Magnus Sigurdarson

Education

1997 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey

1992 BFA in Mixed Media The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik

1988 Studies in Renaissance Art Studio Cecil and Graves Florence, Italy

1987 Studies in Industrial Design The Industrial College of Reykjavik

1986 Degree in Nature Science The College of Hamrahlid, Reykjavik

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2002 Installation Suck/Suckle at Galleri Hlemmur

2001 Installation Storm at Galleri Hlemmur

Public artwork 2001 in The Pond, Reykjavik center
Public art programm artist on the corner

It´s more than magnificient, it´s mediocre
Public art and private life statement in New Brunswick, New Jersey

1999 Maggógabb ehf Galleri 101 Shopping, Reykjavik

Crumbled Classics Galleri Gangur, Reykjavik
organizer Helgi Þorgils Fridjonsson

1999 Artists on the Verge of Something The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

1997 Installation Meadow Gallery Tree, New Brunswick, New Jersey

1996 Installations Hall of Physical Reality and Willy come Home MGSA Art Galleries,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
organizers Laureen Ewing and Toby Mclennan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 Selected artists from the contemporary exhibition space Gallerí Hlemmur
Gerdarsafn Municipal Museum of Kópavogur

Riverrun a Rooftop exhibition, 17 Star & Gartes Mansions, London
organizers David Marques and Ólöf Björnsdóttir

MHR 30 The Sculpture Guild anniversary, Reykjavík Municipal Museum, Hafnarhús
curator Auður Ólafsdóttir and Eiríkur Þorláksson

Second Flash Kozelites gallery, Pècs, Hungary
Organized by Varrita

don Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas
organizer Hlynur Hallson

All Aboard The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
organizer Garðar Rúnarsson

2001 Group Exhibition in Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
organizer Garðar Rúnarsson

It´s more than magnificient, it´s mediocre
Public art and private life statement in Camp Lejre, Denmark
organizer Steinunn Helgadóttir

Translight 2000 multi media performance Trans-Stein
For the Polyphony alternative festival at the Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

2000 Pictures in an Exhibition Egilsstaðir, Iceland
organizer Steingrímur Eyfjörð Kristmundsson

Kunst ohne Raus / Art without Drugs Stadtmitt Galleri, Hannover
Group exhibition of Icelandic visual artists

Helsinki, Cultural Capital of Europe 2000
The multi media group Translight 2000 on the Light Festival Club Lux
Multi media happening Photosynthesis at Maakasiinet, Helsinki

Reykjavík, Cultural Capital of Europe 2000
The multi media group Translight 2000 on the Light Festival Northern Light
The Basement of techno club Café Thomsen, the darkest spot in Reykjavik
Multi media happening Photosynthesis

Reykjavík, Cultural Capital of Europe 2000
The Best Hlemmur in The World
The work Clockwork Yellow
Curators Hlynur Helgason and Þóroddur Bjarnason

Shopping and Fucking at The Living Art Museum
The Installation The Cliché is The Ultimate Expression
Collaboration between the EGG Theater and The Living Art Museum

Inventing Iceland gallery articule, Montreal, Canada
curator Kevin Kelly

1999 Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock Galleri 54, Göteborg, Sweden
organizers Fröydi Lazslo and Magus Sigurdarson in collaboration with art
critique Halldór Björn Runólfsson

1998 The Igloo has landed Galleri Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
organizer Hlynur Hallsson

Riesenalk-holiker OFKunstraum Frankfuhrt am Main, Germany
curator Jürgen Georg Wolfstaedter

Station to Station Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Exhibition with artists from Hungary, Switzerland and Iceland
curators Bercsik Barnbas and Halldór B. Runolfsson

1997 Wrong Place/Right Time Gallery Double Pleasure, New York
curator Giovanni Garcia Fenech

Iceland Minor Population 4 Gallery DUMBO, New York
curator Magnus Sigurdarson

To Hell With All of Us International Gallery of Snorri Asmundsson, Akureyri
Group exhibition with American and Icelandic artists

Art Star MFA exhibition 420 West Broadway, New York
organizer Guy Smit

Crosscut Gallery Calculator, New York
curator Giovanni Garcia Fenech

1996 New York/Nylo, 10 islanders in New York The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Exhibition with artists from Puerto Rico and Iceland
curator Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir

1994 Outlawed 50 Northern Light-YearsThe Shad Thames Galleries, Butlers Wharf, London,
organizer Jakob Frímann Magnússon

Grants and Awards

2002 Artist Residency Program The Nordic Artists' Centre in Dale, Dalså, Norway

2000 The Visual Arts Stipend Fond. Ministry of Education and Culture, Iceland

2002 The Visual Arts Travelling Grant. Ministry of Education and Culture, Iceland
for a Artists Symposium in Pécs, Hungary

2000 The Icelandair Cultural Award

1998 The American Scandinavian Cultural Award, New York
awarded by Vibeke Steineger president and Charles Jones organizer

1994 Teaching Assistantship Rutgers University, New Jersey

1994 A Fulbright Grant for studies towards an MFA degree in USA,

Selected Appearances

2002 Instructor at the Icelandic Art Academy

2001 Visiting Artist Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University New Jersey

Instructor at the Icelandic Art Academy

Lecture at the Icelandic Art Academy

1998 Slide Lecture Musée d´art American Giverny, France

1997 Visiting Artist Albright Museum Connecticut

Visiting Artist, Suffolk University Boston
organizer Paul Andrade

Interview in The New York Times November 16th and December 29th
In connection to the exhibition Iceland Minor population 4 in Brooklyn

Selected Performances

2000 Progress political performance Living Art Museum Reykjavik

1998 Choirboy performance in Gallery Double Pleasure, New York
curator Giovanni Garcia Fenech

1996 Dances With Willy and Viking Odour Deodorant
Video screening, Knitting Factory, New York
organizer Laureen Ewing

Outside the frame Geoffrey Hendricks and his Gang of Flux, for
The Full Moon and It was a bright and sunny day,
Fluxus Festival at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, New York

1994 Selected Fluxus works of performer Geoffrey Hendrickes, The Archives,
New York

1990 EXODUS, Television Performance, The Icelandic Broadcasting
Services, Reykjavik