Björk Viggósdóttir Icelandic, b. 1982

Overview
Björk Viggósdóttir b. 1982
Björk completed a B.A. in Fine Arts in 2006 at the Iceland University of the Arts, an M.A. in Applied Cultural Mediation at the University of Iceland, and a post-master’s Diploma in Art Education at the Iceland University of the Arts. She works as a visual artist and art teacher at the Reykjavík School of Visual Arts. Björk has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions both in Iceland and internationally, including in the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. Her solo exhibitions in Iceland include shows at Gallery Þoka, the Reykjavík Art Museum, and Hafnarborg. Björk also has a background in dance and music.

Her work often spans multiple media, where the visual language plays with the viewer’s senses. She creates installations that evoke particular sensory perceptions within a space, often requiring the audience’s active participation. Her art encourages viewers to step away from logical thought and tangible reality, instead unleashing their imagination.
Biography

CV
Iceland University of The Arts
Art Teaching degree
Art teaching in all age levels.

University of Iceland
M.A In Cultural Media. Applied Studies in Culture and Communication.

Iceland University of The Arts
Visual Art / Fine Art B.A Bachelor of Art.


Awards and Funds

Dungal Collector fund
Award 2008 for young and upcoming Artists.

Ministry of Culture, awarded 12 months artist salary 2011
Ministry of Culture, awarded 3 months artist salary 2015
Ministry of Culture, awarded 3 months artist salary 2018
Ministry of Culture, awarded 6 months artist salary 2022


The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund 2018
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund 2019
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund Covid fund 2020
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund 2022
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund 2023
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund 2024

Erasmus + fund to gain skills in Teaching Art and Technology 2018 / STEIM Amsterdam
Erasmus + fund to gain skills in Teaching Art and Technology 2022 Copenhagen.
Erasmus + fund to gain skills in Teaching Art and Technology 2023 Copenhagen.


The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association 2018
The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association2020
The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright AssociationTravel fund 2020
The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association 2024


C.V



        2023

LIFE - RIVERS OF THE BRAIN /

Terminal X - Litla Gallerí / Iceland.

2022

INSTRUMENT OF SENSES /Status Check - Stöðufundur

Gerðarsafn / Iceland

THE HORIZON IS YOUR VISION / INSTRUMENT OF SENSES II

Station Topolò - Postaja Topolo, Topolò Grimacco Italy.

INSTRUMENT OF SENSES / SOUND PERFORMANCE

Status Check - Stöðufundur

Gerðarsafn / Iceland

LIVE SOUND PERFORMANCE

Ambient August / Space Odyssey.

INTUITION IS VISION NR 1 / SKYNLEIKAR /

Hafnartorg / Reykjavík / Iceland.

2020

THE CIRCLE OF HARMONIC OVERTONE / Twenty-seventh edition of Station Topolò - Postaja Topolo, Multimedia international festival / Topolò Grimacco Italy.

2019

THE CIRCLE OF INFINITY  Shining Light on Memories / Icelandic Sculpture Union garden. Myndhöggvarafélagið, Reykjavík Iceland.

DIGITAL DYNAMICS IN NORDIC CONTEMPORARY ART 

New York City, United States, Media Art Histories Conference Re:Sound, Aalborg, Denmark Screen City Biennial, Stavanger, Norway

LIVE CONCERT - ToBe Continued 2019 / Live music marathon / Topolo Italy / representing Iceland.

2018

THE CIRCLE OF INFINITY / Sound installation / STEIM / HomeTone / Amsterdam / Netherlands

LIVE CONCERT/ Connector / STEIM / HomeTone / Amsterdam / Netherlands

CONNECTIONS Installation / CYCLE Music and Art Festival / Kópavogur / Iceland

CONNECTIONS Performance / CYCLE Music and Art Festival / Kópavogur / Iceland

CIRCLE / PIKSEL 18 FESTIVAL / Bergen / Norway

2017

Tónleikar / Hljóðverk / Lowercase Nights / Prikið / Reykjavik / Iceland

2016

Netanál /Port Verkefnarými / Art in the g/b)ag(e

2015

SAILS / Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein / Kunstverein Schichtwechsel / Lichtenstein

STANDBACK / Still Life Exhibition Kunstschlager / Reykjavík Art Museum / Reykjavík Iceland.

MYSTERIUM VÖRPUN / SEMINAR IN VISUAL THINKING / Gerðarsafn / Winter Festival / Vetrarhátíð / Kópavogur / Iceland.

PENDULUM / Sequences off Venue / Studio Algera / Reykjavik

PENDULUM / Tropicalia / Eiðistorgi / Kunstschlager / Reykjavik Iceland

TÝRA / Reykjavík Art Museum / Kjarvalsstaðir / Reykjavík / Iceland.

LEIT / Collaborative art-exhibition between Björk Viggósdóttir and Arna Guðný Valsdóttir in Salur Myndlistafélagsins / Akureyri / Iceland

FRAM / Video for Grúska Babúska 

2014

SJÁÐU / LO / Örvarpið / Valin verk / Bíó Paradís / Iceland

SJÁDU / LO / Mucho Grandi / Reykjavík Iceland.

COMPOSITION - SAMSETNING / Ásmundarsafn Listasafn Reykjavíkur.

EARDRUM / Plastic Poetics, Salon Mutlu Germany Berlin.

UNSEEN  / Lunga / Seyðisfjörður / Iceland

SJÁÐ / LO / Mucho Grandi / Reykjavík Iceland.

Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1/ Kunstschlager / Hjalteyri / Iceland

Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1/ Diy Residency / Seyðisfjörður / Iceland

Samhljómur /  2014 -2017 / Listasafn íslands / National Gallery of iceland / Reykjavík / Iceland.

Christmas Calendar 2014 Nordic House / Reykjavík / Iceland.

2013

GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION Installation/ Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland.

GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION Contemporary Dance Performance / Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art  /  Hafnarfjörður / Iceland. / in collaboration with Katla Thor.

REVERSE / HÖFNIN HLJÓMAR / YATRA ART  CD compilation.

UNSEEN / ÞOKA / Reykjavik Iceland

UNIT / Children Art Festival / Dansverkstæðið / Reykjavik Iceland

NO SIGNAL / Sequences off venue / Norðurpóllinn / Reykjavík Iceland.

NETANÁLAR / 6. bindið - Þakka þér fyrir allt sem þú hefur kennt mér / Reykjavik Iceland

NETANÁLAR / Parlor show / Reykjavik Iceland

EARDRUM / ARTÍMA / Festisvall / Reykjavik Iceland

BJÖRK VIGGOSDOTTIR LALA ALASKA / ICELAND AIRWAVES 2013

STRING / Festival / KING SIZE / Leipzig / Germany

COLOURS / Festival / Ortloff / Leipzig Germany

2012

SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN) / MMX / BERLIN GALLERY WEEK / Berlin Germany.

KÍNA / VEISLA / Yunnan Contemporary / Kunming / China

KITES / WHITEOUT / THE HOUSE IS SET IN ITS OWN PARK / Medellín Colombia.

TEST installation  Zinkovy International Arts Festival / Zinkovy / Czech Republic

SONG FOR THE SHEET  Lufthavne Performance Laboratorium / Oslo Norway.

SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN)/ MMX / BERLIN GALLERY WEEK / Berlin Germany.

OLOGY / AMSTEL / Amsterdam, Netherland.

LAMPYRIDAE / Kvik myndlist í Apótekinu / Video / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður Iceland.

LAMPYRIDAE / WHITEOUT /Westfjords Artfest / Isafjörður Iceland.

MONSTERS / Laugardalslaug Swimming Pool Reykjavik Iceland

KÍNA/ Raflost / Reykjavik Iceland

STAIR/ BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION /Jónsvika / Húsavík / Iceland

LALA ALASKA / Extreme Chill Festival / Hellissandur Iceland.

TÓM/ Æringur / Frystiklefinn Rifi / Rif Iceland

KITES /Festisvall / Bíó Paradís / Cultural night / Reykjavik Iceland

STAIR/Festival / HeARTpark / Cultural night / Reykjavik Iceland

BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland.

BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland

SONG FOR THE SHEET / VINNSLAN #3 / Norðurpóllinn Reykjavik Iceland.

LALA ALASKA / WEIRDCORE / DOLLY / reykjavik Iceland.

MONSTER / ART PARK(ing) Day / Óðinstorgi / Reykjavik Iceland

MONSTER / ART PARK(ing) Artíma Reykjavik Iceland

STAIR / FESTISVALL / Artíma Reykjavik Iceland

ENVELOPES / KUNSTSCHLAGER / Jólabasar / Reykjavik Iceland.

2011

KITES / Flugdrekar / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland

MOVEMENTS OF THE KITES / Contemporary Dance Performance / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland / in collaboration with Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir.

U / ENVELOPES / Supermarket art fair /with Dionýsia residency. Stockholm, Sweden.

LAMPYRIDAE /Supermarket art fair /with KNIPSU Gallery. Stockholm

Flaggfabrikken Presenter / Nordic Art express

Video seminar at the National Film School of Lodz /Poland,

Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden,Landmark, Norway, Bergen 

Kunsthall,Norway, Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium,Temnikova & Kasela gallery inTallinn

Fish Fabrique St. Petersburg, Russia

RÓSA / USB / Hljóðaklettar / Europe/ America

LALA ALASKA/ Concert at Raflost festival, Reykjavik Iceland.

GOD  /Messa Teaser / 1 Icelandic Art fair. Reykjavik, Iceland.

LALA ALASKA /Concert / Extreme Chill./Kaffibarinn / Reykjavik Iceland

SHIP/ Reykjavik Underground event / Reykjavik

2010

FRESH MEAT / Contemporary Dance Performance / Rose Theatre / London England.

SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN) / MMX / Berlin Germany.

LINE / Crymo, Reykjavik, Iceland.

FRESH MEAT/ Rose Theatre / London

SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN) / MMX / Berlin.

SUND TÓNAR / Kópavogur Swimming Pool / in collaboration with Þorbjörn Kolbrúnarson

SKIP / Modern Tunes / Havarí / in collaboration with Reykjavik Underground.

U / Nordic House / Vatnslitir / vatnsverk / Reykjavik, Iceland.

LAMPYRIDAE /Flaggfabrikken Presenterer / Nordic Art Express Fotogalleriet Oslo

2009

LOW/ Sequences Art Festival / Listasafn Íslands / National Gallery of Iceland / Reykjavík / Iceland.

LAMPYRIDAE / Flaggfabrikken Presenterer / Nordic Art Express Fotogalleriet Oslo Norway.

PIANO / Chelsea Art Museum Brooklyn, New York.

WEARING WEATHER  Installation / Contemporary Dance Performance / Nordic House /  Reykjavik Arts Festival 2009 /  Listahátíð í Reykjavík / Reykjavík Iceland.

FRESH MEAT / Contemporary Dance Performance / Theatre Art festival / Reykjavik Iceland.

ERROR /404 / Athens / Greece

INSIDE // 3 LETTERS Sjónlistafélagið / Laugavegi 42 / Reykjavík / Iceland.

WHITEOUT / Hvítblinda/ Snjóblinda / Start Art / Reykjavik / Iceland.

2008

DEAD POEMS /Millay Colony For The Arts /2008 / Austerlitz / New York.

BEFORE SUNDOWN / GRASRÓT 2008 / Hjalteyri ( Verksmiðjan),

HLJÓÐMYND / Salurinn / Kópavogur, Iceland.

WITH HANDS / 1 international open art residency / Eretria /Greece.

TROMMUSÓLÓ H42 / Bókverk / Video ( Kling og Bang ),

REVERSE / MOMENT / VERSE/ SEQUENCES Art Festival / Nordic House, Reykjavík , Iceland.

VOR, SUMAR, VETUR / Listasafn Reykjavíkur / Kjarvalsstaðir / Tónleikar videolistaverk, Reykjavík Iceland.

SÓLHLÍFAR / Listasafn Einars Jónssonar / Cultural night.

HUDSON OPERA HOUSE / Hudson, New York .

You can take the Artist Out of Iceland but You Can't Take Iceland Out of the Artist

Landmark Kunsthall & Fotogalleriet í Oslo / Norway / 2008

LJÓSTÝRUR ANDARDRÁTTUR, HLJÓÐ OG ORGELSEYÐUR/

Einars Jónsson Art Museum /in collaboration with Artist Klara Þórhallsdóttir Winterfestival Museum Night Reykjavík

2007

BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS / i8 / Under The Stairs / Reykjavík.

MAGICAL /  i8 / Diesel Exhibition / Reykjavík, Iceland.

ÞRAUT / Sequences Art Festival /  Naked Ape / Reykjavík , Iceland.

HUGSANDI RAFTÓNLIST / Video installation for Rave dance music festival

OPEN STUDIOS / Hofsós Theater / Hofsós, Iceland.

BROKEN POEMS CUBES BOX / Útúrdúr / Reykjavík, Iceland.