THORDIS ADALSTEINSDOTTIR
Education
2001-2003 School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York
1996-1999 Icelandic Academy of Arts, BFA Program
1999-2000 Universidad de Barcelona
Solo exhibitions
2009 Dog by the Spring, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY
2008 No Rest For The Dickhead Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 You feel like an Angel Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA
And they followed him Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo Japan
The myth of course, is that there will be some survivors Bryggen, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2006 The myth, of course, is that there will be some survivors The Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
A Cheerful reminder of our lives and loves; New Paintings, Stefan Stux gallery, N.Y.
Celebration of the Lambing Season, and Open Letter to Botna, Dandruff Space and Shroud, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Paintings 101 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 New Paintings and video, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
2003 New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
1998 Nema Hvad Gallery, Reykjavik
Group exhibitions
2009 XS, Specta Gallery, Denmark
No Soul For Sale, The X building, New York
2008 From Head To Toe, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
Size matters, Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee
Teikningin, Hoffmannsgallery, Iceland
I will never lie to my mother again, Mogadishni Gallery, Denmark
Carnegie, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
Carnegie, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Carnegie, Listasafn Kopavogs, Kopavogi, Iceland
Carnegie, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
Carnegie, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007 Big Bad Love, Stefan Stux gallery, NY
Carnegie, Museet for Nutidskonst Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Delicatessen, Schmidt Center University Galleries, Miami Florida
Size matters, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY
Cabinet of curious ties, Roger Smith Gallery, NY
Become our Egill of Iceland, and the return to the self center, performance in collaboration with David Herbert, Hrafnhildur Arnardottir aka Shoplifter and Mihael Jureawitz, in honor of Egill Saebjornsson’s NY debut, Cueto Project, NY
Sjomilnaskor, Listasalur Mosfellsbaejar, Iceland
The Outsider, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Fruitcake and Casserole, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Icelandic painting after 1980, National Gallery of Iceland
2005 Public notice 2, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Luis, MO
Volcana, Plugin Institude of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Jolasyning, 101 Gallery, Iceland
2004 Slice and Dice, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Stay Inside, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles
Public Notice, The Fields Sculpture park at the Art Omi International Arts Center, NY
Stop & Stor , Lux Gallery, New York
2003 New Paintings, Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
The Painted Figure, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Dubrow International, Roger Smith Gallery, New York
Thau bidja ad heilsa, Opna Galleryid, Reykjavik Iceland
Top Soil, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2002 East of Hollywood – Reaction Shot, Studio 210TWO, Los Angeles
Not Sculpture, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2000 Art According to the Rules, The Yellow House, Reykjavik
Paintings, The Yellow House, Reykjavik
Honors/Awards/Lectures
2008 Two Years Stipendum from The Icelandic Artist´s Fund
2007 Lecture, FAU, Florida
Lecture, studio visits, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee
2006 Art Omi NY Residency
Lecture, Icelandic academy of arts, Iceland
2005 Round table discussion, Studio visits, University of Winnipeg, Canada
2004 Annual Penninn Award, Reykjavik, Iceland
1998 Prize won for Interactive Car Sculpture, at Stockholm culture city 1998
Erasmus Grant for a years study in Barcelona
Lecture at Aalborg art school, Denmark
Bibliography and publications
Icelandic Art Today, pages 318-323, Text by Gregory Volk, Printed by Hatje Cantz Vorlag, Germany, 2009
Ragna Sigurdardottir, “Blad og Blyantur Allt Sem Tharf”, Morgunbladid februar, 2008
“Outstanding Scandinavian Art”, Atlantica nr 4 (july-august) 2008
Astrid la Cour, “Nordisk Samtidskunst Nar Det Er Bedst”, april 30th, 2008
Trine Ross, “Video er da ikke just maleri”, Politiken april 22nd, 2008
Gunnar J Arnason, “Hinir Ymsu Fletir Malverksins” Morgunbladid 14 juni, 2008
“Dyr eru yfirnatturulegri en draugar”, Serblad Frettabladsins um Menningu og Listir, june, 2008
Kirstine Kern, “En Isbjorn pa afveje (A polar bear off the tracks)”, Politiken, april 19th, 2008
Torberg Weirup, “Syndens Blomster” Berlinske Tiderne, March 15, 2007
Lis Engel “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Ra og Poetiske Livsbilleder” Kunstavisen 2007, februar/marts
Ditte Vilstrup Holm “Tomme flader og bla maerker” Politiken, I Byen, March 3rd, 2007
Ólöf K. Sigurðardóttir “Þórdís Aðalsteinsdóttir; The myth, of course, is that there will be some survivors” (Catalouge/Book) Published by Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
Ragna Sigurdardottir “Stungid a kyli” Morgunbladid, Oct 16th, 2006
Holbrun “Hugleidingar um mannlegt edli” Bladid, Oct 11, 2006 p34
Dan Halm “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir” Visual Arts Journal, Fall 2006
Hanna Bjork Valsdottir “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir” Reykjavik Mag, Issue no 8 Sept 22nd, 2006
Charles Stuckey, “The myth, of course, is that there will be some survivors” Catalogue
Ingveldur Geirsdottir “Heyrist hvíslað að einhverjir komist af” Morgunblaðið, Sept. 30, 2006
“Húmor og háski” Fréttablaðið Sept. 30, 2006
Markús Andrésson “Listamaður mánaðarins” Læknablaðið 6/2006
“Without me in the middle” Art Moco, June 25th, 2006
Hanna Bjork Valsdottir. "Desperate Efforts at Communication", Reykjavikmag. Issue no 1, June 8th, 2006
Ryan Morris, “Wrong side of the track”, Fecal Face, April 29th, 2006
Kristine Perlmutter. "Thordis Adalsteinsdottir", The Icelandic Canadian. Vol 60 #1
"Sjuklegt samlifi i salarkytrunni" Frettabladid, April 27, 2006
Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ. Public Notice: Painting in Laumeier Sculpture Park. Catalogue 2006
Gudbjartsson, Steinthor. “Allar Hraerdar yfir mottokunum”, Morgunbladid. January 8, 2006
Robert Enright. “From Iceland to Winnipeg; Getting past Bjork. Five Icelandic Women artists prove to be masters of delicate understatement.”, The Globe and Mail. December 7, 2005
Jaya Beange. “Volcana, an eruption of contemporary Icelandic artists”, The Uniter issue 13, Dec 1, 2005
Lorne Roberts. “Subdued Icelandic art speaks volumes”, Winnipeg free press November 24, 2005
David Jon Fuller. "Icelandic art erupts in Winnipeg", Logberg-Heimskringla. November 2005
Jon Proppe. "Thordis Adalsteinsdottir", CIA.is. October 2005
Cooper, Ivy. "Public notice: Painting in Laumeier Sculpture Park", Riverfronttimes.com. October 19, 2005
Bonetti, David. "Billboard-size work at Laumeier challenges notions of where painting should be seen", St. Louis Post. October 16, 2005
Glynnis McDaris and Jesse Parson. Catholic No. 1: Cats, page 74. Evil twin publications, NY 2005
J.K.B. Ransu. “Mattleysi hvunndagsins” Morgunbladid, July 27, 2005
“Víðsjá” A radio interview on Icelandic national radio, July 12, 2005
Cameron, Bart. “Soft colours with bruising, the extremely personal art of Thordis Adalsteinsdottir”, Grapevine. Issue #10, July 22 – August 4, 2005
Sirkus July 15, 2005
Málið, fylgiblað Morgunblaðsins July 15, 2005
Jon Proppe. 101, page 80, Birtingarholt/Prentmet, Iceland 2005
Kelly, Noel. “Sporadic november sunshine in a winter city-a walk through New York”, The contemporary arts review, January 2005
“Art attack”, New York Post, December 11, 2004
Faust, Lily. “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir at Stefan Stux Gallery.” M/The New York Art World Magazine, December 2004
Stefansdottir, Hulda. “ Sannleikurinn vafinn lygum”. Morgunbladid. November 13, 2004
Peter Frank, “Art picks of the week”. L.A. weekly. July 2004
Volk, Gregory. “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir at Stefan Stux.” Art in America, May
Giovanni Garcia Fenech. “The Importance of being earnest” Stitch Magazine, Spring, 2004
“Penninn styrkir unga myndlistarmenn”. Morgunbladid, January, 2004
“Otrulega frjott listalif her” Morgunbladid, October 25th, 2003
Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, “Reglubundin list”. Morgunblaðið, Ágúst 1, 2000.
“Thegar skelin opnast”. Morgunbladid, July 31, 1998
Thoroddur Bjarnason, “Billinn er thinn einkaheimur”. Morgunblaðið, April 17, 1998
“Húmor og háski” Fréttablaðið Sept. 30, 2006
Markús Andrésson “Listamaður mánaðarins” Læknablaðið 6/2006
“Without me in the middle” Art Moco, June 25th, 2006
Hanna Bjork Valsdottir. "Desperate Efforts at Communication", Reykjavikmag. Issue no 1, June 8th, 2006
Ryan Morris, “Wrong side of the track”, Fecal Face, April 29th, 2006
Kristine Perlmutter. "Thordis Adalsteinsdottir", The Icelandic Canadian. Vol 60 #1
"Sjuklegt samlifi i salarkytrunni" Frettabladid, April 27, 2006
Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ. Public Notice: Painting in Laumeier Sculpture Park. Catalogue 2006
Gudbjartsson, Steinthor. “Allar Hraerdar yfir mottokunum”, Morgunbladid. January 8, 2006
Robert Enright. “From Iceland to Winnipeg; Getting past Bjork. Five Icelandic Women artists prove to be Masters of delicate understatement.”, The Globe and Mail. December 7, 2005
Jaya Beange. “Volcana, an eruption of contemporary Icelandic artists”, The Uniter issue 13, Dec 1, 2005
Lorne Roberts. “Subdued Icelandic art speaks volumes”, Winnipeg free press November 24, 2005
David Jon Fuller. "Icelandic art erupts in Winnipeg", Logberg-Heimskringla. November 2005
Jon Proppe. "Thordis Adalsteinsdottir", CIA.is. October 2005
Cooper, Ivy. "Public notice: Painting in Laumeier Sculpture Park", Riverfronttimes.com. October 19, 2005
Bonetti, David. "Billboard-size work at Laumeier challenges notions of where painting should be seen", St. Louis Post. October 16, 2005
Glynnis McDaris and Jesse Parson. Catholic No. 1: Cats, page 74. Evil twin publications, NY 2005
J.K.B. Ransu. “Mattleysi hvunndagsins” Morgunbladid, July 27, 2005
“Víðsjá” A radio interview on Icelandic national radio, July 12, 2005
Cameron, Bart. “Soft colours with bruising, the extremely personal art of Thordis Adalsteinsdottir”, Grapevine. Issue #10, July 22 – August 4, 2005
Sirkus July 15, 2005
Málið, fylgiblað Morgunblaðsins July 15, 2005
Jon Proppe. 101, page 80, Birtingarholt/Prentmet, Iceland 2005
Kelly, Noel. “Sporadic november sunshine in a winter city-a walk through New York”, The contemporary arts review, January 2005
“Art attack”, New York Post, December 11, 2004
Faust, Lily. “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir at Stefan Stux Gallery.” M/The New York Art World Magazine, December 2004
Stefansdottir, Hulda. “ Sannleikurinn vafinn lygum”. Morgunbladid. November 13, 2004
Peter Frank, “Art picks of the week”. L.A. weekly. July 2004
Volk, Gregory. “Thordis Adalsteinsdottir at Stefan Stux.” Art in America, May
Giovanni Garcia Fenech. “The Importance of being earnest” Stitch Magazine, Spring, 2004
“Penninn styrkir unga myndlistarmenn”. Morgunbladid, January, 2004
“Otrulega frjott listalif her” Morgunbladid, October 25th, 2003
Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, “Reglubundin list”. Morgunblaðið, Ágúst 1, 2000.
“Thegar skelin opnast”. Morgunbladid, July 31, 1998
Thoroddur Bjarnason, “Billinn er thinn einkaheimur”. Morgunblaðið, April 17, 1998