Sunneva Ása Weisshappel

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Sunneva Ása Weisshappel

Sunneva Ása Weisshappel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from the Iceland University of the Arts, in the spring of 2013. She currently lives and works in London while completing the MFA in Fine Arts at the Goldsmith University in London.

She works in a variety of mediums; painting, installation, performance, and video art. Along with fine art, she has worked in theatre and film as a production designer, set, and costume designer.

Weisshappel’s artworks have been exhibited, both nationally and internationally. She has completed art residencies and has been active in the visual art world since her graduation.

She challenges the self on experimental platforms to explore and mirror the present, space, time, and human emotions. Painting and performance are Sunneva’s primary mediums. within her artistic expression, moreover, she has experimented by channeling it through many different platforms such as a canvas that is sewn together and each layer treated differently. Together, the layers form a work that is multifaceted, raw, and time-related.

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Works

Biography

Education

2021- Goldsmith, University of London, England, MFA. Fine Art

2009-2013 Iceland University of the Arts, B.A. Fine Art

2009-2010 Klassíski Listdansskólinn, Reykjavík, Iceland, Contemporary dance

2006-2008 Fjölbrautarskólinn í Breiðholti, Reykjavík, Iceland, Visual Art

1997-2006 Listdansskóli Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland, Contemporary and classical ballet

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2022 New Work, Robilant+Voena, London, United Kingdom

2021 Undirlög, Þula, Hjartatorg, Reykjavík, Iceland

2018 Metamorphosis, Gallerí Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

2018 Sugar Wounds No.04, Ármúli 7, Reykjavik, Iceland

2012 Ylhýra, Iceland University of the Arts Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2021 Vol.1, Þula, Hjartatorg, Reykjavík, Iceland

2020 Tíðarandi, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerði, Iceland

2018 Sugar Wounds No.01, Ármúli 7, Reykjavik, Iceland

2018 Raunir, B Plan Art Festival, Borgarnes, Iceland

2018 Human Centipede, Mammút homecoming concert, Gamla Bíó, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Soundscapes & Landscapes – Terraforming experiment 1, performer, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Hörund, Kynleikar, Ekkisens, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Dauðaherbergið, Lunga Art Festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2015 Algera Fiesta Flow, Algera Studio, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Flaggskip, Hávaði, Ekkisens, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Plato’s Parable of Light 3D, performer, Sequences Art Festival VII, Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Dauðaherbergið, off-venue Sequences Art Festival VII, Algera Studio,
Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 Mara, Listasafn SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 Bæjarleyfi, Ekkisens, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 Hrekkjavaka, Algera Studio, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 Natura Mater, Umbreyting Einars, Listasafn Einars Jónssonar, Reykjavík, Iceland

2013 Hávaði, Iceland University of the Arts gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

2013 Welcome: Play Me and Do You Want To Ride, Iceland University of the Arts graduation exhibition BA, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

2013 Stabi Project, Ateliers de Bitche, Nantes, France

2012 Snertu Mig, Iceland University of the Arts gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

2011 Homies Where My Heart Is, Laufásvegur basement, Reykjavík, Iceland

2011 Welcome To The Greenhouse, Sequences Art Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

2010 Me To The Export Of The It, Lunga Art Festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2010 Do Not Cover, Æringur Art Festival, Stöðvafjörður, Iceland

Cinema work

2020- 2021 Trapped III, production designer, Rvk Studios & Netflix, Iceland

2019-2020 Katla, production designer, Rvk Studios & Netflix, Iceland

2018 The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole, artistic consultant, Elsku Rut,
Ground Control Productions & Ursus Parvus, Iceland

2017 Mules, actress, Rvk Studios, Iceland

2009 Baby Bird, actress, directed by Katrín Ólafsdóttir, Iceland

Theater work

2019 Zoo, Future X, creator and director, Sydhavn Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018 Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare and Prokofiev), costume designer, Ballet des Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich, Germany

2018 Die verlorene Oper, Ruhrepos (Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht), costume designer, Staatstheater Hannover, Germany

2017 Guð Blessi Íslands, costume designer, Reykjavík City Theater, Reykjavík, Iceland

2017 Siegfried, The Ring of the Nibelung (Wagner), costume, choreography and video designer, Staatsoper Karlsruhe, Germany

2017 Álfahöllin, costume designer, National Theater of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

2017 Hamlet (William Shakespeare), costume and art design, Staatstheater Hannover, Germany

2016 Óþello (William Shakespeare), costume designer, Vesturport, National Theater of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

2016 Othello (William Shakespeare), costume design and choreography, Staatsschauspiel, Dresden, Germany

2016 Enemy of the Duck (Enemy of the People + The Wild Duck by Ibsen), costume design and choreography Norwegian National Theatre, Oslo, Norway

2016 Mutter Courage and her Children (Bertolt Brecht), costume and video design,Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, Germany

2015 Njála, costume designer, Reykjavík City Theater, Iceland

Video art and music videos (selected)

2020 Self-Painting, visual art performance video, 10.08 minutes

2018 What’s your Secret, the music video for Mammút, 4:23 minutes

2018 Salt, music video for Mammút, 5:47 minutes

2018 Ró, video art performance as a music video for Mammút, 2:33 minutes

2016 Goldigaz, music video for We Are Z, 4:09 minutes

2016 Crazy Little You, music video for Cryptochrome, 3:49 minutes

2015 Glæður, music video for Mammút, 4:16 minutes

2015 Óráð, music video for Amabadama, 4:17 minutes

2015 Blood Burst, a music video for Mammút, 5:03 minutes

2015 Í Næsta Lífi, music video for XXX Rottweiler hundar, 3:26 minutes

2014 Stimulation, video artwork, 6:33 minutes

2014 The Rose, video artwork, 9:47 minutes

2014 Síðasti dansinn, music video for Camber Orchestra, Kúbus, 2:47 minutes

2014 The Backbone, music video for Rökkurró, 4:30 minutes

2014 Þau Svæfa, music video for Mammút, 3:07 minutes

2014 Lemon Stars, a music video for East of my Youth, 4:53 minutes

2013 Do You Want To Ride, video art/experimental movie, 47:02 minutes

2011 Nine, experimental video artwork, 4 hours and 5 minutes

2011 Flaggskip, video artwork, 10:09 minutes

2011 Hress Með Nananana, video artwork series of 2-4 minutes long episodes

2009 Golden Dick Dance, video art performance, 4 minutes

Work experience (selected)

2017 Artist in a residency program, Disco Art Festival, Oqaatsut, Greenland

2016 Artist in residency program at Le Wonder, Paris, France

2014- 2017 Manager of Algera Studio, residency programs and exhibitions, Iceland

2014 Performer in the music video Crossfade, directed by Tommy Kha, for GusGus, Iceland

2009 Performer in the film Democracy is a Mishmash of dead animals in a bun, by Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttir, Iceland

Awards

2015 Costume designer of the year at Gríman, the Icelandic Performing Arts Awards, for Njála, Reykjavík City Theater, Iceland

2013 Album cover of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards, from the album Komdu til mín Svarta Systir by Mammút. The cover contained a photographed performance by the artist, Reykjavík, Iceland

Nominations

2019 Dance show of the year at the German Faust awards, Romeo and Juliet, costume design, Ballet des Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich, Germany

2017 Costume designer of the year at Gríman, the Icelandic Performing Arts Awards, God Bless Iceland, Reykjavík City Theater, Iceland

2016 Theater performance of the year at Heddaprisen, The Norwegian Theater Awards, Enemy of the Duck, costume design and choreography, Norwegian National Theatre, Oslo, Norway

2014 Music video of the year at the Nordic Music Awards, Þau Svæfa by Mammút, director and creator, Oslo, Norway

2014 Music video of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards and the Northern Wave Film Festival for The Backbone by Rökkurró, director and creator, Iceland

Exhibitions