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Björk Viggósdóttir C.V - Björk Viggósdóttir
Björk Viggósdóttir (b. 1982) lives and works in Reykjavik. She obtained a BA degree in visual arts from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2006. Björk studied teacher art education at Icelandic Art Academy of Arts and MA degree in applied cultural media studies at the University of Iceland. She has held solo exhibitions in Iceland and abroad as well as participated in several group exhibitions in USA , Europe, Asia, South America. Björk Viggósdóttir has had a solo exhibitions in Gallery Þoka 2013, Reykjavk Art Museum 2011 and Hafnarborg The Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art 2013.
In her Artwork Björk works in different media and combine them together so the viewer can use all their senses to experience the artwork. In her previous works Viggósdóttir has sought to create installations that evoke certain perceptions of space. They often require viewer participation and encourage them to retreat from logic thinking and the tangible reality and unleash their imagination. the Björk frequently collaborates with composers, musicians and dancers in her exhibitions.
2003-2006 Art Academy of Iceland Listaháskóli Íslands
M.A In Cultural Media. Applied Studies in Culture and Communication
Ministry of Culture, awarded 12 month stipend from the artist salary fund 2011.
Dungal Art Fund Award 2007
Myndlistarskólinn í Reykjavík School of Visual Arts Reykjavík 2015 - ( ongoing )
Barnaskóli Reykjavíkur 2018 - ( ongoing )
Dalskóli Reykjavík 2017 - 2018
Lúr ( Ísafjörður ) 2014
Varmárskóli Mosfellsbæ 2007 - 2008
Workshops for children in Museums
Hafnarborg ( Art Museum of Hafnarfjörður )
EARDRUM / Plastic Poetics, Salon Mutlu Germany Berlin.
Unseen / Lunga / Seyðisfjörður / Iceland
Sjáðu / LO / Mucho Grandi / Reykjavík Iceland.
Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1/ Kunstschlager / Hjalteyri / Iceland
Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1/ Diy Residency / Seyðisfjörður / Iceland
Samhljómur / 2014 -2017 / Listasafn íslands /National Gallery of iceland / Reykjavík / Iceland.
Christmas Calendar 2014 Nordic house / Reykjavík / Iceland.
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland.
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Dance performance in collaboration with Katla Thor / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland.
UNIT / Children Art Festival / Reykjavik Iceland
NO SIGNAL / Sequences off venue / Norðurpóllinn / Reykjavík Iceland.
NETANÁLAR / 6. bindið - Þakka þér fyrir allt sem þú hefur kennt mér / Reykjavik Iceland
UNSEEN / ÞOKA / Reykjavik Iceland
NETANÁLAR / Parlor show / Reykjavik Iceland
EARDRUM / ARTÍMA / Festisvall / Reykjavik Iceland
YATRA ART ( Record label ) "Höfnin Hljómar" CD compilation 2013
BJÖRK VIGGOSDOTTIR LALA ALASKA / ICELAND AIRWAVES 2013
STRING / Festsvall / KING SIZE / Leipzig / Germany
COLOURS / Festisvall / Ortlof / Leipzig Germany
LAMPYRIDAE / Kvik myndlist í Apótekinu / Video / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður Iceland.
KITES / WHITEOUT /THE HOUSE IS SET IN ITS OWN PARK / Medellín Colombia.
LAMPYRIDAE / WHITEOUT /Westfjords Artfest / Isafjörður Iceland.
MONSTERS / Laugardalslaug Swimmingpool Reykjavik Iceland
KÍNA/ Raflost / Reykjavik Iceland
KÍNA / VEISLA / Yunnan Contemporary / Kunming / China
STAIR/ BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION /Jónsvika / Húsavík / Iceland
LALA ALASKA / Extreme Chill Festival / Hellisandur Iceland.
TÓM/ Æringur / Frystiklefinn Rifi / Rif Iceland
KITES /Festisvall / Bíó Paradís / Cultural night / Reykjavik Iceland
STAIR/Festisvall / HeARTpark / Cultural night / Reykjavik Iceland
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland.
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland
SONG FOR THE SHEET / VINNSLAN #3 / Norðurpóllinn Reykjavik Iceland.
TEST/ Zinkovy International Arts Festival / Zinkovy / Czech Republic
SONG FOR THE SHEET / Lufthavna Performance Laboratorium / Oslo Norway
LALA ALASKA / WEIRDCORE / DOLLY / reykjavik Iceland.
SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN)/ MMX / BERLIN GALLERY WEEK / Berlin Germany.
MONSTER / ART PARK(ing) Day / Óðinstorgi / Reykjavik Iceland
MONSTER / ART PARK(ing) Artíma Reykjavik Iceland
STAIR / FESTISVALL / Artíma Reykjavik Iceland
ENVELOPES / KUNSTSLAGER / Jólabasar / Reykjavik Iceland.
OLOGY / AMSTEL / AMSTERDAM / Netherland.
RÓSA / USB / Hljóðklettar / Europe/ America
U / ENVELOPES/Supermarket art fair /with Dionýsia residency. Stockholm
LAMPYRIDAE /Supermarket art fair /with KNIPSU Gallery. Stockholm
LALA ALASKA/ Concert at Raflost festival, Reykjavik Iceland.
GOD /Messa Teaser / 1 Icelandic Art fair. Reykjavik Iceland.
LAMPYRIDAE / Flaggfabrikken Presenter / Nordic Art express
LAMPYRIDAE / Video seminar at the National Film School of Lodz /Poland,
LAMPYRIDAE / Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweeden
LAMPYRIDAE / Landmark, Norway
LAMPYRIDAE / Bergen Kunsthall,Norway
LAMPYRIDAE / Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium,
LAMPYRIDAE / Temnikova & Kasela gallery inTallinn
LAMPYRIDAE / Fishfabrique St. Petersburg, Russia
LALA ALASKA /Concert / Extreme Chill./Kaffibarinn / Reykjavik Iceland
SKIP/ Reykjavik Underground event/ Reykjavik
KITES / Flugdrekar / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland
MOVEMENSTS OF THE KITES / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland
in collabortation with Sigríður Soffía Níelsddóttir.
LINE / Crymo, Reykjavik, Iceland.
FRESH MEAT/ Rose Theatre / London
SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN) / MMX / Berlin.
SUNDTÓNAR/ Kópavogur Swimming Pool / in collaboration with Þorbjörn Kolbrúnarsson
SKIP /Mosern Tunes / Havarí / in collaboration with Reykjavik Underground.
U / Nordic House / Vatnslitir / vatnsverk
LAMPYRIDAE /Flaggfabrikken Presenter / Nordic Art express Fotogaleriet Oslo
INSIDE // 3 LETTERS Sjónlistafélagið / Laugarvegi 42 / Reykjavik / Iceland.
ERROR /404 / Athens / Greece
WHITEOUT/ Hvítblinda/ Snjóblinda / Start Art / Reykjavik / Iceland.
PIANO Chelsea Museum Brooklyn, New York ( Visual Video / Piano),2009
WEARING WEATHER ICELANDIC ART FESTIVAL Listahátíð 2009 Reykjavík,
FREASH MEAT/ Theatre Art festival 2009 / Reykjavik Iceland /
LOW/ Sequences Festival / Icelandic Art Museum 2009 Reykjavik Iceland.
LJÓSTÝRUR ANDARDRÁTTUR, HLJÓÐ OG ORGELSEIÐUR/
Einars Jónsson Art Museum /in collaboration with Artist Klara Þórhallsdóttir Winterfestival Museumnight Reykjavík
DEAD POEMS /Millay Colony For The Arts /2008 / Austerlitz / New York /
HUDSON OPERA HOUSE / Hudson, New York .
WITH HANDS / 1 international open art residency / Eretria /Greece.
SÓLHLÍFAR/ Listasafn Einars Jónssonar / Cultural night.
BEFORE SUNDOWN / GRASRÓT 2008 / Hjalteyri ( Verksmiðjan),
TROMMUSÓLÓ H42 / Bókverk / Video ( Kling og Bang ),
REVERSE/ MOMENT / VERSE/SEQUENCES(Norrænahúsið)
/ Performance / innsetning,
You can take the Artist Out of Iceland but You Can´t Take Iceland Out of the Artist
Landmark Kunsthall & Fotogalleriet í Oslo / Norway / 2008
Video & visuals for the contemporary composers
Salvatore Sciarrino Italy, Þuríður Jónsdóttir.
Kökukonsert / 3 video’s / Spring, winter, summer
BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS
i8 GALLERY / Under The Stairs / Reykjavík.
IN THE CLASSROOM / exhibition in classroom by teachers
MAGICAL i8 GALLERY/ installation / Disel
DIONYSIA & NÝHIL / Hofsós Theatre / OPEN STUDIOS/ instalation / video / skulptures (studio work)
ÞRAUT /SEQUENCES REALTIME ART FESTIVAL / Naked Ape /
Video installation for Rave dance music festival
BROKEN POEMS CUBES BOX
/ for opening of Útúrdúr /
book works for sale in store for artworks.
KLINK & BANK / Rússlandssalur
Gallery Kubbur (built instrument) performance
Gallery Goldfloor / Solo exhibition / Reykjavík.
GARNIVAL / Group exhibition / Cultural night /
Curator Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir
CURATOR CLASS STUDENTS /Gallery Goldfloor / curator / Halldór Björn Runólfsson.
POLAR CIRCULATIONS PROJECT / Installation in the snow in Básar / Berlin Iceland group / curators Karin Sander Tumi Magnússon /Eckhard Karnauke. / Þórsmörk.
/POLAR CIRCULATIONS PROJECT / Bank Academy / Group exhibition Berlin Iceland group / curators Karin Sander Tumi Magnússon /Eckhard Karnauke.
/ Frankfurt / Germany.
SAFNIÐ / GALLEY GOLDFLOOR
POLAR CIRCULATIONS PROJECT / Gallery Goldfloor and Safnið / Berlin Iceland group / curators Karin SanderTumi Magnússon / Eckhard Karnauke / Iceland / Reykjavík
MILK SLEEP DREAM /Kirkjuhvoli / Group exhibition/ Akranes.
/Reykjavík Art Museum Reykjavík / Iceland
/ Kling og Bang Gallery
VEITINGAR /SEQUENCES REALTIME ART FESTIVAL/
/ Naked Ape /
THE NATIONAL THEATER OF ICELAND & i8 GALLERY /
12 video’s for The National Theater of Iceland for the Greek play „Bakkynjur” ( Bakkyes) written by Evrípedes. Giorgos Zamboulakis (Director) Thanos Vovolis (costume designer) collaboration with Erna Ómarsdóttir (dance) & Atli Ingólfsson (sound) Lárus Björnsson ( lights).
Björk Viggósdóttir b. 1982 Contact Email: bjorkviggos@gmail.com Tel:354 6988224 Skype : bjorkviggos Björk Viggósdóttir b. 1982 Björk Viggós...
Still Life Exhibition Kunstschlager / Reykjavík Art Museum 2015 porcelain sculptures
Grúska Babúska / Fram
Video by Björk Viggósdóttir
Að bjarga heiminum / Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri / 2015
Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein 2015 Kunstverein Schichtwechsel Sails The horizon where the storms stays, sails without the ship, hoist the sails let them float...
Collaborative art-exhibition between Björk Viggósdóttir and Arna Guðný Valsdóttir in Salur Myndlistafélagsins / Akureyri / Iceland 2015
Tropicalia / Eiðistorgi / Kunstschlager / Reykjavik Iceland 2015
Interactive exhibition made by 140 children of Leikskólinn Miðborg in collaboration with the artist Björk Viggósdóttir In Reykjavík Art Museum / Kjarvalstaðir 2015...
Pendulum & Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1
Pendulum & Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1 Sequences off Venue / Studio Algera / Reykjavik 2015 Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1 from Björk Viggósdóttir on Vimeo. C...
is a interactive studio work seminar by Björk Viggósdóttir and Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir We work with different media. Music, video, poems, sound, theatre, pe...
Sjáðu/ LO / Örvarpið / Valin verk / Bíó Paradís / Iceland Sjáðu / LO / Mucho Grandi / Reykjavík Iceland. Sjáðu / LO / Björk Viggósdóttir / Ragnheiður Harpa ...
Snow / Microscope Nordic House Christmas Calendar
Nordic House 2014 I wrote a lecture about the snow and performed a song
Icelandic Art Museum 2014 Samhljómur / permanent Installation / Listasafn íslands / Icelandic Artmuseum / Reykjavík / Iceland.
COMPOSITION - SAMSETNING / Ásmundarsafn REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM 2014 Text about the exhibition here
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Hafnarborg The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art /Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland 2013 G...
UNSEEN / GALLERY ÞOKA BJÖRK VIGGÓSDÓTTIR 14.06 – 06.07.2013 REYKJAVÍK / ICELAND Björk Viggósdóttir rannsakar kraft hins óséða í sýningu sinni sem op...
Test ,,Drawing with fabric,,
TEST/ Zinkovy International Arts Festival / Zinkovy / Czech Republic 2012 Drawing with fabric.
KITES / Flugdrekar / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2011 D22 Björk Viggósdóttir Flugdrekar 24. nóvember 2011 – 8. janúar ...
Colours Kunstraum ortloff Leipzig Germany 2013
STRING KING SIZE GALLERY Leipzig Germany Festisvall exhibition 2013.
Colours Video projection in Kunstraum ortloff Leipzig Germany 2013
SEASEA /NETANÁLAR / Parlor show / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
EARDRUM / ARTÍMA / Festisvall / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
NETANÁLAR / Living Art Museum / Reykjavík / Iceland 2013 6. bindið - Þakka þér fyrir allt sem þú hefur kennt mér / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
Take No signal was an exhibition in Sequences Art Festival / Off venue exhibition 2013. Video
UNIT / Children Art Festival / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
Gravity Circular Motion / Dance Performence
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Dance performance in collaboration with Katla Thor / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland 2012
I MAKE SOUNDSCAPE FOR ALL MY INSTALLATIONS I DO SOUND POEMS & VISUALS. 2013 Iceland Airwaves 30 Oktober 20.00 Kaldalón Harpa YATRA ARTS Höfnin Hljómar ...
OLOGY / AMSTEL / AMSTERDAM / Netherland 2012 https://www.amstel41.info/ http://o-l-o-g-y.com/welcome/
TÓM/ Æringur / Frystiklefinn Rifi / Rif Iceland 2012 Instillation in collaboration with Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir. Old freezer of what used to be a fish fac...
KÍNA / VEISLA / Yunnan Contemporary / Kunming / China 2012 To see the video click here
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION ...
MONSTERS / Laugardalslaug Swimmingpool Reykjavik Iceland 2012
2012 LAMPYRIDAE / Kvik myndlist í Apótekinu / Video / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður Iceland. 2011 LAMPYRIDAE /Supermarket art fair /with KNIPSU Gallery. Stockholm ...
Movement Of The Kites
MOVEMENSTS OF THE KITES / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland in collabortation with Sigríður Soffía Níelsddóttir 2011. Movements O...
Soundscape / Circadian Light Room
SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN Light Room) in collaboration with Rebecca Loyche / MMX / Berlin 2010 MMX: "Circadian"- Light Therapy Installation returns to Berlin....
LINE / Crymo, Reykjavik, Iceland 2010
PIANO Chelsea Art Museum Brooklyn, New York ( Visual Video / Piano),2009 in collaboration with Caroline Mallonee and Eric Huebner.
LOW/ Sequences Festival / Icelandic Art Museum 2009 Reykjavik Iceland. in collabortation with Sigríður Soffía Níelsddóttir.
Before Sundown / Exact Moment
BEFORE SUNDOWN / GRASRÓT / Hjalteyri ( Verksmiðjan)Iceland 2008.
WEARING WEATHER ICELANDIC ART FESTIVAL Listahátíð, Reykjavík, Nordic House / Iceland 2009. Collaboration with choreographer Sigríður Soffía Níelsd...
Images from the bookwork Drumsolo 2008 ( Trommusóló) Lortur Lortur is an informal and ever-changing group of artists, filmmakers, writers, theater p...
FRESH MEAT/ Rose Theatre / London England 2010 FREASH MEAT/ Theatre Art festival 2009 / Reykjavik Iceland / Collaboration with choreographer Sigríður S...
Reverse / Moment / verse
REVERSE / MOMENT / VERSE/ SEQUENCES Nordic House 2008
BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS
BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS i8 GALLERY / Under The Stairs / Reykjavík 2007
THE NATIONAL THEATER OF ICELAND & i8 GALLERY / 12 video’s for The National Theater of Iceland for the Greek play „Bakkynjur” ( Bakkyes) written by Evrípedes. Giorgo...
TAKYU /Reykjavík Art Museum Reykjavík / Iceland 2006
THE WAY / Gallery Goldfloor / Reykjavik Icelnd 2005
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION ...