Margrét Haraldsdóttir Blöndal

Nata nel 1970, Blöndal ha studiato a Reykjavik, Islanda, e alla Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University nel New Jersey, dove si è diplomata nel 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