Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir Icelandic, b. 1981

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Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir, Tekst á loft / Takes flight, 2023

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Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir

Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir (b. 1981) graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with an MFA degree in 2009 and obtained a BA degree in fine arts from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2006. A rich sense of materiality characterizes Áslaug's work, who works with abstract imagery and looks for meanings in varied material choices and methods, e.g. by drawing in a petrified surface and the interaction of stones within other components resulting in her distinctive sculptural painting style.

Áslaug has had multiple solo exhibitions and participated in group shows in museums and galleries across Europe, the United States, and Iceland. Notable mentions include Stellingar I Linear Narratives at Berg Contemporary, A17 at the Reykjanes Art Museum, Skúlptúr Skúlptúr at Gerðarsafn, as well as solo exhibitions Arfur at Gallerí Þula, Bergmál at Listval Gallery, and Skil | Skjól at Neskirkja. Earlier this year, Áslaug participated in the art fair Market in Stockholm and a group exhibition at the Icelandic Embassy residence in Stockholm as well as the group exhibition Samhljómur at the Icelandic Embassy in Copenhagen.

Works by Áslaug are held in the collections of public art museums in Iceland.

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Biography

Solo & two person exhibitions

2023 - Open, Þula, Reykjavik IS.

2023 - Harmony, Icelandic Embassy in Copenhavn. Listval. DK

2023 - Market Art Fair, Þula. Stockholm SE

2022/23 - Separation | Shelter, Neskirkja. Reykjavik IS

Curator: Vala Pálsdóttir

2022 - Echo, Listval. Reykjavik IS

2022 - Heritage, Þula. Reykjavik IS

2021 -WithinOver, Gallery Port. Reykjavik IS

2021 - Decoding, Ásmundarsalur. Reykjavik IS
Curator: Julie Gasiglia

2020 - Stone Script, Norr11. Listval. Reykjavik IS

2018 - Mirroring, Svavarssafn. Hofn in Hornafjordur IS
Curator: Hanna Dís Whitehead

2017 - Building, Sculpture, Drawing, A.M. Conceptspace. Reykjavik IS

2015 - Image // Object, Reykjavik Art Museum. Kunstslager,
Reykjavik IS

2015 - Surface, Hverfisgallerí. Reykjavik IS

Selected group exhibitions

2023 - A Meeting with Eldfell, Vestmannaeyjar Culture House.

Vestman Islands IS

Curators: Vala Pálsdóttir and Ilana Halperin

2023 -Colleagues, Gallery Port. Reykjavik IS

2023 - Market, The residence of the Icelandic ambassador in Stockholm. Þula. SE

2022 - Are you from around here?, KFUM&K house. Vestman Islands IS

Curator: Vala Pálsdóttir

2022 - 22 - Vol.1, Þula. Reykjavik IS

2021 - 30x30, Gallery Port. Reykjavik IS

2021 - stance I linear narratives, Berg Contemporary. Reykjavik IS

Curators: Kristína Aðalsteinsdóttir and Steinar Örn Erluson

2021 - Funky Terrazzo, Hafnartorg for Design March. Reykjavik IS

2018 - Sculpture – Sculpture, Gerðarsafn Museum. Reykjavik IS

Curator: Klara Þórhallsdóttir

2017 - Boutique / Bodega, Harbinger. Reykjavik IS
Curator: Steinunn Marta Önnudóttir

2017 - A17, Reykjanes Art Museum. Reykjanesbær IS

Curators: Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson and Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson

2014 - “I have never seen a figurative electricity”, Ásmundarsafn / Reykjavík Artmuseum. Reykjavik IS
Curators: Klara Þórhallsdóttir and Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir

2012 - Space of the Painting, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri IS

Curator: Einar Garibaldi

2009 - A New Currency, 55 Delancey Street, New York, USA
Curator: Dan Cameron

2009 - Work Out, OTOM Gym, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Curator: Ryan Sullivan

2009 - Exhaust Exhaust, The Compound Warehouse, Philadelphia, PA USA
Curator: Melanie Kress

2009 - Cardsharper, The Visual Arts Gallery, Chelsea, New York USA

Curator: Lauren Ross

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Exhibitions