Margrét Haraldsdóttir Blöndal

Born in 1970, Blöndal studied in Reykjavík, Iceland and at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Jersey, from where she graduated in 1997.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2007
    • Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia
    • Mother´s Tank Station, Dublin, Ireland
    • Gallery Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
  • 2005
    • Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basel
    • Dandruff Space and Shroud, (with Roni Horn), NY
    • Material time work time life time, Reykjavík Art Festival, curated by Jessica Morgan
  • 2004
    • Filiale Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Safn, Reykjavík Iceland
  • 2003
    • Kunstraum/Wohnraum, Akureyri
  • 2002
    • The Living Art Museum, Iceland
  • 2000
    • Istitute of Visual Arts INOVA, Milwaukee, USA
  • 1999
    • Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
  • 1998
    • Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
    • Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 1996
    • Center Square Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J.
  • 1994
    • Livingston Gallery, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
    • The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2006
    • Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Museum of Akureyri
    • Ruin – A dangerous obsession and the culture of excess, Mother´s Tankstation, Dublin
    • Strip – images in line, Kunstverein Baselland / Muttenz-Switzerland, curated by Rolf Bier
  • 2005
    • Buenos Dias Santiage – an exhibition as expedition, MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art Chile, curated by Jean-Paul Felleyand Olivier Kaeser
    • Volcana, Icelandic Panorama, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Manitoba, Canada, curated by Kevin Kelly
    • FABRYKA FANTASMAGORII. Site-Ations, Lodz, Poland
    • Tivolí The Museum of Árnes, Iceland, curated by Markús Örn Andrésson and Thurídur Sigurdardóttir
    • New Icelandic Art. The National Gallery of Iceland
  • 2004
    • Aldrei-nie-never, Galerie Kuckei-Kuckei Berlin, Germany
  • 2003
    • Handlungsanweisungen / instructions a permanent public art installation, Kunsthalle Wien project space.
    • DeVishal, Exhibition Space for Contempory Art, Haarlem, Holland
    • Wollenmaiden – HÚS Project, Dublin Ireland
    • Jimmie Durham´s workshop, Eikaas Galerie, Jölster, Norway
    • The Nordic Biennal, Röda Sten Galleriet, Göteborg, Sweden
  • 2002 
    • Don, The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas
    • MYND, The Municipal Galerie of Reykjavík, Reykjavík Art Festival
    • My Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Löv Museum, Sweden
  • 2001
    • CAMP, Lejre, Danmark
    • MYND, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
    • I would like to see... selected by Sjón, Gerduberg, Iceland
  • 2000
    • Non Stop Beautiful Ladies, Marfa, Texas
    • This Earth is a Flower, Construction in Process, Poland
    • Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
    • From here to there, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
    • Tölöö-bay garden, Helsinki Cultural City 2000, Finland
    • Eisernes Haus 7/6 Österreich/Island, Graz, Austria
    • Gallery Articule, Montréal, Canada
  • 1999
    • Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
    • 7/6 Austria-Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
    • Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
    • Etwas, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
  • 1998
    • Vacation - a collaborative installation with Steingrímur Eyfjörd and Gudlaugur K. Óttarsson, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, Iceland
    • Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
    • -30/+60, The Municipal Gallery of Reykjavík, Iceland
    • Gallery North, Copenhagen, Danmark
    • Lundur, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden
  • 1997
    • Visual Arts´97 , Hafnarhúsid, Reykjavík, Iceland
    • A4 Hlynur Hallsson, Otto Plank Galleri, Bergen, Norway
  • 1996
    • MFA , 420 West Broadway, N.Y.
  • 1995
    • 17 Years, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 1994
    • Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland

Works in public collections:

  • The National Museum of Iceland
  • Die Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
  • The Artists´ Museum, Lodz, Poland

Selected bibliography:

  • NY Art Magasine January/February 2005 vol.N3⁄41/2. Halldór BjörnRunólfsson: Hreinn Fridfinnsson and his legacy.
  • Skírnir, May 2002. Eva Heisler: Out of Place and Underfoot-On the Art of Margrét H. Blöndal
  • NU: The Nordic Art Review, vol. III NO. 1/01 Brigitte Kölle: The Geology of the Domestic. On the works of Margrét H. Blöndal
  • Art in America September 2001 Art on Ice. Gregory Volk: In a “remote” country growing rapidly more urban and cosmpolitan, Icelandic artists readily adopt-and meet- global art-world standards
  • Flash Art. Vol XXXII n3⁄4 204 January-Februari 1999. Halldór Björn Runólfsson: Aperto Reykjavik

Eelected own writings:

  • Once in a inward bay…, contribution to James Carl, Plot, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, March 2003
  • Does she have to disappear, Atopia, edited by Gavin Morrisson, Houston, Edinborg maí 2003
  • Boil, simmer seethe and stew, We are all Normal (and we want our freedom) a collection of contemporary Nordic artists writings edited by Katya Sander & Simon Sheikh. 2001 Black Dog Publishing Limited
  • ...Apaflasa (Monkeydandruff) Reykjavík spring 2000

Awards and Residencies:

  • 2007
    • luce + aria, Project room - Warehouse Contemporary Art, San Nicolò, Teramo, Italia
  • 2006
    • Nominated for The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards
    • Two Years Stipendium from The Icelandic Artist´s Fund
    • NKD Nordic Artists´ Centre Dale, Norway
  • 2005
    • Art Omi, International Artists´Residency Ny USA
    • One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund
  • 2003
    • Half Year Stipendium from the Icelandic Artist´s Fund
  • 2002
    • The Richard Serra Prize, Iceland
  • 2000   
    • Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
    • One Year Stipendium from The Icelandic Visual Artist´s Fund
  • 1994-1996

    • Fulbright Scholarship
  • 1995-1996

    • Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University