Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
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Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
born. 1971, Reykjavík, Iceland

Solo Exhibitions
2022 Paintings & Drawings/Málverk & Teikningar, Hverfisgata 4-6, Reykjavík, Iceland
          Ellipse/Sporbaugur, Listasafn Reykjanesbæjar, Keflavík, Iceland

2020 Odd Knot Holes/Kynlegir Kvistir, Gallerí Listamenn, Reykjavík,Iceland.
           Ferocious Glitter, Gallerí Úthverfa, Ísafjörður, Iceland.

2019 Spot On, Musee de la danse, Rennes, France
2018  
GABRÍELA, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016  Inner Life of a Hay-bale, Gallery Gamma, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013   Crepusculum, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2011   Crepusculum, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2009   Life? Biomorphic shapes in sculpture, Fermentation, Performance.  Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria.   
           Tetralogia, Turku Art Museum, Finland

2008   Coagula, Flowers of Evil still bloom, Cueto Project, New York
           The Black spider, Schauspielhaus/Migros Museum, Zurich
           Ouroboros, Bob von Oursow Gallery, Zurich

2007   Ouroboros, Spielhaus-Morrison Gallery, Berlin
            Inside the Core/Tetralogia, Void gallery, Derry, Northern-Ireland
            Tetralogia, Teikningar/Drawings, Prospectif Cinema at Centre Pompidou, Paris

2006    Inside the Core, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich
            Versations Tetralogia, Reykjavik Art Museum

2005    Versations Tetralogia, Venice Biennale, Icelandic Pavillion           
            Operazione Oesophagus, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland. 

2004    Melankolia, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin
            Katharsis, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik

2003   Teikningar/Drawings, Gallery Schön, Bochum
            Operazione Pathetico, Circuit 7, CCCB, Barcelona

2002   Operazione Dramatica, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kapavogur
2001    Animal Inside Animal Outside, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik
            Art and Real Estate, Husvangur Real Estate Office, Reykjavik

2000   Operazione Dramatica, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kapavogur
1999    Are You Ready to Rock II, The Old Warehouse, Westmann-Islands, Island
           Are You Ready to Rock I, Gallery Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Island
           Persons and Feelings, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik

1997    The Nameless One, Gallery 20m2, Reykjavik
           S.A.L.T.A.R.I, The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik


Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2021    Fiction? Better than Reality, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.
             Distant bodies Dancing eyes, The Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany.
              Sumarsýning/Summer 2021, Mutt gallerí, Reykjavík,Iceland.

2020
    Underneath, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland.
             Solastalgia, Reykjavik Arts Festival, National Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2019
    Solastalgia, Les Champs Libres, Rennes, Frakkland.
            Human existence, The Reykjavík Art museum,. Iceland.
           Three hours of Sunshine. The 1st Dundee Biennial. Dundee. Scotland. 
2018    The Marvellous Cacophony, 57th edition of the October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
             Shelter Stone, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburg, Scotland
2017    Cabin Fever, Random acts/Frieze Art fair, London, UK
              SACRIFICE, The Icelandic Dance Company, Reykjavík City Theater, 
               Spring Festival, Utrecht, Holland.  Arctic Arts Festival, Harstad, Norway. 
               Southbank Centre, London, UK. Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany

2016     IDENTITY, Behind the Curtain of Uncertainty, National Art Museum, Ukraine
               SURVIVAL KIT 8. The Acupuncture of Society, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, 
               Riga

2015     The Silver Lining, Palazzo Trevisan, La Biennale di Venezia   
               The grass is always greener on the other side, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
               The Sky´s gone out, The Galleries Moore, Philadelphia, USA
               Primary Force, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
               SAGA, KUMU Art Museum, Estonia
               SAGA, National Gallery, Iceland

2014     Crepusculum. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen Germany
2013    Between the late and the early, Creatures of Devotion, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburg, Scotland
              Summer Show, Hamish Morrison Gallerei, Berlin, Germany

2011    Bloody Crepuscular Monstrous Rays, 5th Biennal of Moving Image, Contour, Mechelen, Belgium
              Visionaire No.59, Fairytale, New York, USA

2010    Transformation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JapanScene shifts, Bonniers Konsthall,  Stockholm, Sweden
             Transaquania into thin air, Reykjavik City theater, Reykjavik, Iceland 
             Coloursynthesis, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik Art Museum

2009    Possibilities, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik Art Museum
             Transaquania -Out of the blue, The Blue Lagoon, Iceland
             Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London, UK
             Kings, Gods & Mortals, Hamish Morrison Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2008    Life? Biomorphic shapes in sculpture, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
             Nuit blanche, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
             Tree of Signs, Gabriela fridriksdottir & MM/Paris, Urridaholt, Reykjavik
             Ouroboros/Inside the Core, National Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

2007    Ouroboros/Inside the Core, gallery i8, Art-Forum, Berlin, Germany
            La Chaine, BankArt 1929, Yokohama, Japan
            Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal, Germany
            Ausgezeichnet, Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany
            Who is afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, Te Thui-The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand

2006   Through the Looking Glass, Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
            Remember Who You Are, Mary Boone Gallery, New York

2005   Sketch in Motion, Sketch Gallery, London 
           I Still Believe in Miracles II, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
         To Samekh, Water Events-Horizontal Memories Yoko Ono
           Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway

2004   Noonday demons, CCA, Glasgow
            Parallele 64, Art Contemporain Islandais, Espace d’art contemporaine Gustave Fayet, Sérignan
            Les Spectacles Vivants, Centre Pompidou, Paris
            Drawings, Loveless, Minami Aoyama Minato-Ku Tokyo, Japan 
            Where Do We Go from Here, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
            Ice, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
            Sons and Dottir, Tentplaza Center for Visual Art, Rotterdam

2003    Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
            Breadhead / Operazione Poetica II, Woolenmaiden Hus, Project Arts Center, Dublin
            TEIKNINGAR/DRAWINGS, Prague Biennale
            Operazione Poetica IV, Billboard Project, Amager Landevey, Copenhagen
            Over the Bridge of Optimism, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik

2002    My Body is Over the Ocean-The Sea, Alma Löv Museum, Ostra Amtervik
            Operazione Poetica, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur, Iceland,
            Operazione Poetica, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2001    Operazione Poetica, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur
            Sculptures by Silfurtun, Specific site project, Gardabaer, Iceland

2000    Sovereignity, Gerdarsafn, Museum of Kopavogur
            Occurrence, Sputnik, Hverfisgata, Reykjavik
            The Seven Cardinal Virtues, Old and New, Thingvellir National Park
            Orgasm 2000, The Museum of Art, Akureyri

1999    Maggogabb Inc. Present: Art, Gallery 101, Reykjavik
            Iceland Bone in a Swedish Sock, Gallery 54, Göteburg

1998    Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
            -30 + 60, The Municipal Museum, Reykjavik


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