Elín Hansdóttir
b.1980 Reykjavík, Iceland.
03 – 06 KHB -Weissensee; Magister.
99 – 03 Iceland Academy of the Arts; BA.
shows
2010 i8 galleri, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Germany.
2009 UNIVERSOLO, Unosolo project space, Rome, Italy.
PARALLAX, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland.
2008 TWO POINT FIVE, Program, Berlin. Collaboration with choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir.
PATH, Maribel Lopez Gallery, Berlin.
2007 BOOK SPACE, Reykjavík City Library, Iceland.
2006 TAKING TIME, Sequences realtime festival, Iceland.
BOOK SPACE, public libraries Berlin & Hamburg.
HERE ELSEWHERE, rec gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2005 UNTITLED (Nafnlaust), Material Time/ Work Time/ Life Time, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland.
in collaboration with Neulant van Exel, Darri Lorenzen and Anne Kockelkorn.
SPOT, Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland.
2004 YOU, The Arnesinga Art Museum, Iceland.
group shows
2010 VOICE BETWEEN LINES, Centre D´Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain.
2009 RETHINK THE IMPLICIT, Den Frie Utsillingsbyggning, Copenhagen.
SPACE REVISED – Verbleib Unbekannt, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany.
LEFT ON YOUR OWN DEVICES, Bólit Center d´ Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain.
2008 PLEINAIRISM, i8 Galleri, Iceland.
ART AGAINST ARCHITECTURE, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik Arts Festival.
2007 BERLIN NOIR, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York.
FRIEZE PROJECTS, Frieze Art Fair, London.
CONSEQUENCES AND PROPOSALS, Biennale of Young Artists, Tallin, Estonia.
BETWEEN TWO DEATHS, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany.
SEVERAL DOZEN SECONDS OF BADLY DEVELOPED FILM, Raster Gallery, Warsaw.
EXHIBITION´S RUINS/ EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES, Safn, Iceland.
2005 NEW ICELANDIC ART II, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.
PRAYING FOR SILENCE, Ludwigsburger Kunstverein, Germany.
2004 BERLIN NORTH, Hamburger Bahnhof National Museum, Berlin, Germany.
other projects
2009 KOMPLEX, artist residency founded with artist Darri Lorenzen for the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, Germany.
NACRE, 10th Spire, Skanu Mezs, Riga. Installation for music by Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir.
2008 RUNWAY, Sequences real-time Art Festival, Iceland. Installation for music by Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir.
HELIX, Sequences real-time Art Festival, Iceland. Collaboration with musician Úlfur Hansson.
bibliography
2009 Book: Schoen, Christian. “Icelandic Art Today”, published by Hatje Cantz.
2008 Article: Heisler Eva, “Elín Hansdóttir”, in ART PAPERS nov/dec issue.
Article: Wagner K.Matthias, “Elín Hansdóttir”, in Grrrh Nr.8.
Article: Kockelkorn Anne, “Realitätsvorschlag”, in: Bauwelt 16, p. 2-3.
2007 Project: CMYK, in collaboration with Darri Lorenzen, curated by Walead Beshty,
Cabinet Magazine, Issue 27, p. 34.
Article: Blumenstein Ellen, “Watchlist”, in: Monopol Magazin, Nr.8, p. 19.
Article: Kockelkorn Anne, “Fiktive Grenzen”, in: BaunetzWoche#30, p. 3-9. (www.baunetz.de)
Catalogue: Between Two Deaths, published by Hatje Cantz, p. 180-183 & p. 277-278.
2006 Article: Brener Julie, “Lost in Place”, in: ARTnews, no.10 (November issue).
2005 Book: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Interviews. Published by Eidastoll, p.56-60.
Catalogue: Material Time/Work Time/Life Time, ed. Jessica Morgan and Björn Roth, published
by Eidastoll and Revolver. p. 50-53.
2004 Catalogue: You, published by Elin Hansdottir and The Arnesinga Art Museum.
Catalogue: Berlin North, ed. Gabriele Knapstein, published by Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für
Gegenwart, Berlin.
grants
2009 Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, San Francisco.
2008 Residency at NKD Dale, Norway.
2007 Minningarsjóður Margrétar for the project BOOK SPACE (National Library of Iceland).
Penninn art grant, Iceland.
2005 Study scholarship linked to the Henrik-Steffens Prize, Alfred Toepfer Foundation, Germany.
DAAD study scholarship.
2004 Stipend from the Gudmunda Andrésdóttir Foundation, National Gallery of Iceland.