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
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