Ragnar Kjartansson - Biographie

 
Biographie
*1976, Reykjavík
, IS

1997-2001 The Islandic Academy of the Arts
2000         The Royal Academy, Stockholm, Schweden
 
   


Einzelausstellungen



2009 Icelandic Pavillion, 53rd Venice Biennial, Italy
2007 Ragnar Kjartansson, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
        Folksong, New York, (organized by Bard Center for Curatorial Studies / Hessel Collection,        
        curated by Markus Andresson)
        Gallerí i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
        The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder #2 - Ragnar Kjartansson, Galleria, Riccardo Crespi,
        Milano, Italy (curated by Marianna Vecellio)
2006 Sorrow conquers happiness, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
        It´s not your Fault, Crossroads: Kunst und Performance, Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin (mit Ásdís Sif
        Gunnarsdóttir)
2005 The Great Unrest, Dagsbrún, Reykjavík Art Festival, Eyjafjöll, Island
2004 Monument of Love, Gallery GUK+; Lejre, Dänemark; Bremen, Germany; Selfoss, Island
        Intimacy (with Magnús Sigurðarsson), ASÍ Museum, Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík, Island
        Oh My God, Museum, Reykjavik, Island
2003 Colonialization, Galleri Kling & Bang,Reykjavik, Island
2001 Hurt the one you love, Gallerí i8, Reykjavík, Island
2000 Video installation with Gunnhildur Hauksdottir, Gallerí Nema Hvað, Reykjavík, Island
        Konstar och jag vil knulla, Gallerí 1319 A, Stockholm, Schweden



Gruppenausstellungen

2009 Bad Moon Rising 3, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, USA (curated by Jessica Silverman
        and Jan van Woensel)
2008 50 Lune di Saturo, Torino Triennale Tre musei, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino, Italy
        (curated by Daniel Birnbaum)  
        Schuman-Project. Manifesta7, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
       
VIDEOCRACY, tina b. 2008 The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague (curated  
        by Micaela Giovannotti)

        It's not your fault - Art from Iceland, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA

        Bozar Festival: Iceland on the Edge, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
        Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere, Centre for fine arts, Brussels
        Corporal landscapes, video screening hold at the White Box Center, 26th Street, NY
        (curated by Blanca de la Torre)
        Á jaðrinum, Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand (curated by Dr. Leonhard Emmerling)       
        Bad Moon Rising, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA (curated by Jan van Woensel)
2007 Face up, Galerie Adler, New York, USA
        European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
        A jadrinum, Film Archive, Auckland, New Zealand (curated by Dr. Leonhard Emmerling)
2006 Dreamland Burns, Budapest Műcsarnok, Ungarn
        Singing, Swinging North, Project room Paris Photo 2006, Paris, Frankreich

        Vienna Biennale, Wien, Österreich
        The Un-Homely, Galerie Adler, New York, USA

        Aktuelle Videokunst aus Island, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Deutschland
        Icelandic Art in the 3rd Millenium, Reykjavik Art Museum, Island
        Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
        Eiland, Island (kuratiert von Fridrik Orn)
        Eine Szene, in der Kunst entsteht: Island, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany
        Quartair, Den Haag, Niederlande
        Islandia, Kültur Büro Barcleona, Barcelona, Spanien
        The Idea of North: An Exhibition about Sound and Site, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery,
        Halifax, Canada
2005 Invasion Klink & Bank, Reykjavik at Berliner Liste, Germany
2004 Etoiles Polares, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgien
        Winter Mass, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Island
        Aldrei, Nie, Newer, Gallery+, Akureyri, Island
        Where do we go from here?, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
2003 Behind the eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norwegen
        Iceland I Danmark, Gallery Stalke, Copenhagen, Dänemark
2002 The Times are Changing, Studio Alaska, Reykjavík, Island
        Tígurinn og ísbjörninn / The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Gallery 21, Malmö, Schweden
        Grasrót, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Island
        The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Gallery Saevar Karl, , Reykjavík, Island
2001 The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Island
        Polifony, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Island
        Performance Week, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Island
        Ready made in the House, The Yellow House, Reykjavík, Island
2000 A5 invitational, Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Reykjavík und
        Copenhagen Feelings, The Yellow House, Reykjavík, Island

 


Happenings und Performances

2007 Repeat Performances: Roni Horn and Ragnar Kjartansson, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies,
        Annadale, New York, USA (kuratiert von Markus Andresson)
2006 Cold, Cold Heart (with Mattias Akerfelt/Olga Chernysheva/Jesper Just/Ragnar Kjartansson/Antti
        Laitinen/Elena Nasanen/Torbjorn Rodland/Richard T. Walker), The Courtauld Institute of Art’s
        East Wing Collection, London, UK
        Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Sorrow conquers happiness, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, Belgien
2004/05 Theater of Artist, four night of Performances, Klink und Bank, Reykjavík, Island
2004 Oracle 2005, Perfromance with Asdis Sif Gunnarsdottir, Iðnó und Bad Taste Recordstore,
        Reykjavík, Island
        To Bubbi, Performance with Gabriella Fridriksdóttir, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
        Satan is Real, IJS/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhaens, Belgien
2003/04 Cristal Rain, Performance with the Icelandic Love Corporation:
        Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
        Boys und Girls, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Polen
        Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norwegen
        Icelandic embassy, Brygge, Copenhagen, Dänemark
2003 Four variations on sorrow, Performance mit Egill S., Reykjavik Art Museum, Island
        Operatione Pathetica, Performance mit Gabriella Fridriksdóttir. Circuit 2003, Barcelona, Spanien
2002 Modern Music, CD Projekt mit Gabriella Friðriksdóttir, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Island
        The Art Clown, Performance, Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík, Island
        And Björk of course, a piece by Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson, Theater und Performances in        
        cooperation with Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson and Benedikt Erlingsson, Reykjavík City Theater,
        Reykjavík, Island
2002/03/04 Santa Claus, Performance mti Asmundur Asmundsson. Galleri Kling & Bang, Island
1999-2002 Trubadour Rassi Prump, concerts a.o.: Reykjavík, Ísafjörður, Búðir und Seyðisfjörður,
        Island


Musik

2005 Trabant, Emotional, 12 tónar, Southern Fried Records
2003 The Funerals, Lordy, Funerals und 12 tonar
2002 Trabant, music for a ballet "Eva 3", Ekka Dance Theater
2001 Trabant, Moment of truth, Thulemusik, TMT
The Funerals, Pathetic me, Thulemusik, TMT
2000 Kanada, Kanada, Thulemusik, TMT
1996 Music in "Sirkús Skara Skrípo" , Loftkastalinn, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Teenage band Kósý, Kósý Jól, Kisi-hljómplötur


Sammlungen

Sammlung Hangar-7, Salzburg, Österreich

Sammlung Olbricht, Essen
Collectin Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary collection, Wien, Österreich und Zürich, Schweiz


Bibliographie

Somewhat Unreal, New York Arts Magazine, von Katharina Klara Jung, September 2006
Frieze, von Amanda Coulson, Oktober 2006
Der traurige Isländer, FrankfurterRundschau, Feuilleton, Juli 14, 2006, S. 16
Reykjavik, Art Review, Juni 2006, S. 54
A prior magazine, #12: Erik van Lieshout, Steven Shearer, Ragnar Kjartansson, Revolver Verlag,
Frankfurt 2006
Bright young things, Art Review, Dezember 2005, S. 28
Iceland Hopping, Artforum, Mark Sladen, Mai 2005
Morgunbladid, Leikhúsdraugurinn, Jón B.K. Ransu, 2005
Tímarit Mals og Menningar, 3/2005
Art Fairs International, Visions of Beyond, 2004
Momentum 2004, Artforum, Liutauras Psibilskis, Dezember 2004
From darkness to light: Icelandic Art, Dazed and Confused Magazine, Oktober 2004
“Where Do We Go From Here: Emerging Icelandic Artists”, Time Out New York, August 5-12, 2004, S. 51
Iceland Cometh, ArtForum, Eric Demby, Februar 2003

 

 
 
 
 
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