Anna Maggý Icelandic, b. 1995
Anna Maggý
Anna Maggý (b. 1995) is a Reykjavík-based photographer and director whose multidisciplinary work engages with themes of materiality, social structures, and their boundaries. Using mediums like video, collage, installation, and primarily photography, Anna explores the intersection between reality and dreams, the tangible and intangible, often framing her artistic message through the lens of the subconscious mind.
She studied at Ljósmyndaskólinn, the Photography School of Iceland, in Reykjavík from 2015 to 2018. Since then, she has developed a practice characterized by an exploration of visual storytelling and innovative techniques that question the perception of reality. Her solo exhibitions include Streambed at Þula, Reykjavík (2024), Avoiding Death and Birth at Þula (2022-23), and Urgent Experiments on Reality at Ásmundarsalur (2022). Earlier shows include CAN I BORROW YOUR EYES at Flak, Patreksfjörður (2021) and The Perfect Body at Þula (2021). Notable group exhibitions include On Display at The Living Art Museum (2022) and DOOMSDAY at Þula (2022).
Anna has also been featured in art fairs such as CHART Art Fair in Copenhagen and the Los Angeles Art Show in 2023 respectively. Her work has received international attention, with features in Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Dazed and Confused, Another Magazine, i-D Magazine, and other publications.
Select solo and two-person exhibitions:
2023 - Released / Leyðist úr læðingi (with Georg Óskar), 1300° Gallerý, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022-23 - Avoiding Death and Birth, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - Urgent Experiments on reality, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021 - CAN I BORROW YOUR EYES, Flak, Patreksfjörður, Iceland
2021 - The Perfect Body, Þula Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 - Clear, Design March, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - No Frame, BISMUT, Reykjavík Iceland
2017 - SEEN, Gallery Port, Reykjavik Iceland
2017 - Narcissist, Gróska, Garðabær
Select group exhibitions:
2025 - Þverskurður / Cross Section, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2024 - Árfarvegur / Streambed, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - On Display , The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - DOOMSDAY, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - Samsýning Vol. 2, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 - Samsýning Vol.1, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 - Sóttqueen – Postprent, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik ,Iceland
2019 - Hönnunarmars - Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 - GENDER SPECTRUM, Menningarnótt, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - MMMMenningarnótt - Hagatorg á Menningarnótt, Reykjavík, Iceland
Art fairs:
2023 - CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 - Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California, USA
Publications/Press:
Vogue Italia
British Vogue
Dazed and confused
Another Magazine
I-D Magazine
SEEN Zine
Blæti
Popular Magazine
Reykjavik Grapevine
Bast Magazine
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Anna Maggý
Myndleysa / Non-Image I Þula 5 Jul - 10 Aug 2025In this exhibition, Anna Maggý approaches photography differently than usual. Instead of beginning with predetermined subjects, she creates through a process shaped by light and material, allowing their organic interplay...Read more -
Group show
Þverskurður / Cross Section 22 Feb - 6 Apr 2025Þverskurður / Cross Section is a group exhibition that brings together works by ten artists represented by Þula, each with a unique approach to materials and media. The exhibition highlights...Read more -
Ár•farvegur // Stream•bed
Anna Maggý, Kristinn E. Hrafnsson, Vikram Pradhan & Hrafnkell Sigurðsson 13 Jan - 18 Feb 2024The exhibition Stream• bed invites visitors to step into a world where the micro and the macro meet, in time and space of human and earthly life. Millennia and moments...Read more -
Anna Maggý
Avoiding Death and Birth 3 Dec 2022 - 28 Jan 2023Journal entries transferred to visual form. Improvised writing from an unseen and unspoken subconscious. The eternal battle with the state of mind. Up, down, up, down, down, up, down, up...Read more -
Anna Maggý
The Perfect Body 1 - 23 May 2021Read more
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Market Art Fair 2025
Stockholm, Sweden 15 - 18 May 2025Our booth presentation invites viewers to question the boundaries between the real and the imagined, the tangible and the abstract. Featuring works by Auður Lóa...Read more -
CHART Art Fair 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 -
Los Angeles Art Show 2023
Los Angeles, USA 15 - 19 Feb 2023Þula will be making it's debut in LA at the Los Angeles Art Show. Bringing the talented photographer Anna Maggý, the booth will be a...Read more