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Katrin Inga is represented by Gallery Gudmundstottir in Berlin, she currently lives and works in Reykjavík and runs a multi complex Phenomenon Art Studios & Gallery and is active member of The Reykjavík Sculpture Association. For studio visit contact the artist.
Katrín Inga works across a wide range of contemporary media, weaving systemic phenomena into the core of her visual philosophy. Her art challenges conventional mindsets, reimagining values of love and sexuality on a fresh foundation where critical thinking becomes part of daily life. She envisions art and love as tools to break free from the endless cycles of political and cultural conflict, offering a space for transformation and deeper connection.
Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir’s work explores love, sexuality, and therapeutic self-expression, focusing in particular on their aesthetic capacity to question patriarchal hierarchies framing both the art world and global society at large. Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir´s work draws on critical feminist aesthetics, continental philosophy, subversive art-historical movements like fluxus, and land-based Icelandic art. She has exhibited numerous solo shows in Iceland, Europe, and the United States, establishing her as a celebrated multimedia artist at the crux of Iceland’s contemporary post-fluxus feminist avant-garde. (Dr. Erum Naqvi, Art Theorist 2021)
Katrín Inga has built up a remarkable resume of exhibitions and performance projects, working in several countries. While often focusing on women and gender issues, she presents a wider critical discussion that involves art history and theory. Her exhibitions and performances are at once serious and wryly humorous. She has a way of presenting complicated ideas in such a way people leave her shows with their head full of thoughts but a smile on their face. (Jón Proppé, Art Historian 2018)
Katrín Inga is the recipient of awards including a Fulbright Scholarship (2012); the Dungal Art Fund award (2012); the Gudmunda Andresdottir Scholarship (2013); the Icelandic Art Salary from the government of Iceland, Iceland (2015/2017); and the Svavar Guðnasson & Ástu Eirkiskdóttir foundation art price for the promotion of young Icelandic artists (2017). Katrín Inga graduated with a MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2014); a BA degree in Art History and Art Theory from the University of Iceland (2012); and a BA in Fine Art from the Iceland Academy of the Arts (2008).
Katrín Inga has exhibited her work internationally, with notable presentations at the Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (2013); Reykjavik Art Museum (2022); High Line Art, New York (2017); Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2015); and the XVII Biennial of Young Artists, MEDITERRANEA17, Milan (2015). A board member of the Reykjavik Association of Sculptors since 2018, she was featured in Isle of Art (2019), a book celebrating Icelandic art. From 2015 to 2022, she collaborated with Eva Ísleifs and Rakel McMahon under the name It’s The Media Not You! on various projects. Known for her dedication to artist-led initiatives, Katrín Inga is currently managing Phenomenon, a multi-complex art space in Reykjavik, launched in 2022.
Education
2014 School Of Visual Arts | New York | M.F.A. Fine Art.
2012 The University of Iceland | B.A. Art Theory and Art History.
2008 Icelandic University Of The Art | B.A. Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Gallery Gudmundstottir, Berlin.
2023
The Sculpture Garden, Reykjavik.
Gallery Phenomenon, Reykjavik
2022
Listval Hólmaslóð, Reykjavík.
Donnerstag Gallery, Berlin
2021
Residence of the Icelandic Embassy, Berlin
2020
Gallery Gudmundstottir, Berlin.
Gallery Hillbilly, Stundin, Icelandic Newspaper
2019
Gallery Midpunkt, Kópavogur, Iceland.
The Sculpture Garden, Reykjavik
2018
Gamma Gallery, Reykjavik.
The Sculpture Garden, Reykjavik
2017
Wind And Weather Window Gallery, Reykjavik.
Sequences Art festival | Reykjavik
2016
Ekkisens Gallery, Reykjavik
2015
Eastern Edge Gallery, Newfoundland Canada
2014
Gallery SIM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Arts, Reykjavik
2013
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
2012
Gallery Dwarf, Reykjavik. Gallery SIM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Arts, Reykjavik.
Artíma Gallery, Reykjavik.
Gallery Toilet, Reykjavik
2011
Gallery Crymo | Reykjavik
Group Exhibitions & Performance Events (selective 2015-2023)
2023
Duus Museum | Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
The Living Art Museum | Reykjavik.
Gallery Phenomenon | Reykjavik
2022
Gallery Pysja | Reykjavik.
Gallery Phenomenon | Reykjavik.
Gallery Phenomenon | Reykjavik.
Listval | Harpa, Reykjavik.
Hafnarborg Museum | Hafnarfjörðuri, Iceland.
Reykjavik Art Museum | Reykjavik
2021
Asmundarsalur | Reykjavik.
Direkte Auktion | Berlin.
Reykjavik Art Museum | Iceland.
Living Art Museum | Reykjavik
2020
Direkte Auktion | Berlin.
Living Art Museum | Reykjavik.
Alliance House France | Reykjavik Iceland
The Sculpture Association Garden | Reykjavik.
National Gallery | Raflost: Festival of Electronic Arts | Iceland
2019
Asmundarsalur | Reykjavik.
Tokyo National University of Art | Japan.
Plan B Art Festival in Borgarnes | Iceland.
Outside Exhibition | The Reykjavik Sculpture Association | Reykjavik.
Ild ink Corporation | Edinburgh.
Alþýðuhúsið á Siglufirði | Iceland.
Retirement Home | Reykjavik.
Reykjavik City Hall | Iceland
2018
Intragalactic Art | Sweden.
Beyond Human Impulses: Performance Festival | Athens.
Asmundarsalur | Reykjavik
2017
The High Line Art | New York.
Ekkisens gallery | Reykjavik.
The Nordic House | Reykjavik
ASFA BBQ; Performance Festival | Athens.
Window Gallery | Paris.
Studio 10 Gallery | New York
Mengi: Beyond human impulses | Reykjavik.
Hosek Contemporary | Berlin
2016
Ekkisens gallery | Reykjavik.
National Gallery | Iceland.
Mengi: Beyond human impulses | Reykjavik.
National TV Iceland: Kling & Bang Gallery | Reykjavik.
Boston Bar: Performance event | Reykjavik.
The Reykjavik Sculpture Association | Reykjavik.
Reykjavik City Theater | Iceland
2015
XVII Biennial of Young Artists | MEDITERRANEA17 | Milan.
Site Show Gallery | New York
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein.
Ekkisens gallery | Reykjavik.
The night of the lost work: Private Home Performance Event | Reykjavik.
Danceatelier | Reykjavik
2014
ONE SITE ICELAND | Vienna
184 Project Space | New York
SVA Chelsea gallery | New York
Video Festival: Time Based | New York
2013
Select art fair | Miami Basel
Pleasant View Farms Proudly Presents Art Fest | New York
National Gallery | Iceland
MALMÖ KONSTHALL | Sweden
700is video art festival | Iceland
2012
Gallery 002 | Iceland
Artíma Gallery | Reykjavik
Artíma Gallery | Reykjavik
2011
The Old Ambulance Depot | Edinburgh
Dorothea Schlueter galerie | Hamburg
M21 evolution: Langenlois | Austria
Kling & Bang Gallery | Reykjavik
Festiwal Kulturalne Oblicza Islandii. Warszawa. Poland.
Festisvall. Reykjavík. Iceland.
Living Art Museum. Reykjavík.
Gallery Crymo. Reykjavík.
Living Art Museum | Reykjavik
Endemi: Performance at Bookshop | Reykjavik
2010
The National Gallery of Iceland | Reykjavík
Hugmyndahúsið | Reykjavik
Gallery Dynjandi | Iceland
Living Art Museum | Reykjavík
Living Art Museum | Reykjavík
2009
X Initiative Gallery | New York
Kling & Bang Gallery | Reykjavík
Bakkus Bar: Sultan Eldmóður Performance Event | Reykjavík
Art Studio: Performance Event | Reykjavík
Audur Capitals: Privat Performnace | Reykjavik
FRAFL: Privat Performance seria at Homes | Reykjavík
2008
Suð Suðvestur Gallery | Iceland
Reykjavik Art Museum | Iceland
Public Performance seria: Selling Christmas Cards | Reykjavík
Living Art Museum | Reykjavík
Reykjavik Art Museum: performance invasion at 10/10/08 at 3.45pm | Reykjavík
Raflost: Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts | Reykjavík
Awards
Svarar Guðnason & Ásta Eiríksdóttir | Art Foundation | Promising Icelandic Artist 2017.
Guðmunda Andrésdóttir | Scholarship 2013.
Fulbright | Scholarship 2012-2014. Dungal Art Award | Promising Icelandic Artist 2012
Grants
2023
Visual Art Fund | Iceland.
2022
Artist´ Salary Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland. Visual Art Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland.
2021
Icelandic Art Center | Iceland. Visual Art Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland.
2020
Artist´ Salary Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland. Visual Art Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland .
2019
Muggur | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland.
2018
Muggur | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland.
2017
Artist´ Salary Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland. Visual Art Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland. Muggur | Iceland.
2016
Icelandic Art Center | Iceland.
2015
Artist´ Salary Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Art Center | Iceland. Visual Art Fund | Iceland. Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland.
2014
Icelandic Copyright Foundation | Iceland. Muggur | Iceland.
2013
Guðmunda Andrésdóttir | Scholarship. Reykjavik Art Grant | Iceland.
2012
Fulbright | Scholarship. Icelandic Copyright. Foundation | Iceland. Icelandic Center for Research | Iceland.
2011
Icelandic NA of the YiA programme. Icelandic Center for Research | Iceland
Artist Residencies
Intragalactic Art | Sweden.
InHere Fish Factory | Iceland.
Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris.
Natural Oasis | Gibraltar.
Natural Oasis | San Marino.
Díónýsía | Iceland.
DAMA | Lapin Yliopisto | Lapland.
Publications
Isle of Art
Artizine
Ritið/2015
Listvísir
Archive On the run
Blátt blað
III Ritið
Endemi
Trust us! We are artists
The Wheel
Community of Sentient Beings
Art projects
Beyond human impulses | Co-Founder performance platform | 2017-2019
Endemi art publication | Editor endemi.is | 2011-2015
About Icelandic Art | Director and co-Founder | 2011-2013
The Night of the Lost Artworks | Co-Founder performance platform | 2011-2019
It is the media not you | Co-Founder art collaboration | 2015-2019