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.
Photo by Leifur Wilberg Orrason
About
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.
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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
2017 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
2018 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
