I MIEI SOGNI D'ANARCHIA - Calabria Anarchica: Gabríela Friðriksdóttir 1971, Reykjavík, Iceland Artist

Gabríela Friðriksdóttir Biography
Born in 1971, Reykjavík, Iceland
1988-1992 The Reykjavik Junior College, Iceland
1993-1994 RYMI School of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
1994-1997 The Icelandic Academy of Art, Reykjavík. Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture
1998   Academie Vytvarnich Umenie, 6 month Scholarship to The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic.
2005  Icelandic representative for the Venice Biennale

Grants/Stipends/Nominations
2013 Nomination for the Arsfennica Art Award 2013
2005 Prize of Honor from Myndstef/Association of Icelandic Visual Artists
2004  Official Grant from the Icelandic Government Arts Fund for two years
2002  Official Grant from the Icelandic Government Arts Fund for two years
2001 Grant from the Fund in Memory of Gudmunda S. Kristinsdóttir/Erro, appointed to young female artist.
2000 Official Grant from the Icelandic Government Arts Fund for six months
1999 The Annual “Penninn” Prize for young artists in Iceland
1998 Scholarship from the Czech Government for 6.months at the A.V.U. (Academie Vytvarnich Umenie) in Prague

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)2016  Inner Life of a Hay-bale, Gallery Gamma, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 Crepusculum, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2011   Crepusculum, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2009   Life? Biomorphic shapes in sculpture, Fermentation, Performance. Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria.
    Tetralogia, Turku Art Museum, Finland
2008 Coagula, Flowers of Evil still bloom, Cueto Project, New York
The Black spider, Schauspielhaus/Migros Museum, Zurich
Ouroboros, Bob von Oursow Gallery, Zurich
2007   Ouroboros, Spielhaus-Morrison Gallery, Berlin
Inside the Core/Tetralogia, Void gallery, Derry, Northern-Ireland
  Tetralogia, Teikningar/Drawings, Prospectif Cinema at Centre Pompidou, Paris
2006    Inside the Core, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich
            Versations Tetralogia, Reykjavik Art Museum
2005    Versations Tetralogia, Venice Biennale, Icelandic Pavillion
Operazione Oesophagus, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland.
2004    Melankolia, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin
  Katharsis, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
2003   Teikningar/Drawings, Gallery Schön, Bochum
  Operazione Pathetico, Circuit 7, CCCB, Barcelona
2002   Operazione Dramatica, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kapavogur
2001    Animal Inside Animal Outside, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik
  Art and Real Estate, Husvangur Real Estate Office, Reykjavik
2000   Operazione Dramatica, Gerdarsafn Museum, Kapavogur
1999    Are You Ready to Rock II, The Old Warehouse, Westmann-Islands, Island
Are You Ready to Rock I, Gallery Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Island
Persons and Feelings, Gallery Saevar Karl, Reykjavik
1997    The Nameless One, Gallery 20m2, Reykjavik
S.A.L.T.A.R.I, The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik

Group Exhibitions (Selection)2017   SACRIFICE, The Icelandic Dance Company, Reykjavík City Theater,
Spring Festival, Utrecht, Holland. Arctic Arts Festival, Harstad, Norway.
Southbank Centre, London, UK. Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016 IDENTITY, Behind the Curtain of Uncertainty, National Art Museum, Ukraine
SURVIVAL KIT 8. The Acupuncture of Society, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art,
Riga
2015 The Silver Lining, Palazzo Trevisan, La Biennale di Venezia
The grass is always greener on the other side, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
The Sky´s gone out, The Galleries Moore, Philadelphia, USA
Primary Force, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
SAGA, KUMU Art Museum, Estonia
SAGA, National Gallery, Iceland
2014   Crepusculum. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen Germany
2013 Between the late and the early, Creatures of Devotion, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburg, Scotland
  Summer Show, Hamish Morrison Gallerei, Berlin, Germany
2011 Bloody Crepuscular Monstrous Rays, 5th Biennal of Moving Image, Contour, Mechelen, Belgium
  Visionaire No.59, Fairytale, New York, USA
2010 Transformation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JapanScene shifts, Bonniers Konsthall,  Stockholm, Sweden
Transaquania into thin air, Reykjavik City theater, Reykjavik, Iceland
Coloursynthesis, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik Art Museum
2009 Possibilities, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik Art Museum
Transaquania -Out of the blue, The Blue Lagoon, Iceland
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London, UK
Kings, Gods & Mortals, Hamish Morrison Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 Life? Biomorphic shapes in sculpture, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
Nuit blanche, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Tree of Signs, Gabriela fridriksdottir & MM/Paris, Urridaholt, Reykjavik
Ouroboros/Inside the Core, National Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2007    Ouroboros/Inside the Core, gallery i8, Art-Forum, Berlin, Germany
La Chaine, BankArt 1929, Yokohama, Japan
Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal, Germany
Ausgezeichnet, Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany
Who is afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, Te Thui-The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand
2006   Through the Looking Glass, Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
  Remember Who You Are, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2005   Sketch in Motion, Sketch Gallery, London
I Still Believe in Miracles II, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
To Samekh, Water Events-Horizontal Memories Yoko Ono
Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2004   Noonday demons, CCA, Glasgow
Parallele 64, Art Contemporain Islandais, Espace d’art contemporaine Gustave Fayet, Sérignan
  Les Spectacles Vivants, Centre Pompidou, Paris
  Drawings, Loveless, Minami Aoyama Minato-Ku Tokyo, Japan
  Where Do We Go from Here, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
  Ice, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
  Sons and Dottir, Tentplaza Center for Visual Art, Rotterdam
2003    Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
  Breadhead / Operazione Poetica II, Woolenmaiden Hus, Project Arts Center, Dublin
  TEIKNINGAR/DRAWINGS, Prague Biennale
  Operazione Poetica IV, Billboard Project, Amager Landevey, Copenhagen
  Over the Bridge of Optimism, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
2002    My Body is Over the Ocean-The Sea, Alma Löv Museum, Ostra Amtervik
  Operazione Poetica, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur, Iceland,
  Operazione Poetica, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001    Operazione Poetica, Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur
  Sculptures by Silfurtun, Specific site project, Gardabaer, Iceland
2000    Sovereignity, Gerdarsafn, Museum of Kopavogur
  Occurrence, Sputnik, Hverfisgata, Reykjavik
  The Seven Cardinal Virtues, Old and New, Thingvellir National Park
  Orgasm 2000, The Museum of Art, Akureyri
1999    Maggogabb Inc. Present: Art, Gallery 101, Reykjavik
  Iceland Bone in a Swedish Sock, Gallery 54, Göteburg
1998    Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
  -30 + 60, The Municipal Museum, Reykjavik