Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir hefur unnið að myndlist í yfir tuttugu ár og sýnt víða í Evrópu, Ameríku og í Asíu. Hún hefur með verkum sínum náð að skapa sérstaka sýn á náttúruna sem hún miðlar í málverkum sínum, prent- og vídeóverkum auk stórra veggmynda og innsetninga. Hún hefur leitast við að höndla hreyfingu og hringrás síkvikrar náttúrunnar þar sem kyrr augnabliksmynstur og flæði umhleypinga togast á.
Á síðustu árum hefur hún unnið stórar innsetningar í Kína, nú síðast verkið Múrinn sem er varanlegt útilistaverk í gömlu hverfi rétt við miðborg Peking. Verkið er 48 m2 að stærð, málað á vegg með ösku og glersalla.
Guðrún hefur einnig sinnt sýningarstjórn, og byrjaði m.a. með sýningaröðina Kristin minni í Hallgrímskirkju árið 2009. Nýr sýningastjóri kirkjunnar, Þóra Sigurðardóttir, skoraði á Guðrúnu að takast nú sjálf á við það verkefni. Um verk sitt Vatn segir Guðrún:
Ég valdi vatn sem viðfangsefni til að minna okkur á mikilvægi vatns í lífríkinu, mikilvægi þess í umhverfi mannsins og allri menningu. Engir tveir vatnsdropar eru eins. Hver og einn hefur sína sérstöku formgerð. Í Kristnihaldi undir Jökli segir Jón prímus: „Ég hef þá teoríu að vatn sé gott“.
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, Frakkland
Myndlistarskóli Reykjavíkur
HELSTU EINKASÝNINGAR
2013 Vatn, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Ísland
2011 NOTCH Norræn, Kínversk listahátíð, Peking, Kína
2011 Sýni, Gallerí Ágúst, Reykjavík, Ísland
2010 Veðurlag, 751 Peking, Kína
2010 Veðurlag, Expo, Shanghai, Kína
2010 Imprints, Luise Ross Gallerí, New York, USA
2009 Veðurskrift, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Ísland
2008 Mynd, Gallerí Ágúst, Reykjavík, Ísland
2007 Veðurfar, Listasafn ASÍ, Reykjavík, Ísland
2006 Hin blíðu hraun, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfirði, Ísland
2005 Fjarlægð – nálægð, Skálholt, Ísland
2005 Thaw, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Earth´s Dandruff, Dandruff Space, Williamsburg, New York, USA
2004 Flux / Thaw Videó-innsetning, Norrænu sendiráðin, Berlin, Þýskaland
2003 Þoka, Videó-innsetning, Vetrarhátíð, Ráðhús Reykjavíkur, Ísland
2003 Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður Ísland
2003 Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður Ísland
2000 Af Fjöllum Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Ísland
1998 Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA
1998 Gallery Ísland, Osló, Noregur
1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA
1996 Sjónarhóll / Gerðuberg, Reykjavík, Ísland
1995 Fjallshlíðar, Listasafn Kópavogs, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Ísland
1994 Gallerí Sólon Íslandus, Reykjavík, Ísland
1993 Gallery De Lávei, Drachten, Holland
1992 Af fjöllum, Norræna húsið / FÍM salurinn, Reykjavík, Ísland
1991 Gallery Orpheus, Eskilstuna, Svíþjóð
1990 Gallery Persons & Lindelle, Helsinki, Finnland
HELSTU SAMSÝNINGAR
2013 Undir berum himni, Reykjavík, Ísland
2012 Frá Íslandi, Luise Ross Gallerí, New York
2011 Sjónarmið, Listasafn Reykjavíkur
2008 Hoffmannsgallerí, Reykjavíkur akademían, Reykjavík
2007 Að flytja fjöll, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerði
2007 Leiðin á milli, Þjóðminjasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
2007 Portret af Hallgrími Péturssyni, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík
2007 Borealis, Lenox Mass. USA video insetning
2006 Sequences / Overtures on Water, Reykjavík
2005 Haust sýning, Luise Ross Gallery, New York
2005 Straumar, Gallerí 100°, húsi Orkuveitu Reykjavíkur
2005 Island Kultur Stockholms Auktionsverk, Svíþjóð
2005 Grand Rock, Listahátíð, Reykjavík
2003 Kolonialen,Bryggen, Kaupmannahöfn, Danmörk
2003 Ferðafuðra, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík
2002 Moment, Santiago de Compostella, Spán
2002 Andrá, Listasafn ASÍ, Reykj avík, Ísland
2002 Norræn nútímalist, Hadelands Glasverk, Noregur
2001 Norræn nútímalist, Steninge Slott, Svíþjóð
2001 Í skugga trjánna, Hallormsstaðarskógur, Ísland
2000 Vetrarmynd, Gallerý Man, Reykjavík, Ísland
2000 International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA
2000 Muro dipinto Fresku-tvíæringur, Bologna, Ítalía
2000 New Bedford Art Museum, MA, USA
2000 List í Orkustöðvum, Laxárdal, Þingeyjarsýsla, Ísland
1998 Hverfingar, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Ísland
1999 Elementer Runde Taarn, Kaupmannahöfn, Danmörk
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA
1997 Belkaw, Bergisch Gladbach, Þýskaland
1995 Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Danmörk
1993 Gallery Frank Bustamante, New York, USA
1993 Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Þýskaland
FYRIRLESTRAR, KENNSLA og SAMKEPPNIR
2012 Uppsetning eigin verks í Peking, ásamt 7 nemendumn
Listaakademíu Peking háskóla. Kennsla
2006 Fyrirlestur og sýning Herhúsið, Siglufirði
2005 Fyrirlestur í Listaháskóla Íslands
2000 Tillaga að listskreytingu í nýbyggingu Kennaraháskóla Íslands.
1998 Pratt Fine Art Center,“Summer intensiv program” Seattle, USA
Kennsla og fyrirlestrar.
1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA Fyrirlestur
1993 De Láwei listasetrið, Dracten, Hollandi. Kennsla og fyrirlestrar
1988 Listaakademían, Helsingi, Finnland. Fyrirlestur
1987–88 Myndlista og handíðaskóli Íslands. Kennsla.
Nefndir og stjórnunarstörf
2008-2010 Stjórn Listvinafélags Hallgrímskirkju. Umsjón með sýningum.
2002-2006 Stjórn SÍM
2003-2005 Listir, menning, Menntamálaráduneytid
1996-2001 Stjórn Serrasjóðs
1994-1996 Formaður FÍM
1989-1993 Varamaður í stjórn Listskreytingasjóðs ríkisins.
1989-1992 Formaður sýninganefndar FÍM
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir has worked at her art for over twenty years and exhibited widely in Europe, America, and Asia. Through her art she has managed to create a singular vision of nature which she conveys through paintings, prints, and video works as well as large murals and installations. She has sought to render the motion and cyclic volatility of nature, with its tug-of-war between momentary still patterns and the flow of unstable systems.
In recent years she has created large installations in China, her latest being the permanent public artwork The Wall for an old neighborhood in the heart of Beijing. The Wall, which measures 48 m2, is a mural in ash and powdered glass.
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir has also worked as a curator and initiated, among other things, the exhibition series Christian Motifs at Hallgrímskirkja in 2009; now, at the urging of the church’s new curator, Thóra Sigurðardóttir, she takes on the challenge herself. Of her work Water Kristjánsdóttir writes:
I chose water for my subject to remind us of water’s importance in the biological and human environments and in all our culture. No two water droplets are alike; each one is unique in form. In the Halldór Laxness novel Christianity under the Glacier Jón Primus says, “My theory is that water is good.”
EDUCATION
1977-1979 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
1974-1979 The Reykjavik School of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
2013 Art Festival, AQUA, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 NOTCH Art Festival, The Wall, Mural installation, Beijing, China
2011 Galleri Agust, Speciment, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 751 Beijing, Weather Tune, Beijing, Chine
2010 Iceland Expo, Weather Tune, Shanghai, China
2010 Luise Ross Gallery, Imprints, New York, USA
2009 The Hafnarfjordur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Weather Writing, Iceland
2008 Gallery Agust, Pictures, Reykjavík, Iceland
2007 ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, Weathering
2007 Hafnarborg Institute of Art, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland. The Soft Lavas
2005 Skalholt Cathedral, Iceland, Installation
2005 Gallery Luise Ross, New York, USA. Thaw
2005 Dandruff Space, Williamsburg, New York, USA Earth´s Dandruff
2004 The Nordic Houses, Berlin, Germany Video instalation
2000 Hafnarborg Institute of Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
1999 Gallery Iceland, Oslo, Norway
1998 Luise Ross Gallery, NY, USA
1998 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA
1996 Gerduberg Municipal Art Institute, Visual conference and retrospective and new works
1995 Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur Iceland
1993 Galery De L’Awei, Drachten, Netherlands
1992 The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
1991 Gallery Orpheus, Eskilstuna, Sweden
1990 Gallery Persons & Lindell, Helskinki, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Under the open sky, Streets of the Gods, Reykjavík
2012 Luise Ross Gallery, From Iceland, New York, USA
2011 Reykjavík Art Museum, Perspectives, On the borders of Art and Philosophy.
2008 Reykjavik Academy, Iceland Art and scolars,
2007 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Ways in between
2007 LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland, Moving Mountains
2005 Gallery 100°, Reykjavik, Iceland, Streams
2003 Den Nordatlantiske Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Santiago de Compostella, Spain, Moment II
2002 ASI Museum, Reykjavik Iceland, Moment I
2001 Nortdic Contemporary Art, Steninge Palace, Sweden
2001 Hallormstadur Forest, East Iceland, Art in the Woods
2000 Gerduberg Municipal Art Gallery, Iceland, Elements
2000 Pittura de Dozza, Bologna, Italy
2000 New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
1999 The Round Tower, Elements, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seatle, USA
1995 Vejle Kunstmuesum, Vejle, Denmark
1993 Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 Gallery Frank Bustamante, New York, USA
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum
The National Art Gallery of Iceland
Gerdarsafn, Museum of Kopavogur, Iceland
The Hafnarfjördur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
The University of Iceland
The Icelandic University of Education
The National Broadcasting Service of Iceland
The National Bank of Iceland
The District Court of Reykjavik
Carnegie Museum of Art Collection
The Walter Stöhrer-Stiftung, Germany
The State Finance Agency, Iceland
Icelandair
Also works in private collections in Iceland, Sweden, Norway,
Switzerland, China, USA, Canada and Germany.
RELATED ART ACTIVITIES
2008 Chair person of Hallgrimschurch Art Exhibitions
2007 Commissioned work for a new Hall at the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
2005 Lecture at the Art Academy of Iceland
2000 Selected to participate in Art Competition for the Icelandic University of Education
1998 Teaching at Pratt Fine Art Center / Nordic Heritage Museum´s Summer Intensive Programme, Seattle, USA
1998 Lecture at the Nordic Heritage Museum of Seattle WA, USA
1993 Lecture at De L´Awei,Drachten, Holland
1990 Lecture at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Art
Gudrun Kristjansdottir has received grants and stipends from the City of Reykjavik in1998; the Icelandic State Fund for Artists in the following years 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011.
Recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2005; from the Nordic Art Centre in Sveaborg, Finland; from Cité International des Arts in Paris, from the American-Scandinavian Foundation and from Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, Italy.
She is a member of the federation of Icelandic artists and its chairman from 1994 – 1996. From 1992 -1994 she was a member of the board and was chairman of the exhibition committee 1989 -1992.
