The Icelandic Love Corporation is a group of three artists: Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir (1973), Jóní Jónsdóttir (1972) and Eirún Sigurdardóttir (1971). They graduated from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in 1996. Since then they have lived and studied in New York, Berlin and Copenhagen. They are currently based in Reykjavik.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Seigla/Endurance – Norr 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2020
Vatn og Olía / Water and Oil – NoNo Fest – Galleri NordNorge, Harstad, Norway
Heel Kick / Hælspyrna – Multis.is, Mjólkursamsalan Snorrabraut, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2019
Water and Blood / Vatn og blóð – National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Valores – in collaboration with Kiyoshi Yamamoto, KRAFT, Bergen, Norway
The Newest Testament / Nýjasta testamentið  – Hverfisgalleri, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2018
Aqua Maria Announciation / Aqua María boðun, Torgið Neskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
Aqua Maria – Video Video, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands

 

2017
Baby shower for Mary – part three of The Mary’s trilogy, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, Sweden

 

2016
Love Conquers All – as part of the series New Nordic//, ARoS Focus, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark Psychography / Sálnasafn – as part of Everybody’s Spectacular Performance Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2015
Embody, Pinksummer, Genoa, Italy

 

2014
The Icelandic Love Corporation, The National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland

 

2011
Think Less – Feel More, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmo, Sweden
Origin, Pinksummer Gallery, Genova, Italy

 

2010
Tight, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður Art Museum, Iceland
Tight, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

 

2009
Black Swans, Kling&Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland
ILC, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Hospitality III, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Hospitality II, The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada

 

2008
Hospitality, Safnasafnid, Svalbardsströnd, Iceland
The Tent Lady’s Hospitality, ArdBia, Berlin, Germany

 

2007
ILC, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

 

2006
Eruption – Corruption, ArdBia, Galway, Ireland

 

2005
Invasion – Expansion, Sudsudvestur, Keflavik, Iceland

 

2004
Cardiac Circus, i8 gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Cardiac Circus, Art Statements, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
The Icelandic Love Corporation, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, USA

 

2003
Behind the Eyes, Galerie Zink&Gegner, Munich, Germany
Behind the Eyes, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sympathy, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden

 

2002
Places of Worship, Leisure Club Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

2001
The Icelandic Love Corporation, Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2000
Ongarden, i8 gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

1999
Hope, OneOOne Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Higher Beings, Gallery GUK, Garden, Udhus, Kitchen, Selfoss, Leijre, Hannover, Germania

 

1998
The Future is Beautiful, Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

1997
Freedom – Beauty – Freetime, Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

1996
Laboratory L.O.V.E, Café Mokka, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
In Good Company. Films by International Art Collectives – Centro de Cultura Audiovisual, Gran Canaria, Spain
Staged Moments – National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2021
Fjölfeldi – hlutfeldi – margfeldi, Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
Turbulence – LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
Kjarval and the Contemporary – Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2020
Landscapes of Trauma: a Reflection on Wonder – Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
Billboard Festival Istanbul, Turkey
When Globe Means Home – This Is Our Story, Gallerie dell Prigioni, Imago Mundi Museum, Treviso, Italy
After All – Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum, Iceland
Reflections of the Sea – Felleshus, Berlin, Germany

 

2019
Human Condition – Draft of Contemporary Art History in Iceland – Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Aqua Maria – Video Video – Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

2018
Imago Mundi – Art Theorema #1, Benetton Foundation and Fabrica, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy

 

2017
Terrains of the Body- Photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts-Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Love Songs – Collaboration with Ensamble Adapter and Juliana Hodkinson, Cycle Music and Art Festival, Iceland Snowball 9 – Djúpvogur, Iceland
Treasures of a Nation – Selected works from the collection, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Bout – Video Works from the Collection, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2016
Borrowed Time: Icelandic Artist Look Forward – Scandinavia House, New York, USA
Art For Action, Icelandic Art in the service of sustainability – The United Nations, New York, USA

 

2015
WildwomanWoodooGrannyDoilyCrochet – Björk, MoMA, New York, USA
Attic and Evolution, Challenge – Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
Billboard Festival, Casablanca, Morocco

 

2014
Think Less Feel More (film) and Connect Adjust Repeat (performance) – Theseus Temple, OnSite, Vienna, Austria
Nest – Selected works from the Collection, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Tent Lady – Your Compound View, selection from the collection, Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Faces – Icelandic Portraiture, Akureyri Center for Visual Arts, Iceland

 

2013
Bombshell – The Biggest Minority in the World, Verkstedhallen Svartlamon, Trondheim, Norway
Investigation of the Soul – Merry Melancholy – Nordic Station, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
The Third Dimension – Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, 55th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

 

2012
Web – (I)ndependent People), Reykjavik Art Festival, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Dynasty (film) – Great Outdoors, Pace Digital Gallery, New York, USA
The Tent Lady’s Hospitality – She’s Here, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
The Tent Lady’s Hospitality – She’s Here, Kamarade, Stockholm, Sweden
Kleina – Museum of Longing and Failure, New York, USA
WildWomanVoodooGrannyDoilyCrochet – Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Hreiður – MHR 40 year. Kling og Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland
Thank You – Galleri 69, Oslo, Norway

 

2011
Woman, Off the Beaten Path, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
The Tent Lady’s Hospitality, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Chamarande, France
Portraet Nu, Det Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg Slot, Denmark

 

2010
Dynasty and DejaVu (Creation – Corruption – Celebration Remix) – Nordens U-land?, Fargfabriken, Östersund, Sweden
Woman, Off the Beaten Path, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Dynasty, Following People and Drinking Milk, Hafnarborg, Listasafn Hafnarfjarðar, Iceland

 

2009
Thank You, Lífróður, Hafnarborg, Listasafn Hafnarfjarðar, Iceland
Woman, Off the Beaten Path, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Indeed, of course!, Brennið þið vitar! Gardskagaviti Lighthouse, Iceland Arts Festival, Iceland
Zeitgeist, Fashion Biennale, Arnheim, Netherlands
Dreams of the Sublime in contemporary Icelandic Art, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland

 

2008
From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art, Scandinavia House, New York, USA
Dynasty, Australian Cinematheque, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Dreams of Sublime and Nowhere, Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Photofestival, Toronto, Canada
As the Sun Rises, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Dreams of Sublime and Nowhere, BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Envisioning Change, Ministry of Culture, Salle d’Expositon, Quai Antoine, Monaco

 

2007
Dynasty, Envisioning Change, NWM, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
The Tent Lady, The Tent Show, Nikolaj Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dynasty, World Environment Day, The Natural World Museum, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo Norway
Mother Earth, The Natural World Museum, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, USA
The Believers, MassMoca, Massachusetts, USA

 

2006
Sympathy and Thank You, MIACA, Tokyo, Japan
Thank You and Sympathy, The Singing Swinging North, ParisPhoto, Carousel de Louvre, Paris, France
Sequences, in collaboration with Nepco, Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Video Art, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
Cold Climates, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2005
Tivoli, Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland

 

2004
New Icelandic Art, Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Nordic Art, Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg, Germany
IJs/Ice, Museum Dhondt – Dhaenens, Ghent, Belgium
Where Do We Go From Here, Gallery Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
Sons and Dottirs, Tent, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brooklyn EUphoria, Volume, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cold Climates, A.P.T. Gallery, London, UK
Boys and Girls, Zacheta Gallery, Warzaw, Poland
Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Germany
Where Do We Go From Here? Comment rester Zen, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

 

2003
Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
Thank You, video screening, Culture Night, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
LA International, LAtch Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Seasons of Icelandic Photography, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Praguebiennale1, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Comment Rester Zen, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Greyscale/CMYK, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Billboardprojekt – www.women2003.dk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Multiples x 7“ – Project, Dublin, Ireland

 

2002
Seasons of Icelandic Photography, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
Greyscale/CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Madness, Artcite, Windsor, Canada
Peepshow, The Lusty Lady, Seattle, San Francisco, USA
Women Good Enough to Eat, Roebling Hall, New York, USA

 

2001
Disklo and Hotel Paradise, Anteprima Bovisa, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy
Melody, Multikulturiimaja on wheels, Sanatorium, Narva-Joesuu, Estonia
Face-Painting, Summer camp, PushFirmaBeige, Helsinki, Finland

 

2000
White, Black, Grey, Independence Day, Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur, Iceland
Hope, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
@, Icelandic National Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Women Good Enough to Eat, Viva Scanland, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland
Ongarden, LKW, Kunst in der Stadt, Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria

 

1999
Women good enough to eat, Get Together, Kunst als Teamwork, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Higher Beings, An Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Higher Beings, Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers, Red Light District, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

1998
Hotel Paradise, -30/60+, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
A Fresh Start II, Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway
A Fresh Start, In The Flesh, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

1997
Women good enough to eat, Myndlist 97, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

PERFORMANCE
2022
Witness – Performance Nebula, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Masters of Ceremony / Athafnakonur – Friendship Wedding Ceremony / Vinagifting aldarinnar for Tara Njála and Silfrún Una, Klömbrum, Blönduósi, Iceland

 

2021
SUÐ with Tara Njála and Silfrún Una – King og Bong í Kling og Bang, Kling og Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2020
Love – Life – Art, NoNo Fest – Galleri NordNorge, Harstad, Norway
Heart Chakra, privat party, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2019
The Tour, Transart19 Festival – Bolzano, Italy
Valores – in collaboration with Kiyoshi Yamamoto –  KRAFT, Bergen, Norway
Love Songs – in collaboration with Ensemble Adapter and Juliana Hodkinson – Borealis Music Festival, Bergen, Norway

 

2018
Power Pearls – Design March, The National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland
Aqua Maria Announciation / Aqua María boðun, Torgið Neskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
Aqua Maria – Art group of Reykjavík 2018 a formal announciation by Reykjavík City’s Department of Culture and Tourism, Iðnó Theater Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2017
Baby Shower for Mary – part three of The Mary’s trilogy, Lilith Performance Studion, Malmö, Sweden
Mary Comes to Town – part two of The Mary’s trilogy, A! performance festival Akureyri, Iceland
Mary Says Hallo – part one of The Mary’s trilogy, Siglufjörður, Iceland

 

2016
Human Ceremony – Aros Art museum, Arhus, Denmark
Psychography / Sálnasafn – Everybody´s Spectacular Performance Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2015
Mesh – Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Ceremony Harmony – Cycle Music and Art Festival, Kópavogur, Iceland
Cermony Harmony –  Cycle Music and Art Festival at Import Project Berlin, Germany

 

2014
Connect Adjust Repeat – Theseus Temple. OnSite, Vienna, Austria
Think Less Feel More – The National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland

 

2012
President Performance – for Þóra Arnórsdóttir, Idno, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2011
Think Less Feel More – Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, Sweden

2010
DejaVu (Creation – Corruption – Celebration Remix) – Nordens U-land?, Fargfabriken, Östersund, Sweden
Power, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

 

2009
Eruption – Corruption, Live Action New York, The Scandinavia House, New York, USA
VIP, Rethink, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
VIP, The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
Kleinur, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada

 

2008
Intimacy Circus, Sirkus, a Kling&Bang project, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
VIP, ID Lab, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhusid,, Reykjavik, Iceland
Poodle Circus – recitation, BIL 80 years anniversary, Reykjavik Art Museum,Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik, Iceland
Intimacy Circus – recitation, on Karl Holmquist’s stage, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Butterfly Effect, For Unifem, The Free Masons House, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2007
Nordic performance, with Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Norraena Félagid, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2006
Eruption – Corruption, ArdBia, Galway, Ireland
Tree Destruction Activity, HAETTA, Laugardalsholl, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2005
Eruption – Corruption, Se!Next, Tromsoe, Norway
Eruption – Corruption, Break the Ice, Nordscen, City Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
Eruption – Corruption, Artistic Strategies, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Creation – Corruption – Celebration, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany

 

2004
Eruption – Corruption, Dosensos, The Empire, London, UK
Eruption – Corruption, Icelandic Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Intimacy Circus, Nordic Excellence, Stockholm, Sweden
Intimacy Circus, IJs/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhanens, Ghent, Belgium
Intimacy Circus, Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam, Netherland
Intimacy Circus, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, USA
Crystal Rain, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Klink&Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland
Crystal Rain, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Boys and Girls, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Crystal Rain, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany

 

2003
Crystal Rain, with Ragnar Kjartansson, opening of Nordatlantisk Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
Crystal Rain, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
Ceremony Harmony, Feast/Hospitality, Rum 46, Aarhus, Denmark
Requiem, with The Reykjavik Fire Department, Reykjavik, Iceland
Lottery, V-day, City Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2002
Sympathy, Greyscale/CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, Uk
Ceremony Harmony, Converter project ll, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Thank You, Mosaik, RUV National Television, Reykjavik, Iceland
Rendez-vous, ILC and The Reykjavik Fire Department, Open air, Reykjavik, Iceland
Show girls, Strompleikurinn, National Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2001
Higher Beings Love Champagne, The Cargo Club, London Art Week, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London, UK
Higher Beings Love Fireworks, Hoxton Square, London Art Week, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London, UK
Pancakes for Everybody, Airstreams, Kunsthall Basel, Swiss
Homemade World, Konfekt, cultural program, TV Skjar 1, Iceland
Poem, Y2K, Caen, France

 

2000
Higher Beings, We are the world, we are the children” and “Blow Job” – Batofar, Paris France
Global Bath and ILC promo video, Shoot Film Festival, Malmo, Sweden
Heart Attack, in collaboration with musician Megas, The Kitchen Motors, Hotel Borg, Reykjavik, Iceland
Blow Job, LKW, Kunst in der Stadt, Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria

 

1999
Higher Beings, Odense Performance Festival, Denmark
Higher Beings, Wish moment, Kjarvalsstadir, Cultural Night, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Art on the Run, Montevideo, Amsterdam, Netherland
Stand by your man, Gallery Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

1998
Speech, -30/60+, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Wish Kit on the Beach, Axis Mundi, performance/rock festival, Kristiansand, Norway
Blow Job II, Gekko, Munchenbryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Global Love and Teaset, Double Pleasure Gallery, New York, USA
Revival II, Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA

 

1997
Ice – Fire – Desire, Oslo Band Stand, Gallery Struts, Oslo, Norway
Interactive Tenderness, Aircondition, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Bookstore Captured in Love, Mál og Menning Bookstore, Cultural Night, Reykjavik, Iceland
Blow Job, On Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Love Kit, BSI bus depot and the domestic airport, Reykjavik, Iceland
The rescue of a tea set, Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
Global Love, Roter Salon, Berlin, Germany
Good evening, Iceland Today, TV Stöd 2, Iceland

 

1996
Angel Performance, Performance Night, National Theatre Basement, Reykjavik, Iceland
Kiss Performance, Dagsljós, RUV National Television, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2005
Mother Nature, for Landsvirkjun The National Power Company, Vatnsfellsvirkjun

 

2002
Treasure, for Reykjavik Tech Collage Borgarholtsskoli

 

ARTWORKS IN MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
Mask for Björk – Volta”Moma Museum of Art, New York Dynasty (video) – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Thank You (video) – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Hotel Paradise (Sculpture) – Icelandic National Museum The Tent Lady (sculpture) – Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
The Tent Lady’s Hospitality (video) – Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
The Eggs (c-print) – The Buhl Collection, New York, USA
The Eggs (c-print) – Nordic Watercolour Museum, Sweden
Nest (sculpture) – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Ether (c-print) – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Duel in the desert) (c-print) – Íslandsbanki Art Collection, Iceland
Madness (Sculpture) – Reykjavík Art  Museum, Iceland
Madness (video) – Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Higer Beings in Gothenburg (photograph) – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
Where Do We Go From Here? (c-print) – The Womans Museum of the Arts, Washington Where Do We Go From Here (c-print) – TBA21, Vienna, Austria
Woman Good Enough to Eat (photographs) – Reykjavík Art Museum Woman Good Enough to Eat (video) – Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

PUBLICATIONS
2016
Love Conquers All! – published by Aros Artmuseum, Arhus Denmark, ISBN 9788792184467

 

2010
Tight – published by Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finnland, ISBN 978-952-19531-79-0

 

2007
The Icelandic Love Corporation – published by Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, ISBN 9979-769-31-9

 

2004
Cardiac Circus – cat. i8 gallery, for the Art Statements, Basel Art Fair, published in Reykjavik, Iceland

 

2003
Corporate Mentality – Aleksandra Mir, published by Lukas and Sternberg, ISBN 0-9711193-1-7
The Icelandic Love Corporation – interview and short stories by Francis McKee, Published by Nifca and Diamond Hearts Projects, ISBN 951-8955-69-7, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

 

PRIZES
2018
Art group of Reykjavík

 

2011
Portrett Nu! – Innovative prize

 

2008
DV Culture Prize – nomination

 

2007
The Green Leaf Award – The Natural World Museum, UN World Environment Day

 

2006
DV Cultural Prize – nomination

 

2001
Disclo – visitors choice top ten, Anteprima Bovisa, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan

 

1997
Women good enough to eat – Best work according to visitors, Art ´97 Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik

 

RESIDENCES
2008
The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
ArdBia Berlin, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, Germany

 

2002
Network North/NIFCA studios, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

 

2001
NIFCA studios, Sveaborg, Finland