About
Photo by Leifur Wilberg Orrason
Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson is a visual artist working in Reykjavík, Iceland. He works with painting, drawing, sculpture, installations, performance and has specialised in printmaking, multiples and artist books. Sigurður Atli teaches at the Iceland University of the Arts and runs the artist collaborative Print & Friends.
The work of Sigurður Atli draws up manifestations of the creative process in daily events and coincidental gestures. He examines the connection of language, images and cultural context and its influence on meaning. Sigurður Atli has adopted various printmaking techniques in his practice as well as working with drawing, painting, sculpture and photography along with installation and performance.
Sigurður Atli graduated from the fine arts department of Iceland University of the Arts in 2011. He received a grant from the French Embassy in Iceland to pursue master studies in fine art at École Superieure d’Art et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée and graduated with an MFA degree cum laude in 2013. He has participated in a number of exhibitions around Europe and had solo exhibitions in Prague, Milano, Hamburg, Leipzig, Reykjavík and Seyðisfjörður. In 2015 Sigurður Atli founded the artist collaborative Print & Friends with Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson. They have held a number of workshops and exhibitions in museums and galleries in Reykjavík, New York and Athens. Print & Friends Verlag publishes artist books by visual artists. Sigurður Atli has been teaching at Iceland University of the Arts since 2016.
CV
Education:
- 2011-13
École Supérieure dʼArt et de Design Marseille-Méditerrannée, France - Master of Art
- 2008-11
Iceland Academy of the Arts - Bachelor of Art
Solo exhibitions:
- 2019
Reliefs - Geysir Heima, Reykjavík
- 2017
Everyday Fortune - PRÁM Studio, Prague
Salon - Gallerí Laugalækur, Reykjavík
- 2016
An Image of You - Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður
- 2014
Bad Exhibitions - The Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Moseying - Elektrohaus, Hamburg, Germany
- 2013
The Stuff in Between Stuff - CAOS museum - Terni, Italy
- 2011
NOK No One Knows - Oʼ project room - Milano, Italy
- 2009
Calm and graffiti - Gallerí Crymo - Reykjavík
Handful of Earth - Gallerí Crymo – Reykjavík
Selected group exhibitions:
- 2019
We Service You - Print & Friends - Gallery Port, Reykjavík
- 2018
Formation - i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
Ýmissa kvikinda líki - National Gallery of Iceland
- 2017
Other Hats - International Print Center New York
- 2016
Do Disturb – Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Port Opening Exhibition – Port project space, Reykjavík
Boekie Woekie 30 years, books - and more - by artists – Print & Friends at The Living Art Museum
- 2015
Print & Friends at The Reykjavík Sculptors Society
Print & Friends at The Icelandic Printmakers Association
The Silver Lining Finissage – The participation of Liechtenstein at the Venice Biennale
Wo das Gras grüner ist – Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Toast – Galerie OU, Marseille, France
#KOMASVO – ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavík
- 2014
Feldstarke - Kyoto Art Center - Kyoto, Japan
Feldstarke - PACT Zollverein - Essen, Germany
Feldstarke - Montévideo - Marseille, France
Sleeper Horses - Gallerí Úthverfa, Ísafjörður, Iceland
Our House in the Middle of the Street - Galerie OU, ʻPrintemps de lʼArt Contemporainʼ - Marseille, France
- 2013
/ti'tano/ Little Constellation - Teatro Titano and Ridotto - San Marino
Partition - Void Gallery - Derry, Northern-Ireland
Errors Allowed, Biennale de la Méditerranée - Ancona, Italy
Roaming - National Museum of Contemporary Art - Bucharest, Romania
Subjective Maps - The National Gallery of Iceland - Reykjavík
Le Dormeur - Pont in collaboration with The Contemporary Museum of Art in Marseille - Galerie OU, Marseille, France
- 2012
Mugshots for Italy - The Others Art Fair with Gallery Lost Horse - Torino, Italy
ti'tano - World Event Young Artists with Little Constellation - Nottingham, England
The Land Seen From the Sea - Villa Croce - Genoa, Italy
- 2011
Grassroot IX- The Living Art Museum - Reykjavík
- 2010
Haven - Gallerí Crymo - Reykjavík
Lʼhomme, lʼanimal de la ville - Publication - Útúrdúr - Reykjavík
Supermarket Art Fair - Kulturhuset - Stockholm, Sweden
Zipper and mirrors - Gallerí Slunkaríki – Ísafjörður
Residencies:
- 2017
PRÁM Studios - Prague, Czech Republic
- 2014
Fugitif - Leipzig, Germany
- 2013
CAOS museum - Terni, Italy
Publications:
- 2018
Ephemera - Catalogue in inkjet, Riso and silkscreen - 50 copies
- 2017
Everyday Fortune - Catalogue printed in Risograph by Kudlapress, Prague, 100 copies
- 2016
An Image of You - Catalogue published by Skaftfell -50 copies
- 2014
Lulu - Childrens book in Japanese - Kyoto, Japan - 20 copies
- 2011
Places - Offset print - 3 issues - Reykjavík, Iceland - 2000 copies
- 2010
Lʼhomme, lʼanimal de la ville - Offset print - Marseille, France - 25 copies
Lectures:
- 2013
Istituto dʼarte Orneore Metelli – Lecture about the exhibition The Stuff in between Stuff in collaboration with CAOS museum, Italy
- 2012
The Academy of Fine Arts Aldo Galli – Lecture on Aesthetics of travel with Alessandro Castiglioni, Como, Italy
Awards:
- 2012
Special mentions from Biennale de la Méditerranée for work exhibited The Others Art Fair 2012
- 2018
Nominated for the Queen Sonja Print Award