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"space/time #1" mixed media on canvas, 9"x 72"
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Artist Statement: |
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When
I awake in the morning, I translate the time on the alarm clock to
Icelandic time, turn on the computer, read, mother’s email and
e-mails from other family members and friends. I respond in
Icelandic. Then I log on to the Icelandic newspaper, “ Morgunblađiđ,”
read headlines and the occasional article. Only after this am I ready
for the “Chicago Tribune” and “The New York Times” Later, over coffee
with my husband, we compare notes from our different cultures. This
conversation takes place in English.
I paint hard edge structures that look like stripes, paths, planes of
something larger. From these hard edge structures burst ink drawings
of controlled and chaotic fragments of color, interupted lines,
shapes, signs, and symbols. The fragments move, search, connect,
erupt, burn, disconnect, fade, and disguise as they imply both natural
landscapes and urban architectural forms. They distort vision,
interupt time, and echo space – as our memories do. Large white areas
of the paintings are sanded-down gesso, creating smooth, cool,
“neutral” space for the hard edge structures and chaotic drawings. The
paintings become personal places in a world where time and space are
no longer centered.
The
core of my work is about bridging cultures, off centeredness, the
inbetween nature of our existance, and the turmoil that comes with it.
Titles of series I have worked on in the last few years reflect this
core, and include:
42şN/66şN,
here
/ hér,
flökt
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flutter,
space
/ time, heima?/home?,
and
gaps. Each title allows me the opportunity to see my themes
from a slightly different angle, thus helping me to move and develop
the work.
Working both large and small with different shapes, including the 3rd
dimension of painting on sticks, gives me the opportunity to challenge
the perceptions with which I start every morning. |
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Resume: |
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Education: |
MFA. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
M.A. Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia,
England
B.Ed. University Teachers College of Iceland |
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Awards& Grants: |
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2005 |
Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Driehouse Foundation,
Chicago. |
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2004 |
American Scandinavian Foundation |
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2003 |
Myndstef, travel grant
Residency Fellowship, Hafnarborg Art Museum, Iceland
Residency Fellowship SÍM, Union of Icelandic Artist, Reykjavík,
Iceland |
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2002 |
Honorary Mention, School of the Art Institute Graduation Fellowship |
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2001 |
Nippon Steel /USA Residential Award
Teaching Assistantship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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2000 |
Teaching Assistantship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scholarship from the Soroptimists of Europe
Residency Fellowship at Hafnarborg Art Museum, Iceland
Parson Group, Student Award
Nippon Steel /USA Residential Award |
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1999 |
Bryan Lathrop Fellowship. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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1984 |
Foreign & Commonwealth Official Scholarship & Award Scheme |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
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2006 |
heima? / home?,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
heima? / home?,
ASÍ
Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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2005 |
space/time,
New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
SubCity Projects, Chicago, 25 Sticks, an installation of 3D
paintings
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. 42şN/ 66şN, Staci Boris,
curator |
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2003 |
Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Iceland, Flutter/Flökt
SIM Gallery, Reykjavík,
Iceland
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
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2000 |
Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Iceland |
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Group Exhibitions: |
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2007 |
Group,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2006 |
“Land Escape”,
River East Art Center, Chicago curated by Joseph Tabet
Open House Project, Evanston,
curated by Jodie Jacobi
Summer Show '06,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Six Degrees of Separation,
Stefan Stux
Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zg Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
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2005 |
Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China, catalog
Zg Gallery Chicago, “Working Process”
Evanston Art Center,
Invisible Worlds,
Curated by Shona Macdonald, Evanston, IL
The Living Art Museum, curator: Ransu, Reykjavík, Iceland, Cataloge |
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2004 |
Evanston Biennial, Monique Meloche & Dominic Molon,
curators
Higher Gallery,
Chicago,
Touch, Ed Schad, curator
Feltre School, Chicago, Collegiere/To Collect |
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2003 |
Prater Rouse Gallery,
Norfolk,
Virginia, Tabla Rasa
The Open Gallery,
Reykjavík,
Iceland
Fassbender Gallery,
Chicago |
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2002 |
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, “New Talent”
MFA Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
Nippon Steel/ U.S.A. Residential Award Exhibition.
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2001 |
Hotel Show, Embassy Suites,
Chicago
Parson Group Award Exhibition, Partners in the
Arts Project,
Chicago
Nippon Steel/ U.S.A. Residential Award Exhibition.
Chicago |
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2000 |
Gerđuberg Center for Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Chicago Art Open Student Show |
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1999 |
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Spring exhibition |
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1995 |
West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, Wisconsin
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Bibliography & Publications: |
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2006 |
"Anna Joelsdottir: Heima Home" by Audry Mast, Flavorpill Chicago,
Issue 108, October 10, 2006
"Finding Order in Chaos," by Fred Camper, Chicago Reader,
September 15, v.35, no. 52, sec. 2
"The Start of New Art," by Joanne Hinkel, Center Stage Chicago,
August 28, 2006
"Gallery Beat," Style
Chicago, September 1, 2006 |
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2005 |
LIST #3, CIA.is - Contemporay Icelandic Art . Web Magazine.
“Morgunblađiđ,
(Icelandic newspaper)p.39
NEW YORKER, Review July 4, p.21
“Morgunblađiđ” (Icelandic newspaper) May 21 , p.63
“Morgunblađiđ”
(Icelandic
newspaper). Review. Feb.21. p. 37
Living Art Museum
Reykjavík, Iceland.
Exhibition Catalogue.
Evanston Art Center, catalogue |
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2004 |
ART PAPERS. Review by Michelle Grabner, Nov/Dec issue, p.50
“Morgunblađiđ.”
Interview. August 13
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Summer Catalogue. |
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2003 |
“Morgunblađiđ.”
Review. August, 2003
“Fréttablađiđ” (Icelandic newspaper). August, 2003
New American Painting, The Open Studio Press. No. 47, Staci
Boris, curator,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
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2001 |
“Back to the Books,” American Artist. January, 2001 |
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2000 |
Morgunblađiđ.” Review,
March 28, 2000
“Dagblađiđ” (Icelandic newspaper), Review,
April 10, 2000 |
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1987 |
I Have Feelings. Series of photographs and a Teacher’s Guide.
National
Center for Educational Materials of
Iceland. |
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