Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir
Born in Reykjavik, Iceland (1977)
Lives and works in Reykjavík.
siggabjorg@gmail.com/ tel: 00354 6959303
www.siggabjorg.net
Education
2002-2004: MFA, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
1997-2001: BA Fine Art-Painting, Icelandic Academy of Art and Design, Reykjavík, Iceland
Selected solo exhibitions
2023 Breath on a Window, Reykjavík Art Museum, Ásmundarsafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
Inverse, Ásmundarsalur art gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland ,
2022 Periphery, Portfolio gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Constant Vibration, Gerðuberg, Reykjavík City Library, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 Internal External, Listamenn Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Stain, Neskirkja church, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2017 500 Album Covers. Drawing Performance. Nordur og Nidur festival. Harpa concerthall, Reykjavík
Rósa, Hafnarborg Art Museum, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
Portrait, cigarette, record player and a Frisör, Alþýðuhúsið, Siglufjörður, Iceland.
2016 Katja vs. Sigga. (with Katja Tukiainen) The Museum of Drawing, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
Óvera, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Íceland.
2014 SNIFFER, with Erica Eyres, ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland and Glasgow International, Festival of Visual Art, Glasgow Scotland
A Story Of Creation, /Videoartist of the month, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Alex, Wind and Weather Gallery, Reykjvík, Iceland
2013 ROOM nr. 9, ÞOKA Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
9 FINGERS, book launch, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 33, Kling and Bang gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 Guests of Prey, Kunstverein Baden, Baden, Austria
2010 SMOKE, Junge Kunst e.V.Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
Yancey Richardson Gallery, Project Gallery, New York, USA
BEAST, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
2009 CHEESE, Enter the Mayhemisphere Festival, Neskaupsstaður, Iceland
2008 Zeðrik, 101 gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Demon Darling,(with Michael Nitsche) Kunstverein Uelzen, Germany
2007 Paradox Parade, Galerie Adler, New York, USA
2006 Wrong House, Washington Garcia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Slurpophobia, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Paracide Park, Galerie Clark, Montreal, Canada
Sigga Björg Sigurdardottir, subzone1 Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Stop Singing My Victim is Trying to Drool on my Favourite Soulmate, BOX Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
Legs, Linedcing and a Victim in Yellow Jumper, Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2021 The Smile of the Sphinx, curated by Ilari Valbonesi, Sarajevo, Borsnia and Hersegovina
2020 Greetings Across the Ocean, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 Signal. Site specific wall drawing. The old Herring Factory, Djúpavík, Strandir, Iceland.
Amy´s Donation, National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland.
2018 Fusion, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden.
Tales of the Unseen, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland.
Lovísa, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland.
2017 The Fine Art of Drawing, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich, Sviss. (also at Drawing Now, Paris w.Galerie Römerapotheke)
2016 RÍKI fauna flora fable, Reykjavík Art Museum/Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland.
I borealeFestival, Nordic female experimental cinema focus, Milan, Italy.
2015 Urkraft/Primary Force, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden.
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2015, York, Uk.
Morphing, The Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
Visions; Really? Really?, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Pop Up, Galerie Dina Renninger, Munich, Germany
VisionXsound,203.3040.AT, Graf+Zyx Tank,Naulangebach, Austria
700.is Reindeerland, Sláturhúsið, Egilsstaðir, Iceland
McLaren 2014, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
Icelandic Portraits, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceand
2013 Junge Kunst Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
Look At Me, ASÍ Art Museum,Reykjavík, Iceland
2012 Fox With Issues, SPECTA gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Emotional Blackmail, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
Hauser XII, The Loft, Raum fur Kunst und Gegenwart, Ansbach, Germany
2011 Emotional Blackmail, SAAG Gallery, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada
From eternity to here, Galerie LARM, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Coloursynthesis, Reykjavík Art Museum/Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
Bejing International Art Biennale 2010, Bejing, China.
I FIZZ ART, Fizz gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Fröhliche Gesellschaft, Parrotta Contemporary, Stuttgart, Germany
700.is Reindeerland, The Slaughterhouse, Egilsstaðir, Iceland.
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
The Glue Factory at The Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
2009 Running Time: Artist Films in Scotland 1960 to Now, National Galleries of Scotland,
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
FishFocus Festival: Dark Star. Iceland Videoart, Rome Film Festival, Italy
X, No Soul for Sale, A Festival of Independents, X Initiative, New York, USA
Bad Moon Rising 4, Galerie sans titre, Brussels, Belgium
Last Day of Magic, 53rd Venice Biennial's satellite, Venice, Italy
2008 PHANTAKALIFRAGILISTIGEXPIALIGETISCH, Galerie ADLER, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Candybar, Galería 13, Mexico City, Mexico
START, Verksmidjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
Á jaðrinum, Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand
Salem, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
Tomorrow Always Belongs To Us, Gothenburgh Art Museum, Gothenburgh, Sweden
2007 The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
Winter 07, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Volta Show, with Galerie Adler, Basel, Switzerland
An Archaeology, Zabludowicz Collection: Project Space 176, London, UK
Into the Woods, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany
Three Part Harmony: Definition, Delicacy, and Detail in Drawing, Curator's Office, Washington, USA
Je suis une bombe, Von der Heyd Museum, Wuppertal / Kunsthalle Barmen, Germany
Reduce to max, Roemerapotheke, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 The Icelandic Painting since 1980, Icelandic Art Museum, Reykavik, Iceland
The square root of drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
The Un-Homely, Galerie Adler, New York, USA
The Apostles Clubhouse, Reykjavik Art Museum/Hafnarhús, Iceland
Contemporary Video Art From Iceland, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
The Open Eye Club, The Project Rooms, Glasgow, Scotland
Eine Szene, in der Kunst entsteht: Iceland, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany
Linie Plastik, Dina4 Projekte, Munich, Germany
2005 The trap and the Rope, The Jail, Glasgow, Scotland
The Zoo Art fair with The Great Unsigned, London Zoo, UK
Craving your indulgence, The Great unsigned, London, UK
Berlinvasion with Klink and Bank, Berliner Liste, Berlin, Germany
Lys over Lolland, Sukkkerfabrikken, Lolland, Denmark
TIVOLI, Árnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Where the Wild Things Are, UTS Gallery, Sidney, Australia
BLOC, The County Hall Gallery, London, UK
2004 Noonday Demons, CCA - Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
The Winter Mass, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Other People Show, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK
Dreams of Dystopia, Klink and Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland
Collections
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet/The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden
Zabludowicz Art Trust , London,UK
The Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland
Halmstad Municipality Art Collection
Hafnarborg Art Museum, Iceland
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
JoMo Art Collection, Belgium
Vicky Hughes and John Smith, London,UK
Sammlung Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany
Selected publications
2016 Katja VS. Sigga, The Drawing Museum, Laholm, Sweden.
2014 SNIFFER, with Erica Eyres, Glasgow, Scotland
2013 9 FINGERS, Self published and launched at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow/ and published by ÞOKA Gallery, Reykjavík
2012 - 33 - , Kling and Bang Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2011 Íslensk Listasaga/Icelandic Art History, Icelandic Art Museum, Forlagið, Reykjavík,Iceland
2010 The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration, Harper Collins, UK
2009 Icelandic Art Today, Hatje Cantz, Germany
Grants and Awards
2020 Professional Artist Salaries, 4 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
Special artist grant for covid 19, Fine Art-fund of Iceland
2017 Professional Artist Salaries, 3 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
2016 The Drawing Museum, 3 weeks residency and exhibition, Laholm, Sweden
Grant towards Rósa, a solo exhibition at Hafnarborg Museum, Fine Art-fund of Iceland.
2015 Professional Artist Salaries, 6 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
2014 Creative Scotland, Grant towards the exhibition Sniffer at the Glasgow International and ASÍ Art Museum.
Icelandic Art Center, Grant towards the exhibition Sniffer at the Glasgow International and ASÍ Art Museum.
Professional Artist Salaries, 6 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
2013 Professional Artist Salaries, 3 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
2012 Icelandic Art Centre,Traveling grant towards the exhibition Emotional Blackmail, KWAG, Kitchener-Waterloo,Canada
Kunsthalle Krems, Artist grant and 3 months residency at AIR Krems, Austria
2011 Professional Artists Salaries, 6 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
Icelandic Art Centre, Traveling grant towards the exhibition Emotional Blackmail, SAA Gallery, Alberta, Canada.
2010 Myndstef,Traveling grant towards a solo exhibition at Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2009 SIM, Traveling grant towards a screening at the Rome film festival
SIM, Traveling grant towards a screening at the Venice Biannale´s satellite program
2008 Professional Artists Salaries, 12 months, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
Icelandic Art Centre , Grant towards a show at Gothenburg Art Museum
2007 Creative Development Grant, The Scottish Arts Council
Myndstef, Grant towards a solo show in New York, Iceland
2006 The Woolen Glove, Artist Award, The Icelandic Art Academy
SIM, Traveling Grant for a solo show in Galerie Clark, Montreal
2005 Svavar Gudnason and Asta Eiriksdottir, Painting Grant, The Icelandic Art Museum
SIM, Traveling Grant for Berliner Liste
Minningarsjodur Margretar, Artist Grant
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