Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson

Works * CV * PDF portfolio

Collaborate since 1997, live and work in Berlin, DE and Rotterdam, NL.

Education

1996
BA Visual Arts, Academie Minerva - Painting Department, Groningen, NL
1993
BA, Fachhochschule für Design, Dortmund, DE

Solo exhibitions


2014
Your Country Does Not Exist, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, NO

2013
Asymmetry, curated by Adam Budak, Tent, Rotterdam, NL

2012
Under Deconstruction, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS
Two Ongoing Projects, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin, DE

2011
Tu País no Existe, curated by Juan Antonio Alvarez, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, ES
Under Deconstruction, curated by Ellen Bluemenstein, Icelandic Pavillon, 54 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, IT
Constitution of Republic of Iceland, curated by Hanna Styrmisdottir, Hafnarborg Art Center, Hafnarfjordur, IS

2010
Lobbyists, curated by Birta Guðjónsdóttir, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, IS

2009
Caregivers, curated by Inga Þórey, Suðsuðvestur, IS
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, curated by Gabi Scardi, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, IT
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin, DE

2008
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Galeria Adhoc, Vigo, ES
Recent Works, curated by Valeria Schulte-Fischedick, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Everybody is doing what they can, curated by Hafpor Yngvason, Reykajavik Art Museum, Reykajavik, IS

2007
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, curated by Julieta Manzano, CAC Málaga, Málaga, ES

2006
Demolitions and Excavations, Galerie Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL

2005
Bone-lady and The Happy Campaign, curated by Theo Tegelaers, Ministry of Work and Social Affairs, Den Haag, NL
Dubble ruimte, RAM foundation, Rotterdam, NL
Dyn Ian bestiet net, Deiska The Collection, Amsterdam, NL
Dyn lan bestiet net, Kunsthuis Syb, Friesland, NL
Chapter 3: The Noise of Money, Museum ASÍ, Reykjavik, IS

2004
Wir wünschen Ihnen einen angenehmen Aufenthalt, curated by Theo Tegelaers, De Appel CAC, Amsterdam, NL
Mind Your Step, Step your mind, curated by T. Maars, Galerie Akademie Minerva, Groningen, NL

2003
20 minus minutes, curated by Vasif Kortun, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, TR
Camurdili Araniyor! Camurdili Araniyor! / Searching for a clay language! Searching for a claylanguage!, Oda Projesi, Istanbul, TR

2002
Un elemento más, curated by Natalia Bravo, Alternativa Siglo 21, Málaga, ES
Mjög Skemmtileg Sýning, curated by Þóra Þóristdóttir, Gallerí Hlemmur, Reykjavík, IS
Een plassende vrouw, curated by Marc Bijl, Central Train Station, Rotterdam, NL

2001
Etnoskitzco, curated by Arno von Roosmalen, TENT Art centre, Rotterdam, NL

2000
The Last Minute Show, Straumur Artist Residence, Hafnarfjörður, IS
Shop `window at Laugarvegur, Gallerí Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, IS
Baggage + 8 Days / An Excavation, TOKO, Groningen, NL
7 Performances, Dans Werkplaats Groningen, Groningen, IS

1999
De Voormalige HBS, De Voormalige HBS, Groningen, NL

1998
Finding each other, Galerie Sign, Groningen, NL

Group exhibitions


2014
Places of Transition, curated by Gülsen Bal and Walter Seidl, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, AT
You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU
Take Liberty!, curated by Andrea Kroksnes, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, NO
Don't Embrarrass the Bureau, with Rossella Biscotti, Luca Frei, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jill Magid, Metahaven and Jonas Staal, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, SE
It's the Political Economy, Stupid, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, HR
Pensive Pictures, Goodbye!, curated by Szilvi Német, Higgs Field, Budapest, HU
Icelandic Contemporary Portraits, curated by Hannes Sigurðsson, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, IS
Landet ditt eksisterer ikke, curated by Pontus Kyander, Trondheim Kinstmuseum, Trondheim, NO
Proyecto Duo, with MP and MP Rosado, PSJM, Los Torreznos, Los Vendaval, ECCO, Cádiz, ES
A House of Passive Noise: A Spatial Production in Three Acts, curated by Katja Schroeder, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, DE
Modes of Democracy, curated by Jaroslav Andel, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
Salon Fluchthilfe, curated by Oliver Ressler and Zanny Begg, Secession, Vienna, AT
Nursing Home / Home Nursing, Groningen, NL
Your Compound View, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, IS
Traces of Creation - Recent Acquisitions, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, IS
1+X: Groups, Teams and Collectives, CAAC, Sevilla, ES

2013
Long ago, and not true anyway, with Slavs and Tatars, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Rabih Mroué, Mekhitar Garabedian, waterside contemporary, London, UK
Homecomings, with benandsebastian, Anton Burdakov, Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, Eric Ellingsen, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Hreinn Frdfinnsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Florian Neufeldt, and Sophia Pompéry, curated by Annabelle von Girsewald and Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch, Horse, Boxhagenerstr. 93, Berlin, DE
7 Ways to Overcome the Closed Circuit, with Ulf Aminde, Marlene Haring, Eva Kotátkova, Mladen Miljanović, Aydan Murtezaoğlu, Ivana Smiljanić, Sasa Tkacenco, curated by Stefanie Böttcher, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, DE
S [ KRITIK UND KRISE ] R, with ankleer, Tibor Horváth, Olivia Plender, Katarina Sevic, Gergely László, curated by Antje Wentzel, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, DE
It's the Political Economy, Stupid, with Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler, Filippo Berta, Julia Christensen, Paolo Cirio, Noel Douglas, Field Work, Yevgeniy Fiks, etc., curated by Oliver Ressler, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation - Office for South Eastern Europe, Belgrade, RS
Its the Political Economy, Stupid, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette, Gallery 400, Chicago, US
SCHEMEN DER ZUKUNFT, with Bankleer, Tibor Horváth, Olivia Plender, Katarina Sevic & Gergely László, curated by Antje Weitzel, Collegium Hungarium, Berlin, DE
IIt's the Political Economy, Stupid, with Filippo Berta, Julia Christensen, Yevgeniy Fiks, Melanie Gilligan, etc., Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Selected Artists 2012, with RealismusStudio NGBK Semir Alschausky, Erik Bünger, Sunah Choi, Raphael Danke, Patrycja German, Erik Göngrich, Jan Peter Hammer, Alexandra Hopf, Claudia Kapp, Susanne Kriemann, Mirko Martin, Olivia Plender, Harry Sachs und Nasan Tur, NGBK, Berlin, DE
Viaggio in Italia, with Jacopo Benci, Emerson Culurgioni, Katrina Blach, Gottfried Binder, Valerio Figuccio &Michael Petri, Ya-Wen Fu, etc. , ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt, DE
dissident desire CHAPTER 1, EXERCISES OF CRITICAL BODYBUILDING, with Melanie Bonajo, Alicia Frankovich, Núria Güell, Emma Haugh, Dafna Maimon, Johannes Paul Raether, curated by Miryana Todorova, District, Berlin, DE

2012
Forays. Systems of Self-Interest-Mechanisms of Looting, with Lara Baladi, Taysir Batniji, Zanny Begg, Maryam Jafri, Lina Khatib, Candida TV/D, Joanne Richardson und David Rych, Vassiliea Stylianidou , curated by Sabine Winkler, Ratskeller – Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, DE
Germans, Speak German!, with John Akomfrah, Meric Algün Ringborg, curated by Mother Tongue, CCA, Glasgow, UK
Under Deconstruction, curated by Ellen Bluemenstein, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS
I Wish This Was A Song. Music in Contemporary Art, with Phil Collins, Malin Elgan, William Engelen, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Idris Khan, Ragnar Kjartansson, Stian Eide Kluge, Erkki Kurenniemi, Jan Köchermann, Félix González-Torres, etc. , curated by Stina Högkvist and Sabrina van der Ley, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, NO
Viaggio in Italia, with Tina Bara and Alba D'Urbano, Werkschauhalle, Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
Circuito Berlin, with Chema Alvargonzález, Sergio Belinchón, Eli Cortiñas, Pablo Genovés, Discoteca Flaming Star, Antón Lamazares, Noemi Larred,Mar Martín, Connie Mendoza, José Noguero, PSJM, Lorenzo Sandoval, Ignacio Uriarte, Sergio Belinchón, Jorge Conde, Félix Fernández, Invalid Address, Laramascoto, Simón Pacheco, Tere Recarens, Andrés Senra, David Trullo , curated by Marisa Maza, Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, DE
It' s the Political Economy, Stupid, with Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler, Filippo Berta, Linda Bilda, Julia Christensen,Yevgeniy Fiks, Olga Kopenkina, Alexandra Lerman, flo6x8, Melanie Gilligan, Jan Peter Hammer, Alicia Herrero, Institute for Wishful Thinking, Sherry Millner & Ernie Larsen, Isa Rosenberger, Dread Scott, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR
The Unexpected Guest, with Doug Aitken, Sylvie Blocher, Dan Graham, Oded Hirsch, Jorge Macchi, et al., curated by Lorenzo Fusi, 7th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

2011
Terms of Belonging, with Kajsa Dahlberg, Luca Frei, Olivia Plender, Pia Rönicke & Nis Rømer, Superflex, Althea Thauberger, Johan Tirén, curated by Johan Lundh and Aileen Burns, Overgaden-ICA, Kopenhagen, DK
Detached: Artistic Positions on Networks of Power, with Oskar Dawicki, Angela Dorrer, G.R.A.M., Elvedin Klačar, Marek Kvetan, Katrin Plavcak, Pragmatische Sanktion, Josef Schützenhöfer, Voina group, curated by Anton Lederer and Margarethe Makovec, ROTOR, Graz, AT
Sound fields, with Áki Ásgeirsson, Curver Thoroddsen, Darri Lorenzen, Dodda Maggý, Egill Sæbjörnsson, Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, etc., curated by Sigridur Melros Olafsdottir, National Galley of Iceland, Reykajvik, IS
Acts of Refusal, with Martijn in’t Veld, Peter Wächtler, Olivia Plender, Laura Toots, Bernd Krauß, Eva Labotkin, Alon Levin, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Flo Kasearu,Ruben Grilo, Barthol Lo Mejor, Andreas Bunte., curated by Ellen Blumenstein and Kathrin Meyer, Tartu Art House, Tartu, EE
REDRAW / REWRITE / RETOOL, with Johan Tirén, Ivor Shearer, Chto Delat, Artur Zmijewski., curated by Rakett - Ase Lovgren and Karolin Tempere, Vita Kuben, Umeå, SE
North by New York: New Nordic Art, with Per Kirkeby, Cecilia Edefalk, Marte Aas, Sara-Vide Ericson, Petri Sirviö,Mieskuoro Huutajat, Henrik Lund Jørgensen, Tal R, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Saana Wang, curated by Robert Storr and Francesca Pietropaolo, Scandinavian House New York, New York, US
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid, with Zanny Begg, Damon Rich, Superflex, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette, Open Space, Vienna, AT
Microstoria, with Sean Lynch, Oliver Laric, Mathieu Abonnec, Helene Sommer, Kristoffer Svenberg, Rachel Maclean, curated by MA Contemporary Art Theory and MFA Visual Cultures, Edinburgh College of Art, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, IE
KODDU, with Ásmundur Ásmundsson, Ásmundur Sveinsson, Axel Jón Fjeldsted, Baldvin Einarsson, Bjarni Helgason, etc., curated by Ásmundur Ásmundsson, Hannes Lárusson, Tinna Grétarsdóttir., The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
Your country doesn't exist (Margin and City), curated by J. A. Alvarez Reyes and Luisa López, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, ES
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, DE
Text, curated by Hlynur Hallson, Kuckei+Kuckei Gallery Berlin, Berlin, DE
Terms of Belonging, with Kajsa Dahlberg, Luca Frei, Olivia Plender, Gåafstand (Pia Rönicke & Nis Rømer), Superflex, Althea Thauberger, Johan Tirén, curated by Aileen Burns, Johan Lundh, Overgaden - Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, DK

2010
Ibrido, Genetica delle forme d'arte, with D.Silver, S.Xhafa, D.Hirst, R.Hamilton, Y.Morimura, A.Garutti, O.Eliasson, N.Solakov, M.Rubbi, P.Tuttofuco, K.Smith, M.Nigro, F.Arena, L.Vitone, C.Holler, P.Parreno, etc., curated by Francesco Garutti and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, PAC Padiglione d ́Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
The People United Will Never Be Defeated, with Bavo, Joep Bertrams, Marc Bijl, Dominique Himmelsbach de Vries, Sjoerd Oudman, Jack Segbars, Jonas Staal, Tallervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, curated by W. Stehouwer and M. Dölle, TENT, Rotterdam, NL
La Vida En Ningún Lugar, with Tete Álvarez, Fernando Baena, Santiago Cirugeda, José Guerrero, Zemos 98, Cristina Lucas, Juande Jarillo, Carlos Miranda, Julie Rivera, Juan Carlos Robles, Daniel Silvo, Jorge Yeregui, curated by Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, ES
...and if I listen in I hear my own heart beating, with Mark Clare, Fiona Mulholland, Niamh Mc Cann, Miha Štrukelj, Alan Phelan, S Mark Gubb, Marie Voignier, Alina Abramov, curated by Noel Kelly, Cake Contemporary Arts, Kildare, IE
Il Ventre di Napoli, with Rossella Biscotti, Maziar Afrassiabi, Mohammed Benzakour, Ronald Cornelissen, Ben Laloua / Didier Pascal, curated by Patricia Pulles, Palazzo delle Sperimentazioni, Fondazione Marra, IT

2009
Generosity is the new political, curated by Lotte Juul Petersen, Wysing Art Centre, Cambridge, UK
Common History and its Private Stories, curated by Iara Boubnova and Roland Fink, MUSA Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, AT
At your service, curated by Cylena Simonds, David Roberts Foundation Fitzrovia, London, UK
(Im)migrations With(in), with Minouk Lim, Tanja Ostojic and Khaled Ramadan, curated by Nada Prlja, Open Space, Vienna, AT
Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Stina Høgkvist and Lina Dzuverovic, Moss, NO
Favoured Nations, with Roger Andersson, Annette Krauss, Mats Adelman, Ida Ekblad, etc., Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, NO
El sur de nuevo, curated by Jesus Reina, Diego Valdes, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES

2008
Be(com)ing Dutch, curated by Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
tit.for.tat. Counter Images for Transcultural Thinking and Acting, curated by Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer, Rotor, Graz, AT
Principle Hope, curated by Adam Budak, Manifesta 7, Rovereto, IT

2007
stand Het Wilde weten, curated by Daniele Pario Perra & Mark Glassner, Rotterdam, NL

2006
Homesick, with Guy Ben-Ner, Chantal Michel, Nevin Aladag, Haraldur Jónsson, Katrin Siguroardóttir, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, IS
On Mobility, with Alicia Framis, Sean Snyder, Andrew Miksys, Judi Werthein, etc., curated by Kestutis Kuizinas, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT

2005
Chapter 3: The Noise of Money, curated by Jessica Morgan, Museum ASÍ / Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik, IS
On Mobility, with Tiong Ang, Bik Van der Pol, Marjetica Potrč, Banu Cennetoglu, Multiplicity, Alicia Framis, Nasrin Tabatabai, curated by Saskia Bos, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Project Rotterdam, with Babak Afrassiabi, Philippine Hoegen, Melvin Moti, Chris Kabel, etc., Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL

2003
Art Together with Life, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU

Screenings and festivals


2012
Rencontres Internationales, Filmoteca Espanola Cineteca Matadero, Madrid, ES
Il tuo paese non esiste, Recontree Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR

2011
Lobbyists, curated by Cylena Simonds, Artists Film Club, ICA, London, UK
Lobbyists, with Thom Andersen, Riccardo Arena, Herman Asselberghs, Aurélien Froment, David Lamelas, Hans Op de Beeck, etc. , curated by Andrea Cinel and Mark Sperlinger, Floating Spaces, Teatro Paravento, Locarno, CH
Constitution of The Republic of Iceland, INBS (RUV) - The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, IS
Caregivers, Recontree Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
Caregivers, Recontree Madrid, Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
Lobbyists, Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR

2010
Lobbyists, Pensée et langage, Le langage comme scheme de motage, Home Cinema, association Traffic, Lausanne, CH
The truth is worth to risk..., with Ana Hoffner, Şener Özmen and Cengiz Tekin, curated by Gülsen Bal, Underground City 21 festival, Vienna, AT
Waiting for my soul, curated by Ive Stevenheyden, Cinema Arenberg, Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels, BE
Caregivers, Recontree Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Lobbyists, curated by Silvia Lucchesi, Lo Schermo dell' arte Film Festival, The Third Edition, Screenings Cinema Odeon, Florence, IT
Lobbysts, curated by Geraldine Gomez, Circuito Off Festival - Venice International Short Film Festival, Venice, IT
Lobbyists, curated by Fatma Colakoglu, Hors Pistes, PERA Museum, Istanbul, TR

2009
El sur de nuevo, curated by Jesús Reina Palazón, Diego Valdés, Museon Naciónal Centre del Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES

Performances


2013
Reconstitution, with Slavs and Tatars, Joana Hajithomas and Khalil Joreige, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, Soho House, London, UK

Grants and awards


2012
Contemporary Art Grant, Senat von Berlin, Berlin, DE

2011
Grant for Venice Biennale project, BKVB Fonds, Amsterdam, NL

2010
Research and basis grant, Icelandic Art Fonds, Reykjavík, IS

2009
Prix de Rome, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
Il Ventre di Napoli project, BKVB Fonds, Amsterdam, NL

2008
Project Grant, CBK, Rotterdam, NL
Project Grant, ICA.IS, Reykjavík, IS
Grant for Manifesta 7, Mondriaan Fonds & BKVB Fonds, Amsterdam, NL

2007
(shortlist), Prix Gilles Dusein, Paris, FR

2006
(shortlist), Menningarverðlaun DV, IS

Talks and presentations


2014
Artist Talk, Reykjavik's Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS

2012
This is not a Protest Song, Art and Civic Engagement, for PhD and Master level, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, AT
Workshop and artist talk at "Campagna Urbana", a collaboration between Musagetes and Cohabitation Strategies, Lecce, IT
Workshop on Artistic Practice and its Economies, Willem de Konig Academy, Bachelor level 3-4 students, Roterdam, NL

2011
Your country doesn't exist, presentation and conference at the program "We are the time - Art lives in the age of global transition", Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
Terms of Belonging, Overgaden, Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, DK
Workshop for the Master Program "Artistic Research", Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, NL
Panel discussion on Lobbyists and Lobbying in the EU, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Campus - Temporary, free and non-credited art school for young artists selected and granted for the project, with four working groups led by Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Renata Lucas, Peter Piller and Adrià Julià, Espai Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, ES

2010
The Documentary in Contemporary Art Practice, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, IT

2009
Artist Talk, Palazzo delle Arti, Naples, IT
The Other City: Exposing Tarweeijk: seminar, workshop and panel discussions with Cohabitation Strategies, 4th International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, NL

2008
Series of Lectures and Workshops, Icelandic University of The Arts, Reykjavik, IS

2007
Artist Talk - Symposium in the frame of "Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbe Museum, Caucus, Eindhoven, NL
Here as the centre of the world, Dutch Art Institute and Anadolu Culture, Diyarbakir, TR
Matching your surroundings, University of Visual Arts of Madrid San Fernando, program Catedra Juan Gris, Madrid, ES
Vrouwen aan het woord - Women Talk, workshop for first year students of bachelor level at the Visual Arts Academy Maastricht, Maastricht, NL

2006
Artist Talk and Studio Visits, guest teaching, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, NL
Artist Talk and Studio Visits for Master students of Visual Arts, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, NL
Artist Talks and Studio Visits, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
Artist Talk, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL

2005
Master Classes, Minerva Academie, The Hague, NL

2004
Artist Talk, Frank Mohr Instituut - Master of Visual Arts, Groningen, NL

2003
Master Classes, Bilgiz University, MFA Program, Istanbul, TR

Publications


2011
Under Deconstruction, by Ellen Blumenstein, Sternberg Oress, Berlin, DE

Residencies


2014
quartier21, Quartier21, Vienna, AT
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, AU

2009
Rijksakademie for Visual Arts, Amsterdam, NL

2008
International Residency Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE

2007
Research residency, FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado), Sao Paolo, BR
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG

2003
International Residency Program, Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul, TR

2001
6 month guest studio programme, Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, NL

2000
3 month Artist Residency, Straumur, Hafnarfjördur, IS

Reviews


2014
Art Criticism in Europe Today, by Interview with Nina Power, Brooklyn Rail, April 2014
Striking a Nerve, by Julia Steenhuisen, Metropolism M, March 2014

2013
Long ago, and not true anyway, by Josephine New, Frieze, November 2013
Speaking Out, by Virginie Bobin, Frize d/e
Logo ago, and not true anyway, by Daniella Rose King, Ibraaz, September 2013
Long ago, and not true anyway, by Anya Harrison, thisistomorrow.info

2012
The mimicry of artistic practices in not a novelty – why art institutions still lack a method to support this phenomenon?, by Nada Prlja, art&education, April 2012

2011
Schallend over het water, by Ingrid Commandeur, Metropolism M, issue 3
Politics as singing class, by Joerg Bader, Stylepark
Crisscrossing Realities, by Barbara J. Scheuermann, ArtPulse
Climbing Aesthetics, by Elena Biserna, DigiCult.it

2010
Future Greats, by Axel Lapp, Art Review, March 2010
Interview with Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, by Emanuele Guidi, European Alternatives

2009
Generosity is the new political, by Olga Smith, a-n magazine

2008
A Journey Without a Determined Destination, by Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson, Reykjavik Grapevine
Waiting for My Soul, by Carsten Probst, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Magazin

Collections


The Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, ES
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS
Safn Museum Reykjavik, Reykjavik, IS
Collezione Leggeri, Bergamo, IT
Kverneland Sammlung, Stavanger, NO
Deiska de Collection, Amsterdam, NL
MUDAM-Fondation Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, LU
Samskip Collection, IS
Centre for the Arts Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
Hanze hoogeschool, University of Groningen, NL
Sólvangur Collection, IS