evabjarna@hotmail.com

I live and work in a remote area on the southeast coast of Iceland, where I come from. After graduating from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and moving home, I have focused on regionally based material. The conscious decision to move to the country side of Iceland has formed my relationship with the creative process. My works have been ranging from sculptural objects, found things, to installations, sound pieces and performances, printed matter and more. They deal with memory, time and meaning of knowledge as well as /or human outlook on life. “On a responsibility to remain defenseless”, are words from Snejanka´s Mihaylova´s Acoustic Thoughts. I think of her phrase as a reminder about being humble towards what is called knowledge, which seems to be a form of recognition of something that already is, but appears in the human mind through a body in a leap of faith    Eva BJ, January 2020     

Education:

2012-16 BA Fine Arts. Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, nl  

2010-11 Textile. Reykjavík School of Visual Arts, is

2004-08 Journeyman's examination, tailoring. The Technical Collage in Reykjavík, is

TEXTS:

2016, thesis, PERHAPS ART IS IN TODAY?

Solo shows:

2022 Transfiguration // Hús kveðja, Svavarssafn, IS

2019 In the daybreak // Í morgunsárið, Midpunkt, IS

Group shows:

2023 Grounding, Het andere noorden, Amsterdam, NL

2022 Hamraborgarfestival, Kópavogur, IS

2021-22 Úr einu í annað, Bókakaffið Ármúla, IS

2020 Sumarsvalinn, Gamlabúðin, Fagurhólsmýri

2019-20 Thoreau´s world // Tilvist og Thoreau, Listasafn Árnesinga, IS

2019 It´s raining?! // það rignir?!, vatnshelda galleríið, is

2016 Graduation show, Rietveld Academie, NL

2016 THE SYNCOPATED DIALECTICS OF WORDS AND THINGS, RIETVELD PAVILION, AMSTERDAM, NL

2016 RIETVELD UNCUT, BOTS, BODIES & BEASTS, HARD-CORE AND FINE ARTS, AMSTERDAM, NL

2015 Evas Weg, Gelsenkirchen, de

2015 Urbane Künste Ruhr, Rietveld Mobility Ruhr, Gelsenkrichen, de

2015 Don´t bring flowers, Amsterdam, nl

2014 Home, The Bank, Suffolk, UK

2014 UNCUT, Amsterdam, nl

2014 BOCHUMERSTRASSE SPRICHT, GELSENKIRCHEN, de

2013 Portrait, The Bank, Suffolk, UK

2013 VELALL, Kaffistofan Reykjavík, is

Stage design // costumes

2023 Stage design and costumes for the performance Busy, shown on operadays in Mjódd, is

2022 Stage design and costums for the concert theatre “Skemmtilegt er myrkrið”, performed on operadays in Harpa, IS

2021 stage design for Gímaldin and Jessica Jones, performed on Fagurhólsmýri, IS  

other Projects // workshops // internships:

2021 Veisla! Fagurhólsmýri, IS

2020- ATE, global network of artists and art practices

2019 Printing matter, Skaftfell residency program, IS

2018-19 SHOW AND TELL, ARTIST ORGANISED DISCUSSION GROUP

2014 Cups and Tables, workshop with Curdin Tones og Tine Melzer, nl

2014 The Electric Voice, workshop with Robin Koek, nl

2012 Live Works. Project by Pien Vrijhof, to improvise, explore, compose. With: space time body light audience material sound each other, nl

2007 Internship, stitching firm in Delhi, India

2007 Internship, needlework workshop in Kashmir, India

Curatorial work:

2022 Þrístökk, Fagurhólsmýri, IS

2021 Þrístökk, Fagurhólsmýri, IS

2020 Sumarsvalinn, Fagurhólsmýri, IS

2019 Skeiðarárhlaup and micro performance festival, Skeiðarársandur, IS

2018 Now then opening, fagurhólsmýri, IS

Awards:

2019 Cultural award of the municipality of Hornafjörður

Articles:

2022, Eystrahorn, iceland

2019, Eystrahorn, iceland

2018, SUÐRI, ICELAND

2018, Eystrahorn, Iceland

2016, Morgunblaðið, Iceland

2016, WAZ, Germany