Arngunnur Ýr

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Education


1990-1992

MFA in Painting, Mills College, Oakland, CA


1989-1990

Gerrit Rietveldt Academie, Amsterdam, Holland


1984-1986

BFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA


1982-1984

Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík, Iceland


Solo Exhibitions 


2023

Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, CA

Portfolio Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

Explora Journeys

Maison Luis Carré, Paris, France, with Alvar Gullichsen


2021

Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland


2020

Echo Cliffs/Hljóðaklettar, Wind and Weather Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland


2019

Hotel Hamar, Borgarnes, Iceland


2018 

Witness, San Marco Gallery, San Rafael, CA


2017

Beringer Finance, Palo Alto, CA


2016 

Dramaland, Hannesarholt, Reykjavík, Iceland


2015

Witness, Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland

Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavík, Iceland


2014

Blow, PPIC, San Francisco, CA


2013

Arngunnur Ýr, Árnes Art Museum, Iceland

VOLTA, New York

Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA


Select Group Exhibitions 


2023

North Atlantic Triennial, Down North, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden


2022

North Atlantic Triennial, Down North, Portland Art Museum and Reykjavík Art Museum

Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY

East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI

Shifting Terrains, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA


2020

NORTH, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland

Art for 365 Days, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, Keflavík, Iceland


2015

Nýmálað/Just Painted, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Stúdíó Stafn, Reykjavík, Iceland

Here and Now, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík. Iceland

15/15: Women and Art, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, Keflavík, Iceland


2014

Women in the Dunes, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Shoebox Orchestra Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA

Shift, NWBLK, San Francisco, CA


Select Collections 


Alabama Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA

Reykjavík, Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

University of Iceland Art Collection, Reykjavík, Iceland

Hafnarborg Art Museum, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

Gerðarsafn Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France

European Free Trade Association, Brussels, Belgium

DeCode Genetics, Reykjavík, Iceland

Lookout Sculpture Park, New York, NY

Microsoft

Cargolux Airlines, Luxemburg

Icelandair

Bluebird Cargo, Keflavík, Iceland

Hitaveitan Power Corporation, Reykjavík, Iceland

Reykjanesbær, Iceland

Landsbankinn, Iceland

Seðlabankinn, Iceland

Arion Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland and Luxembourg 

Gerðuberg Cultural Center, Reykjavík, Iceland

City of Garðabær, Iceland

RVK Savings Fund, Iceland

Geysir Center, Haukadalur, Iceland

Hotel Rangá, Iceland

Hótel VOS, Iceland

Dublin Elementary School, Dublin, CA

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA