Kristín Morthens Icelandic, b. 1992
Kristín Morthens
Kristín Morthens' paintings deal with boundaries, intimacy and seperation through narratives of limb-like figures in abstract spaces. These subjects often perform a gesture of almost-touching, reaching out or pulling in, either toward themselves or between each other. The focus of physicality is repeated through layering techniques using materials such as oil, spray paint, dry pastels, sand and charcoal. The contrasting surfaces highlight notions of boundaries and materialism.
Kristín Morthens solo exhibitions include Gegnumtrekkur for Þula, Reykjavík(2021), Introducing Kristín Morthens for Christopher Cutts, Toronto(2019), and I Followed a Spiral, It Felt Lika a Loop, Angell Gallery, Toronto(2019). Morthens' work has been shown at CHART Art Fair, Art Miami, Art Toronto and Foire Papier. She works between Reykjavík and Toronto.
Education
2014-2018 BFA OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2016 BFA exchange, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 2008-12
Solo
2023
Andrými á hafsbotni // Air Under Water, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022
Að snerta uppsprettu, Listval, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021
Gegnumtrekkur, Þula, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019
Armar, GK Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
Það sem fer í hring, Gallerí Port, Reykjavik, Iceland
Introducing Kristín Morthens, Christopher Cutts, Toronto, Canada
I Followed a Spiral, It Felt Like a Loop, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016
Feeling Blessed, Algera Stúdíó, Reykjavik, Iceland
Group
2023
D-vítamín, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022
Ný aðföng, Natinoal Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021
Samsýning 2021-vol.1, Þula, Reykjavik, Iceland
2020
Jólamarkaður Þulu, Þula, Reykjavik, Iceland
Gleðileg jól, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland Stuttgart Art Walk, Stuttgart, Germany Samsýning í Flæði, Flæði, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019
Port IV, Gallery Port, Reykjavik, Iceland
Summer Group Exhibition, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada Nothing Something, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada From The Edge of the World, Ekkisens, Reykjavik, Iceland
2018
Le Grand Salon de Noël, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Á Snærum, Gallery Port, Reykjavik, Iceland
Ung Islandsk Kunst, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark Synthetic Shorelines, Durden&Ray, Los Angeles, Bandaríkin
Sugar Wounds no.2, Ármúli 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sugar Wounds no.1, Ármúli 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sex Self, Ekkisens, Reykjavik, Iceland
Fresh Paint / New Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
Painters Make Better Lovers, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, Canada Gradex, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Simmer 2, 165 Geary Ave, Toronto, Canada
Festival of the Body, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2017
Háflæði, Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
Negative Space, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada Festival of the Body, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2016
Áferð, Gallery Port Reykjavik, Iceland
Festival of the Body, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2015
Algera Fiesta Flow, Algera, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014 Túban, Gamla Stofan, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013
Háflæði, Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hávaði, Kaffistofan, Reykjavik, Iceland 2012 Ainda É Preciso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Poluição Eleitoral, Puxadinho, São Paulo, Brazil
Vinnslan 1, Norðurpóllinn, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Útskriftarsýning Fjölbrautaskólans Í Breiðholti, Brimhúsið, Reykjavik, Iceland Svart-Hvítt, Artíma Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Art fairs
2021
CHART Art Fair, solo booth, Copenhagen, DK
2020
Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada 2019 Art Miami, Miami, USA Foire Papier, Montreal, Canada
2018
Art Toronto, Torontó, Canada
Grants and awards
2018
Mrs. W. O. Forsyth Award
Icelandic Art Center for Sugar Wounds
2016
Curry’s Art Store Prize 2015 Helen Eisen Scholarship
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Kristín Morthens
Andrými á hafsbotni / Air under water 3 Jun - 2 Jul 2023Air Under Water is an excursion exploring territories unknown, yet faintly recognizable landscapes etched into the borders of our psyche. The artist, herself, becomes a conduit for ideas that seem...Read more -
Kristín Morthens
Gegnumtrekkur 6 - 28 Mar 2021In this body of works, Kristín explores narrative tradition, timelessness, paradoxes, and risks. She does this through paintings that show ecosystems of organic forms with sharp claws in chaotic spaces...Read more
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CHART 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark 25 - 27 Aug 2023For CHART Art Fair 2023 a group of 3 artists were representing the booth, Kristín Morthens, Auður Lóa Guðnadóttir and Anna Maggý all of them...Read more -
Market Art Fair - Market Debut
Stockholm, Sweeden 12 - 14 May 2023Þula Debuted at Market Art Fair in Stockholm this year (2023). We brought the talented Kristín Morthens and Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir. About the artistis:...Read more -
CHART 2021
Copenhagen, Denmark 26 - 29 Aug 2021For CHART 2021 Þula presented an exhibition by Kristín Morthens. The paintings include narratives of intamacy, separation and boundries interpreted in terms of physical form...Read more