Anna Maggý Icelandic, b. 1995
Anna Maggý
Anna Maggý (b. 1995) is a Reykjavík-based photographer and director whose work explores the materiality of photography, human behavior, and the boundaries of social structures. Through her lens, she navigates the space between reality and dreams, the tangible and intangible, channeling these ideas through the subconscious mind.
Her approach to photography is highly distinctive—she creates effects and compositions in-camera rather than relying on post-production, utilizing elements such as water, light, and movement to shape her images. This tactile and experimental process gives her work a raw, immersive quality that blurs the line between perception and reality.
Anna Maggý’s work has been featured in international publications including Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Dazed & Confused, and i-D Magazine. Her recent solo exhibitions include Urgent Experiments on Reality (Ásmundarsalur, 2022) and Avoiding Death and Birth (Þula, 2022-23).
Anna Maggý continues to push the boundaries of photography, using the camera as a tool for exploration—both of the external world and the subconscious landscapes within.
Anna Maggý lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Select solo and two-person exhibitions:
2023 - Released / Leyðist úr læðingi (with Georg Óskar), 1300° Gallerý, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022-23 - Avoiding Death and Birth, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - Urgent Experiments on reality, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021 - CAN I BORROW YOUR EYES, Flak, Patreksfjörður, Iceland
2021 - The Perfect Body, Þula Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 - Clear, Design March, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - No Frame, BISMUT, Reykjavík Iceland
2017 - SEEN, Gallery Port, Reykjavik Iceland
2017 - Narcissist, Gróska, Garðabær
Select group exhibitions:
2024 - Árfarvegur / Streambed, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - On Display , The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - DOOMSDAY, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 - Samsýning Vol. 2, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 - Samsýning Vol.1, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 - Sóttqueen – Postprent, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik ,Iceland
2019 - Hönnunarmars - Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 - GENDER SPECTRUM, Menningarnótt, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - MMMMenningarnótt - Hagatorg á Menningarnótt, Reykjavík, Iceland
Art fairs:
2023 - CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 - Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California, USA
Publications/Press:
Vogue Italia
British Vogue
Dazed and confused
Another Magazine
I-D Magazine
SEEN Zine
Blæti
Popular Magazine
Reykjavik Grapevine
Bast Magazine
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Ár•farvegur // Stream•bed
Anna Maggý, Kristinn E. Hrafnsson, Vikram Pradhan & Hrafnkell Sigurðsson 13 Jan - 18 Feb 2024The exhibition Stream•bed invites visitors to step into a world where the micro and the macro meet, in time and space of human and earthly life. Millennia and moments converse...Read more -
Anna Maggý
Avoiding Death and Birth 3 Dec 2022 - 28 Jan 2023Journal entries transferred to visual form. Improvised writing from an unseen and unspoken subconscious. The eternal battle with the state of mind. Up, down, up, down, down, up, down, up...Read more -
Anna Maggý
The Perfect Body 1 - 23 May 2021Read more
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CHART Art Fair 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark 25 - 27 Aug 2023For CHART Art Fair 2023 a group of 3 artists were representing the booth, Kristín Morthens, Auður Lóa Guðnadóttir and Anna Maggý all of them...Read more -
Los Angeles Art Show 2023
Los Angeles, USA 15 - 19 Feb 2023Þula will be making it's debut in LA at the Los Angeles Art Show. Bringing the talented photographer Anna Maggý, the booth will be a...Read more