Contact
Thora Gunnarsdottir, Hlidarvegur 1, 200 Kopavogur, Iceland. Tel: +354 6968181. Web: www.thoragunn.is. Email: thora@thoragunn.is.
Education
Fjölbrautarskólinn í Breiðholti, Dep. of Visual Arts 1991-1993
Fjölbrautarskólinn í Breiðholti, Dep. of Visual Arts 2000-2002
Iceland Academy of the Arts (BA) 2002-2005
École Superieur des Beaux Arts de Marseille (Erasmus) 2004
Konsthögskolan Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden (MA) 2005-2007
MÍR, Myndlistarskólinn í Reykjavík. Diploma in Ceramics 2023-
Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
2003 “A Certain Turbulence”. Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
2003 “Hösstl”. Galleri 10, Húsavík, Iceland
2003 “Big Open Nothings”. Texas Ballroom, Chicago, USA
2004 “Frábær Helmingur”. Sigurjónssafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004 “Losun”. Gallery Klink og Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004 “Lög Ör”. Gallery Klink og Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 “Gullkistan” Art Festival, Laugarvatn, Iceland (www.gullkistan.is)
2005 “Zur blauen Stunde”. Hafen 2. Offenbach/ Frankfurt, Germany
2005 “Because Stephen said so”. Galleri Rotor. Gothenburg, Sweden
2005 “Be careful who you trust”. Glashuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006 “Apropos300” Galleri 300m3, Gothenburg, Sweden (www.300m3.com)
2006 “Verk” Forsbackabruk Factory Art Project, Gävle, Sweden. (www.verkkonst.net)
2008 “On Your Marks.” Minsk, White-Russia
2009 “Slippery Terrain” Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John´s, Newfoundland, Canada
2009 “Hjartsláttur Holukonunnar” at Sultan Eldmóður video screening, Næsti Bar,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
2010 “Waiting for a Chinook” – Slippery Terrain @ Draakonii Gallerii, Tallinn Estonia.
2011 “Precarious Ringroad #4” and “Ducks in a Row” – Slippery Terrain @ Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2013 Intermission screeining at 700.is Nordic House, Iceland
2013 Intermission screeining Papay Gyro Nights, Orkney Islands
2013 Intermission screeining Papay Gyro Nights, Hong Kong
2013 Intermission screeining ART:SCREEN, Örebro, Sweden
2013 Intermission 700.is Reindeerland, Iceland
2015 Waiting for a chinook Að bjarga heiminum @Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
2017 Salon des Refusés @ Deiglan Akureyri, Iceland
2020 List365, @Listasafn Reykjaness, Keflavík, Iceland
With Sally and Mo
2007 “Summer Snowball” @ “Nord Art” Carlshutte, Germany
2007 “Sally and Mo. Gone with the Wind” @ “Sequences Festival”, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2008 “Sally and Mo –Ríða á vaðið” Sally and Mo –Take a plunge- @ Gallery Auga fyrir Auga, Reykjavík. Iceland.
2010 “Wuthering Heights” @ Deigla and Ketilhus galleries Akureyri Iceland
2010 “Misty” @ Hardanger Film Festival
2011 “Misty” CologneOFF*2011 Baltic Sea traveling exhibit project though Baltics, Poland, Sweden and Finland.
2013 Uglimolla with Sally and Mo, Papay Gyro Nights, Hong Kong
2013 Uglimolla with Sally and Mo, Papay Gyro Nights, Orkney Islands
2013 Uglimolla with Sally and Mo, ART:SCREEN, Örebro, Sweden
2013 Misty with Sally and Mo @ Now & After International Videoart festival Moscow
2013 Misty with Sally and Mo @ Center of Contemporoary Art Tiblisi/Georgia
2013 Wuthering Heights and Uglimolla 700.is Reindeerland, Iceland
2013 Wuthering Heights and Uglimolla Instantsvideo, Marseille, France
2013 Wuthering Heights and Uglimolla Madrid, Spain
2014 Wuthering Heights @ Gallerii Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Wuthering Heights @Oslo Screen Festival, Norway
2014 Up and about – Á góðu róli @Galleri 002, Iceland
Solo Exhibitions
2003 “Fjallkonan”. Gallery Nema Hvað, Reykjavík, Iceland
2003 “Ísland-Frjálst og Óháð”. Gallery Sævars Karls, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 “Hvísla-Öskra” (Whisper-Shout). Kubburinn, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 “A Day in the Life of a Duckling”. Blunk Galleri, Trondheim, Norway
2006 “Upptekin! -hef annað og betra að gera-” (Busy! -have better things to do-).
Galleri Skuli Art Project, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007 “Precarious Ringroad” ( at the same time as Mari Lagerquist ) Galleri
Cosmopolitan, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007 “Precarious Ringroad” If you were an animal, which animal would you be and
why?. Gothenburg Biennial, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 “Snið” (Mould). Module @ Reykjavik Art Festival 2008. Reykjavik,
Iceland
2023 “Mál” @ Gallerý SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland
Performances
2003 Performance with Fish at “A Certain Turbulence”. Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavik Art
Museum, Iceland
2003 Performance at “Hösstl”. Gallerí 10, Húsavík, Iceland
2004 Performance with Iron. Gallery Klink og Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Performance “Hvísla-Öskra”. Kubburinn, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Performance “Lög Ör Live” at “Zur blauen Stunde”. Hafen 2.
Offenbach/Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Event “Precarious Ringroad” If you were an animal, which animal would you be and why? Gothenburg Biennial, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Residencies
2005-2006 October to June at IASPIS Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2008 Recidency at Varmahlid Hveragerdi. Iceland
2008 Recidency at MeetFactory Prague Czech Republic
Grants and Awards
2006 Otto and Charlotte Mannheimer Fond, Project Grant
2006 Adlerbetska Stiftelsen
2006 Myndstef-Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association
2007 Otto and Charlotte Mannheimer Fond, Project Grant
2007 Adlerbetska Stiftelsen
2007 Kulturkontakt Nord,
2008 Muggur Travel- and Residency-grant
2008 Starfslaun Listamanna Kópavogs (Kopavogur Township Artist Grant)
2009 Kulturkontakt Nord
2010 Myndstef – Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association
2010 Kulturkontakt Nord
2011 Nordic House Project grant
Projects
2004-2005 Lög Ör A project with artists Alex Ratcliffe and Eva Weingaertner
2005-2006 During the residency at IASPIS Konstepidemin Gothenburg, Organizer and host to micro-exhibits for up and coming artists in the area.
2008 Module. Skuli Art Project from Reykjavik and Lådan/The Mobile Box from Gothenburg collaborate with a mobile gallery space during the Reykjavik Artfest 2008. Project will continue through the summer with events and art projects throughout the country. Co-ordinator, curator and exhibitor.
2008 Seven-Day Studio Project at MeetFactory Prague
2009-2011 Slippery Terrain. 3 shows in Canada, Estonia and Iceland with Nina Lassila, Johanna Willenfelt, Diana Storasen, Juliana Espana Keller and Elín Anna Þórisdóttir
Ongoing and past projects
Skúli í Túni, art project.
Co-founder of a Reykjavik based artist group. (www.skulituni.com) Discontinued
Sally and Mo.
Ongoing collaboration with Elin Thorisdottir. Performative video, sculptures and photographic sketches based on site-specific performances. www.cargocollective.com/sallyandmo
Slippery Terrain
A series of exhibits and residencies with women artists from Iceland. Canada, Sweden and Finland. Discontinued
Archives
Gruenrekorder, online sound archive, Germany
Bild-Rausch, women media artists archive, Germany
LARM Archive for women sound art in Nordic countries, Sweden
NOVA Nordic Video Art
Publications
LARM From mouth cavity to laptop: sound in Nordic art. A book and double CD and the Internet archive on LARM’s web site www.larm-festival.se