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ARTIST STATEMENT: |
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One way to enter my work is through
the drawing. A simple tool like a pen is usually what activates an
idea. With a pen, I can navigate the overflow of information, of calm
or erupting emotions, confusion, understandings and misunderstandings.
The fragments the pen delivers from the mind´s eye via the hand onto a
surface, as lines gather together into a universe of their own. It is
an abstract place made of fragmented thoughts.
When the drawing works itself into a
2D painting, color and brush add more information and expand the
universe. Accordion books, canvases, large and small, sticks,
translucent drafting film, fabric and large site specific
installations reflect restlessness, clarity and confusion. They also
address the blurred boundaries between painting, drawing and
sculpture.
I am interested in the inner logic of
emotion and how reason or logic contains emotion. The paintings of the
"logic series": “flight,” “fury,” “control,” and
“exploration,” are examples of work wrestling with these
opposites. My work is generated in a dialogue between not knowing
and knowing. When I begin, I do not know where my work will go or end
up. The process is terribly frustrating, but also exhilarating when it
surprises me. |
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RESUME: |
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Education: |
MFA. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
M.A. Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia,
England
B.Ed. University Teachers College of Iceland |
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Awards& Grants: |
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2014 |
The Icelandic Department
of Culture: National Artist Fellowship |
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2011 |
Barbara and Magnús. Á. Árnason Memorial
Fund, Iceland |
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2006 |
The Icelandic Dept..of Culture.
National Artist Fellowship: Travel Grant |
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2005 |
Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Driehouse Foundation,
Chicago. |
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2004 |
American Scandinavian Foundation |
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2003 |
Myndstef, travel grant
Residency Fellowship, Hafnarborg Art Museum, Iceland
Residency Fellowship SÍM, Union of Icelandic Artist, Reykjavík,
Iceland |
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2002 |
Honorary Mention, School of the Art Institute Graduation Fellowship |
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2001 |
Nippon Steel /USA Residential Award
Teaching Assistantship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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2000 |
Teaching Assistantship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scholarship from the Soroptimists of Europe
Residency Fellowship at Hafnarborg Art Museum, Iceland
Parson Group, Student Award
Nippon Steel /USA Residential Award |
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1999 |
Bryan Lathrop Fellowship. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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1984 |
Foreign & Commonwealth Official Scholarship & Award Scheme |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
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2014 |
brot/ fragment fracture, fold,
violation, ASI Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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2013 |
gastro | A
site-specific installation, Taste of Chicago/Celebrity Chef du Jour;
Dept of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL |
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2012 |
flying through the cuckoo's nest: New Paintings
& Installation by Anna Jóelsdóttir, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2011 |
surge,
The Clock Tower
Gallery, curated by Alana Heiss, New York, NY |
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2009 |
priest chews velvet
haddock,
Installation, Stux Gallery, New York , NY
stone black heart murmur, Installation, Tarble Arts Center,
Charleston, IL
the dandelions are over: New Paintings
& Installation by Anna Jóelsdóttir, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2008 |
NEXT
Art Fair, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
2007 LOOPTOPIA, Sticks-Installation/Performance, Macy’s storefront
window,
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Invitational, curated by Angelique
Williams |
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2006 |
heima? / home?, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
heima? / home?,
ASÍ
Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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2005 |
space/time,
New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
SubCity Projects, Chicago, 25 Sticks, an installation of 3D
paintings
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. 42ºN/ 66ºN, Staci Boris,
curator |
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2003 |
Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Iceland,
Flutter/Flökt
SIM Gallery, Reykjavík,
Iceland
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
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2000 |
Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Iceland |
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Group Exhibitions: |
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2016 |
Winter Group Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2015 |
Summer Group Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Just Painted
II, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Group Matrix, Stux
+ Haller Gallery, New York, NY |
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2014 |
Summer Show,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Burning Bright: Tiger, tiger,Stux
Gallery, New York, NY
Cadences of Line & Color, Curators:H.
Yngvason, Y.F. Quay & Jón Proppé,
Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland, |
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2012 |
Summer Show,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Summer: Piping Down The Valleys Wild,
group show, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Zg 10th Anniversary Show,
Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2011 |
MDW Art Fair,
participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Winter Group Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2010 |
MMX,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2009 |
Whimsical Impetus, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
Clusterf@#k,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2008 |
Infrastructure,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
STRAUMAR,
ASI Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Quarter Century of Art at Hafnarborg,
Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture & Fine Art,
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Group Think,
Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
Art Miami, Miami,
FL
Summer Show ‘07,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Works, Group Show,
Lillstreet Art
Center, Chicago, IL
Group,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2006 |
“Land Escape”,
River East Art Center, curated by Joseph Tabet,
Chicago, IL
Open House Project, Evanston,
curated by Jodie Jacobi
Summer Show '06,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Six Degrees of Separation,
Stefan Stux
Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zg Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
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2005 |
Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China, catalog
“Working Process,” Zg Gallery Chicago,
IL
Invisible Worlds,
Evanston Art Center, Curated by Shona Macdonald, Evanston, IL
The Living Art Museum, curator: Ransu, Reykjavík, Iceland, Cataloge |
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2004 |
Evanston Biennial, curators:Monique Meloche & Dominic
Molon, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Touch, Higher Gallery,
curator: Ed Schad,
Chicago, IL
Collegiere/To Collect,
Feltre School, Chicago,IL |
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2003 |
Tabla Rasa,
Prater Rouse Gallery,
Norfolk, VA
The Open Gallery, Reykjavík,
Iceland
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
“New Talent,”
Contemporary Art Workshop,
Chicago, IL
MFA Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel/ U.S.A. Residential Award Exhibition.
Chicago, IL
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2001 |
Hotel Show, Embassy Suites, Chicago, IL
Parson Group Award Exhibition, Partners in the
Arts Project, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel/ U.S.A. Residential Award Exhibition. Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
Gerðuberg Center for Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Chicago Art Open Student Show, Chicago, IL |
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1999 |
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Spring exhibition,
Chicago, IL |
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1995 |
West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI |
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Bibliography & Publications: |
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2012 |
Huffington Post, “Piping Down The Valleys Wild”, Explores Innocence in
Contemporary World review, 7/30/12 |
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2011 |
Stylehard.com, A Surge of Creativity, October 26, 2011 |
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2009 |
Art Ravel. Art and Culture
“Anna Jóelsdóttir:
Near Chaos”
NewCity, Anna Joelsdottir/Zg Gallery, Review by Jeffrey McNary, August
6, 2009 |
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2007 |
ArtStyle Chicago, web magazine,
chicagoarts-lifestyle.com |
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2006 |
"Anna Joelsdottir: Heima Home" by Audry Mast, Flavorpill Chicago,
Issue 108, October 10, 2006
"Finding Order in Chaos," by Fred Camper, Chicago Reader,
September 15, v.35, no. 52, sec. 2
"The Start of New Art," by Joanne Hinkel, Center Stage Chicago,
August 28, 2006
"Gallery Beat," Style
Chicago, September 1, 2006 |
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2005 |
LIST #3, CIA.is - Contemporay Icelandic Art . Web Magazine.
“Morgunblaðið,
(Icelandic newspaper)p.39
NEW YORKER, Review July 4, p.21
“Morgunblaðið” (Icelandic newspaper) May 21 , p.63
“Morgunblaðið”
(Icelandic
newspaper). Review. Feb.21. p. 37
Living Art Museum
Reykjavík, Iceland.
Exhibition Catalogue.
Evanston Art Center, catalogue |
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2004 |
ART PAPERS. Review by Michelle Grabner, Nov/Dec issue, p.50
“Morgunblaðið.”
Interview. August 13
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Summer Catalogue. |
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2003 |
“Morgunblaðið.”
Review. August, 2003
“Fréttablaðið” (Icelandic newspaper). August, 2003
New American Painting, The Open Studio Press. No. 47, Staci
Boris, curator,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
“Back to the Books,” American Artist. January, 2001 |
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2000 |
Morgunblaðið.” Review, March 28, 2000
“Dagblaðið” (Icelandic newspaper), Review, April 10, 2000 |
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1987 |
I Have Feelings. Series of photographs and a Teacher’s Guide. National
Center for Educational Materials of Iceland. |
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Public
Collections: |
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Reykjavik
Art Museum, Iceland
ASI Art Museum Reykjavik, Iceland
Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Hafnarfjörður Iceland |
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