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| Magnus Sigurdarson Bio | ||
| 1966
Born Reykjavik, Iceland
Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida EDUCATION
1997 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1992
BFA in Mixed Media, The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Operation Beefeater, Pan American Art Projects, Miami
2009
Operation Workload, Dot Fiftyone, Miami
2008
The fundamentally right project, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, Texas TropicaI Itch, aesthetics of scratching, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, Florida The incapable sniper, Hardcore contemporary art space, Miami, Florida 2006 Headline news, Deluxe Arts, Winwood, Miami, Florida Off/on target, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida 2005
Divine intervention, Marina Kessler Gallery, Miami, Florida Skitsofrenia, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2004 Project diagnosis of the obvious, Gallery Kling & Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland Intimacy, multi media installation ASI, The Labour Unions' Art Gallery, Reykjavik Arts Festival 2004. Installation Freedom of choice, The Icelandic National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland New Icelandic Art, on reality, man and image 2003
Diagnosis of the obvious, Marina Kessler Gallery, Miami. 2002
Suck/suckle, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik. 2001
Installation Storm, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik 2000
Maggogabb Ehf, Gallery 101, Reykjavik. Painting and Poetry in collaboration with artist Gabriela Fridriksdottir. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Icelandic Art Today, The Icelandic Foreign Ministry, Reykjavik In Deep Water, Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
2008
It’s not your fault, Gallery Luhring Augustine, New York From another shore: Recent Icelandic Art, The Scandinavian American Foundation, New York BÆ BÆ Island/Goodbye Iceland, Municipal Museum Akureyri, Iceland 2007
Alas nature!, The Icelandic National Gallery, Reykjavik Miami, Miami, The Exhibition Hall of The Lombardy County Hall. The model at hand, SouthFlorida/ArtCenter, Miami Beach. 2006
Happily ever after, Hardcore contemporary art space, Miami Photo, Jacob-Karpio Galeria, San Jose, Costa Rica Landscape and folklore, The Icelandic National Gallery, Reykjavik 2005 Complement, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach. Pretend I’m not here, The Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China. Meter, Gallery Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach.
2004
IJS/ICE MDD, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Gent, Belgium. Momentum 04, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, The Moss Brewery Exhibition Hall, Moss, Norway.
2003
Ideologia II, Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2002
Gallery Hlemmur, Gerdarsafn, Municipal Museum of Kopavogur, Kopavogur, Iceland. Mhr 30, 30th Anniversary exhibition of The Reykjavik Sculptors Association. Reykjavik Municipal Museum, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik.
Second Flash, Symposium and Contemporary Arts Festival, Kozelites gallery, P'ecs, Hungary.
DON Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas.
2001
Translight 2000 multi media performance Trans-Stein, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik. 2000
Kunst Ohne Raus, Art without drugs, Stadtmitt Galleri, Hannover, Germany. Inventing Iceland, Gallery articule, Montreal, Canada.
1999
Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden. SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2006
The Visual Arts Stipend Fund, The Icelandic Cultural Ministry. 2005
Margret BJorgulfsdottir in Memorium Foundation, Reykjavik, Iceland. Project grant for The Shanghai International Biennial Urban Sculpture Exhibition, 2005, Shanghai, China. MUGGUR (Icelandic Artist Association) Residence grant for The Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China. (Apr 2005)
Artist Residency Program for 3 months at The Chinese European Art Center, in Xiamen, China.
2004
The Visual Arts Stipend Fund, The Icelandic Cultural Ministry. The Visual Arts Traveling Grant. The Icelandic Cultural Ministry.
For OMNIART II, The Neighborhood as a work of art, Miami, Florida.
The Visual Arts Traveling Grant, The Icelandic Cultural Ministry.
For IJS/ICE MDD, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Gent, Belgium.
Selected Juried artist at The Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida.
2003
The Visual Arts Traveling Grant. The Icelandic Cultural Ministry. For exhibition IDEOLOGIA II, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Artist Residency Program, The Nordic Artists' Centre in Dale, Dalso, Norway.
2002
The Visual Arts Stipend Fund. The Icelandic Cultural Ministry. (Feb 2002) The Visual Arts Traveling Grant. The Icelandic Cultural Ministry, for the Second Flash Symposium in P'ecs, Hungary.
2000
The Icelandair Cultural Award. The Icelandair/Flugleidir Cultural Foundation. 1998
The American Scandinavian Cultural Award, The American Scandinavian Foundation, New York. Awarded by Vibeke Steineger president and Charles Jones organizer. 1994
A Fulbright Grant for studies towards an MFA degree Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Icelandic Art Today, Center for Icelandic Art. Editors: Christian Schoen and Halldór Björn Runólfsson May 2009. ISBN 978-3-7757-2295-7 2007
Review ICE MEETS VICE by Carlos Suares in The New Times, sept 20 -26, 2007, p 41, on solo exhibition TROPICALITCH, aesthetics of scratching, Kevin Bruk Gallery Sept 8th – Nov 10th Review of Installation THE INCAPABLE SNIPER, The Nuevo Herald/culture section, June 12th, p. 23b. Interview in OCEAN DRIVE MAGASIN, July issue 2007, p. 67. On “Blind Date” with collector Alberto Chebebar. 2006
Article on installation I’M SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU, Miami New Times. Volume 21 #10 - p.48., June 8 – 14 2006. ART AUCTION for the SUNDARI FOUNDATION, The Margulies Collection, Miami. 2005
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF URBAN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION 2005, catalogue. ART AUCTION for the SUNDARI FOUNDATION, The Margulies Collection, Miami. EARTH, WATER AND FIRE, Praxis International, Coral Gables, Miami, catalogue. PHOTO NEW YORK, presentation of Creative Thrift-shop, New York. COMPLEMENT, in collaboration with film maker Rhonda Mitrani and dancer Oren Barnoy.
South Florida art Center, Miami Beach, catalogue.
SHANGHAI ART FAIR, presentation of Artcore Gallery, Toronto, catalogue.
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, presentation of Karpio Facchini Gallery, Miami, catalogue.
ART-MIAMI, presentation of Marina Kessler gallery, Miami, catalogue.
Review in The NEW TIMES on solo exhibition DIVINE INTERVENTION at Marina Kessler Gallery, Miami.
2004
Article on OMNIART II, Art in the City, Miami, December 2004. Miami's NEW TIMES on Project Mass Media at OMNIART, The Neighborhood as a work of Art. AAF THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, presentation of Marina Kessler gallery, New York, catalogue NEW ICELANDIC ART, ON REALITY, MAN AND IMAGE, The Icelandic National Gallery, catalogue Front-cover of the The Icelandic Medical Journal Exhibition NEW CREATIVITY \ NY SKOPUN at Ice Tec, Reykjavik, catalogue MOMENTUM 04 Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, catalogue 2003
IDEOLOGIA II Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, catalogue Works represented by Gallery Hlemmur at The Stockholm Art-fair, Sollentuna, Sweden 2002
MHR 30, 30th Anniversary exhibition of the Association of Reykjavik Sculptors, catalogue ALL ABROAD The Living Art Museum, The cultural center Skaftfell, catalogue Review in the 2001 issue of the Nordic Art-Review nu: by Halldor B. Runolfsson On the installation Storm at Gallery Hlemmur Reykjavik 2000
Inventing Iceland gallery articule, Montreal, catalogue 1997
Interview in The New York Times November 16th and December 29th In connection to the exhibition Iceland smaller population 4 in Brooklyn COLLECTIONS
Collezione La Gaia, Busca, Italy Safn/Museum Public Collection of Petur Arason, Reykjavik The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. MDD, Museum Dhondt, Dhaenens, Gent, Belgium.
The Icelandic National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland. The Reykjavik Municipal Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
The Corporate Collection, Focus Group, New York.
The Contemporary Collection of Iceland-air, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Private Collection of Elizabeth Dascal, Miami Beach, Florida.
Private Collection of Alberto Chebebar, Miami Beach, Florida.
Private Collection of Homero and Illana Torres, Miami, Florida.
Private Collection of Emmanuel Javouge, Miami, Florida.
Private Collection of Breck Kling, Rochester, New York.
Private Collection of John Lin, Artistic Director, Luminaire, Miami. Public Collection of The Related Group, Miami. |
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