APT Gallery, London, England then ...part 6, Developments, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England One day, Gallery Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland (also curator) 2003 then ...part 5, Recent Encounters, ASI Art Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

FI-00120 Helsinki +358 9 278530 [email protected] www.helsinkicontemporary.com then ...part 4, Remembered Structures, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland Miniature, touring show, , USA Miniature, touring show, , Japan 2002 14x14, Century Gallery, London, England Gallery Hlemmur, Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland Akureyri in art II, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland Stop for a moment - painting as narrative, Proje4L, , Turkey then ...part 3, Century Gallery, London, England 2001 GIANT 2, Seven Seven Gallery, London, England, Island then ...on line drawing, Seven Seven Gallery, London, England 2000 The Golden Brush, Thorshavn Art Museum, Faroe Islands 1999 The Golden Brush, The Joint Scandinavian Embassies, , Germany 1998 Vélasalurinn, Gallery, Vestmann Islands, Iceland Cross-Currents, Deutsche , London The Golden Brush, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland 1997 Periscope, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland Golden Brush, Gallery Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland Young Artists, Listaskalinn, Gallery, Hveragerdi, Iceland Listhusid Thing, Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland 1996 Close to the Body, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland Close to the Body, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Soro, Bow Arts London, England Close to the Body, Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland Close to the Body, Henie Onstad Museum, , 1995 Close to the Body, Norrköping Art Museum, Norrköping, Sweden Final Show, Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland Icelandic Portrait, Hafnarborg, Gallery, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Love, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland 1994 Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland 1992 Take her home, Vid Hamarinn, Gallery, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland 1991 Some kind of everyday romanticism, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland Vid Hamarinn, Gallery, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Saloon, Deiglan, Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland Ca marche?, Gallery Faubourg, Strasbourg, France Djupid, Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

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