Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson
Born in Akureyri, Iceland, 1963.
Lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland and Paris, France.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011 "Le réel et son trouble" Galerie Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France.
"Corrections" Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
2009 Gallery Iconoscope, Montpellier, France.
2007 Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavík, Iceland.
"Jardin Vilayet" Safn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2006 Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
La Maison sur l'eau, agnes b. Hong Kong.
Gallery DaLi, Akureyri, Iceland.
2005 Gallery 101, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2004 Gallery des Beaux-Art, Montpellier, France.
La Vitrine de la Villa Saint-Clair, Séte, France.
2002 Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
2001 Ketilhúsið, Akureyri, Iceland.
2000 Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
1999 La Biennale di Venezia, The Icelandic Pavilion, Venice, Italy.
1998 Maison Billaud, Fontenay-le-Comte, France.
Gallery i8, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1997 Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
Le Pavé dans la Mare, Besancon, France.
1996 Za Moca Fondation, Tokyo, Japan.
1995 Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
Gallery Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France.
1994 Akureyri Municipal Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Gallery Corridor, Reykjavík, Iceland. 1993
1993 Palais des Congrés, Paris, France.
Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporain, Genf, Switzerland.
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
1992 Gallery Atheneum, Dijon, France.
Gallery Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France.
1991 Gallery Nýhöfn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1988 “Fiskar” Súlnaberg, Akureyri, Iceland.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011 "Pacs" Tools Galerie/Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
"Perspectives-on the borders of art and philosophy" Reykjavik Art Museum,
Iceland.
"50 years of Icelandic Art at the Venice Biennale" Reykjavik Art Museum,
Iceland.
2010 "Watery Hues" Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2008 "Des Certitudes sans doute(s)" Musee de Picardi, Amiens, France.
"L'entree" Centre d'Art Contemporain, Languedoc-Roussillon, Sete, France.
"Mondo e Terra" MAN, Musee d'Art Province de Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy.
"L'ete" Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
2007 "O-Nattura" National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
"Indigo" Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland.
2006 "Il riflesso, il dubbio, la minaccia" Villa Constatino, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy.
"Malverkið eftir 1980" National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"Cold Climates" The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005 "Le Reflet, Le Doute, La Menace I" Morsiglia, Porto-Vecciho, Bonifacio,
Corse, France.
“Affinités” La Saline Royale d´Arc et Senans, Arc et Senans, France.
“Ca en jette” Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
“Tvívíddvídd” The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2004 "La Collection Continue" Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, Corse, France.
“L´intime” La maison rouge-fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France.
“Cold Climates” apt Gallery, London, Great Britain.
“Environment and Nature” National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.
2003 “In Dialogue With Nature” Konstens Hus, Lulea, Sweden./
Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, Sweden. /
Pommersches Landesmuseum, Greifswald, Germany.
2002 “20th Century Retrospective” National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík.
“Gullpensillinn” Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland.
“Confronting Nature, Icelandic Art of the 20th Century”
Tretyakov Museum, Moscow.
“Akureyri 2” Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland.
2001 “Confronting Nature, Icelandic Art of the 20th Century” ,
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
“San lien apparent” Chapelle du Genêteil, Chateau-Gontier, France.
“Gullpensillinn” Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland /
Felleshuset, Berlin, Germany / Art Museum, Tórshavn, Faroe island.
2000 “L´art dans le vent” Domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande, France.
“Dyggðirnar sjö að fornu og nýju” Thingvellir, Iceland. /
Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland.
“En dehors des cartes / Út úr kortinu” Centre Régional d´Art, Séte, France.
1999 “Piont de vues” Faux Mouvement, Metz, France.
“Út úr kortinu / En dehors des cartes” Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland.
Gallery Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France.
“Ainsi de Suite 3” Centre Régional d´Art, Séte, France.
1998 “Images a sensation” Maison Levanneur, Chatou, France
1997 “Du construire du paysage” Centre Régional d´Art, Séte, France.
1996 “Promenons-nous dans les bois” Gallery Aline Vidal, Paris, France.
1995 “Wollemi Fura” Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland.
“L´art d´aimer” Villa St. Clair, Séte, France.
1994 “Well of light” The Gallery in Cork Street, London, Great Britain.
“Piéces á Conviction” Montpellier, Framce.
1993 “Rund um die Kuppel” Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany.
“Inauguration” Akureyri Municipal Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
1992 “Ateliers 92” ARC, Musé d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
“Aurora 5” Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland.
1991 “Moules-Moules” Gallery Paul Boyé, Séte, France.
Gallery Corridor, Reykjavík, Iceland.
“Entre les Autres” Strasburg, France.
1990 “Ateliers d´été” Villa Saint-Clair, Gallery Paul Boyé, Séte, France.
1989 “Retour de Sense” Gallery Antoin Candau, Paris, France.
1987 “3 young artists” Glerárkirkja, Akureyri, Iceland.
Selected Publication and bibliography:
2009 "offshore" nr. 20. 2009. Text: Jean-Paul Guarino/Jón Prpppé.
Edition: BMédiation.
2007 "AT" Tímarit Arkitekta, nr. 2. 2007. Texti: Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson.
Edition: Athygli ehf.
2006 "Semaines" no. 2. Edition: Analogues. France.
2005 "Veruleikinn i skugga malverksins" Text: Jon Proppe.
Edition: 101 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005 "Semaine" no. 63. Edition: Analogues. France.
2005 101. Text: Jon Proppe. Edition: 101 Gallery Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005 "Samhengi" Text: Aðalsteinn Ingolfsson.
Edition. Landsbanki Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2004 Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson. Text: “Images Bougées” Bragi Ólafsson.
Edition: École Superieure des Beaux-Art, Montpellier /
Villa Saint Clair, France.
2001 “Sans Lien apparent”
Text: ”Between object and canvas” Halldór Björn Runólfsson.
Edition: Le Carré, Chateau Gontier, France.
2001 “Confronting Narure, Icelandic Art of the 20th Century” Text: Audur Ólafsdóttir.
Edition: National Gallery of Iceland /
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. USA.
1999 Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson. Text: “Paradise Reclaimed” Audur Ólafsdóttir.
Edition: Icelandic Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
1998 “Akrar” Texti: Gunnar J Árnason. Edition: Gallery I8, Reykjavik, Iceland.
1995 “Leidréttingar” Text: Hallgrímur Helgason.
Edition: Gallery Sævar Karls, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1994 Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson. Text: “Painting and its Double” Bernard Marcadé.
Edition: Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland.
1993 "Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson" Text: Bernard Marcadé.
Edition: Hall, Palais des Congrés de Paris, France.
1992 “Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson” Text: Pascal Pique.
Edition, Gallery Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France.
1992 “Atelier 92” Text: Elvan Zabunyan.
Edition: Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
1991 “Drawings” Edition: Villa Saint Clair, Séte, France.
1991 "Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson" Text: Bernard Marcadé.
Edition: Gallery Nýhofn, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Public collections:
National Gallery of Iceland.
Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland.
Kópavogur Municipal Art Museum, Iceland.
Akureyri Municipal Art Museum, Iceland.
National University Art Museum of Iceland.
Icelandair Art Collection, Iceland.
Collection of the city of Genf, Switzerland.
Collection of the City of Paris, France.
FNAC, Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
FRAC, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
FRAC, Franche Conté, France.
Collection of the University in Dijon, France.
FRAC, Corse, France.
Fonds Département d´Art Contemporain, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
Commande Publique:
2011 "L´Éloge de la Nature" Conseil Général de l´Hérault, Collége de Loupian, France.
2006 "Ljós í skugga" Dvalarheimilið Hlíð (Residential nursing home), Akureyri, Iceland.
2004 “Samhengi” Landsbanki Islands, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2000 “Sólalda” Landsvirkjun - The National Power Company,
Sultartangi hydro power station, Iceland.
Publications and Book art:
1993 “Réserve” Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporain, Genf, Swizerland /
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
1993 “Corrections” Centre de Gravure Contemporain, Genf, Switzerland /
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
1997 Photo/lithographique, Maison Levanneur / Atelier Frank Bordas, France.