🇮🇸 Sýningin THREADS | ÞRÆÐIR SPOR – Intertwined in Iceland: Textiles and Book Arts opnaði í Nordia House í Portland, Oregon í Bandaríkjunum, þann 8. júlí. Sýningin er á vegum menningarmiðstöðvarinnar Nordic Northwest og stendur til 5. nóvember 2023. Átta ARKIR sýna þar ásamt fjórum erlendum listakonum sem allar hafa starfað að list sinni í vinnustofum á Íslandi í lengri eða skemmri tíma.
Þátttakendur eru Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Lyla Rown, Loo Bain og ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir og Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.
Móttaka og listamannaspjall verður 6. október, 2023, frá kl 18-20 í Nordia House (ókeypis og öllum opið – skráning hér). Fulltrúar okkar ARKA þar verða þær Svanborg Matthíasdóttir og Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, en þær kynna sýninguna ásamt Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Loo Bain og Lyla Rowen.
Tenglar: sjá sýningarsíðu Nordic Northwest og stafræna sýningu. Tenglar á heimasíður listamannanna neðst í póstinum.
Verk: | artwork by Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir – Sigling (Sailing)
🇬🇧 THREADS | ÞRÆÐIR SPOR – Intertwined in Iceland: Textiles and Book Arts opened in Nordic Northwest Nordia House í Portland, Oregon, USA on July 8. The exhibition is open until November 5, 2023. Eight ARKIR members exhibit works together with four artists from USA and Germany, who have all worked on their art in artist residencies in Iceland for a longer or shorter time.
Participants are Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Lyla Rown, Loo Bain and ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.
Threads Exhibit Reception will be on October 6, 2023, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Nordia House (free to all – registration here). Two ARKIR members will take part in the event: Svanborg Matthíasdóttir and Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, along with artists Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Loo Bain, and Lyla Rowen.
Links: see further exhibition information at NNW website and online exhibit. and follow the links to the artist’s homepages below.
Verk: | artwork by Svanborg Matthíasdóttir – Vefur (Web)
About the Artists:
Lyla Rowen works in textiles and clay ranging from functional craft to conceptual art. She is a 2013 PSU graduate, worked as fabricator at The Portland Garment Factory, and is recipient of a 2021 Oregon Arts Commission grant.
Loo Bain is a multimedia artist investigating ideas of history, material, earth science, and self. She has shown nationally in galleries, acquired private commissions, participated in artist residencies, and received artist grants including from Oregon Arts Commission, Regional Arts and Culture Council, and the Hallie Ford Foundation.
Anne Greenwood-Rioseco is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of time, spirituality and the transcendent genius of the natural world. The Oregon Arts Commission, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Regional Arts and Culture Council, and the Hallie Ford Foundation have all financially supported her projects.
Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir works with visual art, book art and textile design. She studied at The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts. Ingiríður has been active as a Visual Artist and designer since she graduated. Ingiríður has participated in numerous joint exhibitions in Iceland, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Belgium and USA. She seeks inspiration from nature and her surroundings.
Áslaug Jónsdóttir is an author of children’s books and a book artist. She studied visual arts in Reykjavik and Copenhagen and graduated as illustrator and graphic designer. Her children’s books have been published in many languages and she has received numerous awards for her works. In her artist books she works with poetry, photographic images and sculptural paper cuts.
Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir is a visual artist working mainly with artist-books and paintings. She graduated from Copenhagen, Danmarks design school, now DAKA 1987. Since then she has focused on teaching and doing her own art. Sigurborg has held private exhibitions approximately every other year and taken part in multiple co exhibitions worldwide, both paintings and artists books.
Svanborg Matthíasdóttir works mainly with painting, book art and textiles. Her works are often based on color, form or experiments with non-traditional materials. She is educated in painting in the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts Reykjavík and Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Her works have been exhibited in Iceland, Europe and the United States.
Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir works with various kinds of textile and book art and has been a part of numerous exhibitions in Iceland and abroad. She graduated in 1988 from the textile department of The University of Art and Design, Helsinki Finland. Prior to that she had graduated with a B. Ed degree from the Iceland University of Education.
Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir is a visual artist. In her textiles and artist books she works with traditional textile and fiber techniques, expressing natures visual qualities, in form and image, texture and atmosphere. She has an education in textile art and design from The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and as a teacher in adult education from Håndarbejdet Fremmes Seminarium in Copenhagen. She has participated in exhibitions in Iceland and abroad and lives and works in Reykjavík.
Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir works with visual arts, design teaching, graphic and book arts. Studied at the The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and have M.Ed degree in art history and vocational education from University of Iceland. Has held private and joint exhibitions in Iceland and various corners of the world, such as Lithuania, Denmark, Germany, USA and Sweden.
Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir creates through exploring patterns, textures and color combinations in her everyday surroundings, addressing feelings, memory and experience. Her works can be found in numerous private and university collections in the US and Canada and at the Library of Congress. Kristín earned a MA degree in Art and the Book from Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington DC. She also has a B.Ed. from the Iceland University of Education.
Cornelia Theimer Gardella is a visual artist living and working in Erfurt, Germany. Her work revolves around experiencing sparse landscapes and remote places. She is interested in patterns and structures, and the line of the horizon is a recurring theme. Besides spending time in the deserts of the American Southwest, she has worked in Iceland, Sweden and Finland.
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