Born 1943, Baer Dölum, Iceland
Lives and works in Amsterdam
About the artist: Born in Baer Dölum, Iceland, Fridfinnsson gained prominence as a leading figure on the Icelandic avant-garde scene after founding the group SÚM with other artists in Reykjavik in 1965. He moved to Amsterdam in the early 1970s and has been living and working there ever since.
He is one of Iceland's leading conceptual artists. His art is celebrated for its lyricism and stark poetry that transcend the often commonplace subject matter and materials he uses. He often presents found objects with which he interferes as little as possible, creating new works that investigate ideas of the self and of time. Fridfinnsson's practice encompasses photography and drawing as well as sculpture and installation. His works are linked, however, by a common sensibility and lightness of touch.
Hreinn Friðfinnsson (* 1943 in Bær í Dölum, Island) ist ein isländischer Konzeptkünstler.
Friðfinnsson studierte am Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in Reykjavík. Seit 1971 lebt und arbeitet er in Amsterdam. Friðfinnsson ist Mitbegründer der Gruppe SÚM (1965) und der Gallerí SÚM (1969). Im Jahr 2000 erhielt er den Ars Fennica Preis und einen 2. Preis beim Carnegie Art Award.
Selection solo exhibitions 1971 Galerie 845, Amsterdam 1974 Galleri Sum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1976 Galerie Gaëtan, Geneva, Switzerland 1977 Seriaal, Amsterdam 1979 Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam 1979 Galerie Bama, Paris, France 1984 Galerie Bama, Paris, France 1986 Galerie Bama, Paris, France 1987 Le Magasin/Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, cat. 1988 Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland 1988 Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway 1989 Galleri Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 1990 Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France 1991 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1992 Galleri Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 1992 Rhythms in space, ICA, Amsterdam, cat. 1993 Listasafn Islands National Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland, cat. 1993 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, cat. 1994 Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France 1994 Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium
1994 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 1994 Ultima Thule, Amsterdam 1995 Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway 1995 Galerie Ingólfsstreaeti 8, Reykjavik, Iceland 1996 Galerie A. von Scholz, Berlin, Germany 1996 Galeri Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France 1997 Galerie Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland 1998 Collection, Galerie van Gelder/Another Place, Amsterdam 1999 Recent works by Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galleri Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 1999 Galerie I 8, Reykjavik, Iceland 1999 Touches and Catches, Galerie A.von Scholz, Berlin, Germany 2000 Carnegie Art Award 2000,
Helsinki, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Reykjavik, cat. 2000 Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris, France 2002 Domaine de Kerguéhennec, France, cat. 2003 Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 2003 Safn Collection, Reykjavik, Iceland 2003 Galleri i8, Reykjavik, Iceland 2004 Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany 2006 Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 2007 Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom, cat.* 2007 Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, cat.* 2008 Malmö Konsthall,Malmö, Sweden 2008 Hreinn Fridfinnsson,Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway 2009 Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake,
Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany
2009 The Fall, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galeria Elva Ebinez, Madrid, Spain
2010 More or Less, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Selection group exhibitions
1965 SUM 1, Asmundarsalur, Reykjavik
1973 Biënnale de Paris, Paris
1975 Kunstmuseum, Luzern
1977 Ça va?, Ça va?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, cat.
1978 Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
1978 Personal Worlds, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat.
1982 Personal Worlds, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, curator Gijs van Tuyl, sheet A4 1982 Sleeping Beauty-Art Now, Scandinavia Today,
Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, cat.* 1983 Sleeping Beauty-Art Now, Scandinavia Today, Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, cat.* 1983 Ars '83, Athenaeum Taidemuseo, Helsinki, cat. 1986 Nordanad, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, cat. 1988 Listasafan Islands, Reykjavik 1989 Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik 1989 Borealis 4, Nordisk Kunstcentrum, Sveaborg, Helsinki;
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, cat. 1989 Utopies 89 - l'Europe des Créateurs, Grand Palais, Paris, cat. 1989 Vele parels voor een lijn, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1989 Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris 1990 Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, cat. 1990 New Nordic Art, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, cat. 1991 Six logos around a carpet, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1991 Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris 1991 Europäische Werkstatt Ruhrgebiet '91, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, cat. 1991 Kunst, Europa 1991, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, cat. 1992 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome 1992 Artscape Nordland, Arctic Circle, cat. 1993 Edities & unica, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1994 Wanäs, Sweden 1995 Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1995 Pas pour la galerie, Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels 1995 Maisons-Cerveaux, FRAC, Reims, cat.* 1996 Maisons Cerveaux, Noisel, cat.* 1996 Sirva, Musée de la Charité, Marseille 1998 Look me in the Eyes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat. 1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1999 Natures Mortes, Galerie Papillon Fiat, Paris 1999 Museum of Foreign Art, Riga 1999 Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík 2000 Carnegie Art Award 2000, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, cat.* 2000 Carnegie Art Award 2000, Taidehalli - Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, cat.* 2000 Carnegie Art Award 2000, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway, cat.* 2000 Taking over - an art project by Andreas Gedin, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden 2000 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 2000 64°N. - 20°V, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 2000 Árátta, Listasafn Kópavogs, Reykjavík, Iceland, cat. 2000 Norden, Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria, cat. 2000 Amateur. variable research initiative 1900 - 2000, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, cat. 2000 In the mirror of time and space, Ásmundur Salur I., Reykjavik, Iceland 2000 Interplay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway 2001 Biënnale Leuven, curator Herman Labro; De Keeshond hapt,
curator Kees van Gelder, Louvain, Belgium, cat. 2001 Mélanges, Kerguéhennec, France 2001 Taking over, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden 2001 Erfarenhet Upplösning, Göteborg International
Biennial for Contemporary Art 2001, Gotenburg, cat. 2001 Carnegie Art Award 2000, Kópavogur Art Museum/Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur,
Iceland, cat.* 2002 Somewhere over the rainbow, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 2002 Freude am Dialog, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2004 Ars Fennica. 1991-2003, The State Russian Museum, Marble Palace,
St. Petersburg, Russia 2004 Out Of Place, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany 2004 Where Do We Go From Here, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City,U.S.A. 2005 Winterkou / Winterly cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Où sommes-nous? - Paysages avec (ou sans) personnage(s), FRAC Limousin,
Limoges, France 2007 Drawing A Tiger, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany 2007 O-Nattura Alas Nature, National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland 2007 Le Bruissement des Images, CPIF/Centre Photographique d'Ile de France, Pontault Combault, France 2008 Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Reykjavík Art Museum/Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik, Iceland 2008 Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere in Contemporary Icelandic Art, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium 2008 Icelandic Art featuring the work of Birgir Andrésson, Hreinn Fridfinnsson,
Kristján Gudmundsson and Thor Vigfusson, Quint Gallery, San Diego, USA 2008 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2008 Project for Domaine de Kerguéhennec, France 2009 Several Friends, Listasafn Islands/National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland 2009 Quiet Revolution: A Hayward Touring Exhibition, Milton Keynes Gallery,
Milton Keynes, England, curator Chris Fite-Wassilak 2009 Espellos / Mirrors, MARCO / Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain 2009 Volcano Lovers - from Iceland and Japan, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, U.S.A. 2010 The Ephemeral, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat. 2010 In the face of spatial grandeur, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Livre d'artiste:“ From Along the Way “,
réalisé en 1999
pour la Galerie C. von Scholz à Bruxelles
Öffentliche Sammlungen
Finnland
- Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Frankreich
- FRAC – Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
- FRAC – Bourgogne, Dijon
- FRAC – Limousin, Limoges
Island
- Safn, Reykjavík
- Nýlistasafnið - The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
Schweden
- The Wanas foundation, Knislinge
- Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
- Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn
