Saturday, April 7th at 15.00, Þórunn Eymundardóttir will open a solo exhibition in the West Wall Gallery. The exhibition consists of photo-collages, from 2011-2012.
CV:
Þórunn Eymundardóttir (b. 1979)
Austurvegur 48
710 Seyðisfjörður
Iceland
tel. +354 869 5107
thorunne@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions/projects:
2009 When I have put my self to sleep, collaboration with Hanna Christel, gallery Klaustur, Iceland
2007 INRI, gallery Bláskjár, Iceland
2007 Hornberi, gallery Box, Iceland
2006 (shelter) a sacred space, ArdBia gallery, Galway, Ireland
2005 Kite project, collaboration with Hanna Christel, gallery Slunkaríki, Iceland
2004 2011 Garden party, the fellowhisp of the mountain woman´s yearly artists festival in Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2004 Foodconcert/matarballet, collaboration with Daníel Björnsson and Garðar Rúnar Sigurgeirsson, gallery Neue Documenta, Berlin, Germany
2003 Dragon I, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Iceland
Other related work:
2012 Curator for the summer exhibition at Verksmiðjan – Hjalteyri
2005 2011 Director of Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, curator and project manager
2010 & 2011 Workshop leader at Lunga art festival for young people, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2010 & 2011 Art teacher for teenagers at local school, Seydisfjordur, Iceland.
Education: Icelandic Art Academy, visual art department, BA degree, 2006; Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, audio-visual dep. 2003; Metáfora, school of contemporary art, Barcelona 2001-02; Scool of applied craft, Reykjavík and Hafnafjörður, design department 1996-97; School of domestic household Hallormsstaður 1996.
Thorunn Eymundardottir works in various media; installations, performances, video and audio, sculpture and photography.
She is a founding member of the fellowhisp of the mountain woman, an artist group responsible for various events of performances, exhibitions and time based events, in the rural setting of Seydisfjordur as well as in other locations such as the artists complex Klink & Bank, Reykjavík.
Alongside her work as an artist Thorunn was the director of Skaftfell Center for Visual Art from 2005 to 2011.
Thorunn’s work is usually connected to creating a space or a moment, a form of situationism, often collaborating with other artists where the individual works create a certain flow or harmony with each other. Process and space are vital elements in Thorunn’s work.
