Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir
Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir is an Icelandic visual artist living in Reykjavik, Iceland and in Berlin, Germany. Hauksdóttir combines elements of audio, video, performance, sculpture, drawing and text to create transient conceptual assemblies, exploring themes like cultural identity, nature, valor and fear. She graduated from Sandberg Institute (MFA) in Amsterdam, Holland in 2006 and has been a member of the Dieter Roth Academy since 2000. She was the director of the Living Art Museum in Reykjavík from 2011 to 2014. She is involved in publications, lectures and research on artist initiatives and performance art and holds a visiting artist position at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Some of her recent works include Five Drawings, and audio installation in Nida Art Colony and Ars Communis Residency Centre YO-YO, both in Lithuania 2016, Der Abstand [The Distance] a performance in a collateral event called the Silver Lining at the 2015 Venice Bienale, Erklärung [Declaration] an installation and performance in Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz, Tvíeyrna [Binaural], a solo show in the Outsider and Folk Art Museum, Iceland in 2015 or The Census, outdoor audio sculpture and performance in Skaftfell - Center for Visual Art 2014.
Exhibitions
Rat Choir in Porto (October 28, 2020) ⋅ text ⋅ facebook gallery
In August Moon Surrender (8/2019) ⋅ curatorial text
Pendulum Choir / Five Drawings (27th April 2018) ⋅ press release ⋅ gallery 1 ⋅ gallery 2
Braid, Skip,Hop, Drum (28th April 2017) ⋅ press release ⋅ facebook gallery
Erklärung (3/2017) ⋅ press release ⋅ facebook gallery