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The Icelandic Love Corporation - Gjörningaklúbburinn
P.O. box 311, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
The Icelandic Love Corporation is a group of three artists: Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir (1973), Jóní Jónsdóttir (1972) and Eirún Sigurdardóttir (1971). (Dora Isleifsdottir (1970) joined the ILC in 1996 and left in 2001.)
They graduated from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in 1996. Since then they have lived and studied in New York, Berlin and Copenhagen and are currently based in Reykjavik.
Solo exhibitions:
2009 “Black Swans” - Kling&Bang, Reykjavik
"ILC" - Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
"Hospitality III" - CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
"Hospitality II" - The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
2008 “Hospitality” - Safnasafnid, Svalbardsströnd, Iceland
“The Tent Lady’s Hospitality” - ArdBia, Berlin
2007“ILC” - Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
2006“Eruption – Corruption” ArdBia, Galway, Ireland
2005“Invasion – Expansion” – Sudsudvestur, Keflavik, Iceland
2004“Cardiac Circus” – i8 gallery, Reykjavik
“Cardiac Circus” – Art Statements, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
“The Icelandic Love Corporation” - Jack the Pelican Presents, New York
2003“Behind the Eyes” - Galerie Zink&Gegner, Munich, Germany
“Behind the Eyes“ - The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Sympathy“ - Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden
2002“Places of Worship“ - Leisure Club Mogadishni, Copenhagen
2001“The Icelandic Love Corporation“ – Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavik
2000 “Ongarden” - i8 gallery, Reykjavik
1999“Hope” - OneOOne Gallery, Reykjavik
“Higher Beings” - Gallery GUK, Garden, Udhus, Kitchen, Selfoss, Leijre, Hannover
1998“The Future is Beautiful” - Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavik
1997“Freedom - Beauty - Freetime” - Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik
1996“Laboratory L.O.V.E” - Café Mokka, Reykjavik
Group exhibitions:
2009"Thank You" - Lífróður, Hafnarborg, Listasafn Hafnarfjarðar, Iceland
"Woman" - Off the Beaten Path, Stenersen Museum, Oslo
"Indeed, of course!" - Brennið þið vitar! Gardskagaviti Lighthouse, Iceland Arts Festival
"Zeitgeist" - Fashion Biennale, Arnheim
"Dreams of the Sublime in contemporary Icelandic Art" - Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art,
Vaasa, Finland
2008"From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art" - Scandinavia House, New York
"Dynasty" - Australian Cinematheque, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art,
Brisbane, Australia
“Dreams of Sublime and Nowhere” – Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
"Photofestival" Toronto
“As the Sun Rises” – The Drake Hotel, Toronto
“Dreams of Sublime and Nowhere” - BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
“Envisioning Change” – Ministry of Culture, Salle d’Expositon, Quai Antoine, Monaco
2007 “Dynasty” - Envisioning Change, NWM, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
“The Tent Lady” - The Tent Show, Nikolaj Kunsthallen, Copenhagen
“Dynasty” - World Environment Day, The Natural World Museum, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo
“Mother Earth” - The Natural World Museum, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco
“The Believers” - MassMoca, Massachusetts, USA
2006“Sympathy” and “Thank You” - MIACA, Tokyo
“Thank You” and “Sympathy” - The Singing Swinging North, ParisPhoto, Carousel de Louvre, Paris
“Sequences” - in collaboration with Nepco, Reykjavik
“Icelandic Video Art” - Kunst-Werke, Berlin
“Cold Climates” The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2005“Tivoli” – Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
2004“New Icelandic Art” – Icelandic National Museum, Iceland
“Nordic Art” – Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg
“IJs/Ice” – Museum Dhondt - Dhaenens, Ghent, Belgium
“Where Do We Go From Here” – Gallery Tanya Bonakdar, New York
“Sons and Dottirs” - Tent, Rotterdam
“Brooklyn EUphoria” - Volume, Brooklyn, New York
“Cold Climates” - A.P.T. Gallery, London
“Boys and Girls” - Zacheta Gallery, Warzaw
“Berlin North” - Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
“Where Do We Go From Here?” Comment rester Zen, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
2003“Behind the Eyes” - Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
“Thank You” video screening - Culture Night, National Gallery, Reykjavik
“LA International” - LAtch Gallery, Los Angeles
“Seasons of Icelandic Photography“ - Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum
“Praguebiennale1“ - National Gallery, Prague
“Comment Rester Zen“ - Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
“Greyscale/CMYK“ - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
“Billboardprojekt - www.women2003.dk“ - Copenhagen
“Multiples x 7“ - Project, Dublin
2002“Seasons of Icelandic Photography“ - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
“Greyscale/CMYK“ - Tramway, Glasgow
“Madness“ - Artcite, Windsor, Canada
“Peepshow“ - The Lusty Lady, Seattle, San Francisco
“Women Good Enough to Eat“ - Roebling Hall, New York
2001“Disklo” and “Hotel Paradise” - Anteprima Bovisa, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan
“Melody” - Multikulturiimaja on wheels, Sanatorium, Narva-Joesuu, Estonia
“Face-Painting” - Summer camp, PushFirmaBeige, Helsinki
2000“White, Black, Grey” - Independence Day, Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur, Iceland
“Hope” - Centre d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
“@” - Icelandic National Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Women Good Enough to Eat” - Viva Scanland, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N-Ireland
“Ongarden” - LKW, Kunst in der Stadt, Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria
1999“Women good enough to eat” - Get Together, Kunst als Teamwork, Kunsthalle Vienna
“Higher Beings” - An Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock, Gallery 54, Gothenburg
“Higher Beings” - Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers, Red Light District, Amsterdam
1998“Hotel Paradise” - -30/60+, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum
“A Fresh Start II” - Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway
“A Fresh Start” - In The Flesh, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
1997“Women good enough to eat” - Myndlist 97, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum
Selected performances:
2008“The Butterfly Effect” – For Unifem, The Free Masons House, Reykjavik
2007“Nordic performance” – with Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Norraena Félagid, Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik
2006“Eruption - Corruption” - ArdBia, Galway, Ireland
“Tree Destruction Activity” - HAETTA, Laugardalsholl, Reykjavik
2005“Eruption – Corruption” – Se!Next, Tromsoe, Norway
“Eruption – Corruption” – Break the Ice, Nordscen, City Hall, Reykjavik
“Eruption – Corruption” – Artistic Strategies, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
“Creation – Corruption – Celebration” – Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt
2004“Eruption – Corruption” – Dosensos, The Empire, London
“Eruption – Corruption” – Icelandic Embassy, Berlin
“Intimacy Circus” – Nordic Excellence, Stockholm, Sweden
“Intimacy Circus” – IJs/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhanens, Ghent, Belgium
“Intimacy Circus” - Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam
“Intimacy Circus” - Jack the Pelican Presents, New York
“Crystal Rain”, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Klink&Bank, Reykjavik
“Crystal Rain”, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Boys and Girls, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw
“Crystal Rain”, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2003“Crystal Rain”, with Ragnar Kjartansson, opening of Nordatlantisk Brygge, Copenhagen
“Crystal Rain”, with Ragnar Kjartansson, Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall
“Ceremony Harmony“ - Feast/Hospitality, Rum 46, Aarhus, Denmark
“Requiem “ - with The Reykjavik Fire Department, Reykjavik
“Lottery“ - V-day, City Theatre, Reykjavik
2002“Sympathy“- Greyscale/CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow
“Ceremony Harmony“- Converter project ll, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Thank You“- Mosaik, RUV National Television, Reykjavik
“Rendez-vous“ - ILC and The Reykjavik Fire Department, Open air, Reykjavik
“Show girls“ - Strompleikurinn, National Theatre, Reykjavik
2001“Higher Beings Love Champagne” - The Cargo Club, London Art Week, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London
“Higher Beings Love Fireworks” - Hoxton Square, London Art Week, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London
“Pancakes for Everybody” - Airstreams, Kunsthall Basel
“Homemade World” - Konfekt, cultural program, TV Skjar 1, Iceland
“Poem” - Y2K, Caen, France
2000“Higher Beings - We are the world, we are the children” and “Blow Job” - Batofar, Paris
“Global Bath” and ”ILC promo video” - Shoot Film Festival, Malmo, Sweden
“Heart Attack” - in collaboration with musician Megas, The Kitchen Motors, Hotel Borg, Reykjavik
“Blow Job” - LKW, Kunst in der Stadt, Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria
1999“Higher Beings” - Odense Performance Festival, Denmark
“Higher Beings, Wish moment” - Kjarvalsstadir, Cultural Night, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Art on the Run” - Montevideo, Amsterdam
“Stand by your man” - Gallery Asbæk, Copenhagen
1998“Speech” - -30/60+, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
“Wish Kit on the Beach” - Axis Mundi, performance/rock festival, Kristiansand, Norway
“Blow Job II” - Gekko, Munchenbryggeriet, Stockholm
“Global Love” and “Teaset” - Double Pleasure Gallery, New York
“Revival II” - Brooklyn Bridge, New York
1997“Ice - Fire - Desire” - Oslo Band Stand, Gallery Struts, Oslo
“Interactive Tenderness” - Aircondition, Copenhagen
“A Bookstore Captured in Love” - Mál og Menning Bookstore, Cultural Night, Reykjavik
“Blow Job” - On Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Love Kit” - BSI bus depot and the domestic airport, Reykjavik
“The rescue of a tea set” - Tacheles, Berlin
“Global Love” - Roter Salon, Berlin
“Good evening” - Iceland Today, TV Stöd 2, Iceland
1996“Angel Performance” - Performance Night, National Theatre Basement, Reykjavik
“Kiss Performance” - Dagsljós, RUV National Television, Reykjavik
Public commissions:
2005“Mother Nature” - for Landsvirkjun The National Power Company, Vatnsfellsvirkjun
2002 “Treasure” - for Reykjavik Tech Collage Borgarholtsskoli
Public museums and collections:
“Hotel Paradise” (installation) - Icelandic National Museum
“The Tent Lady’s Hospitality” (video) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“The Tent Lady” (sculpture) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“The Eggs” (c-print) -The Buhl Collection, New York
“A Family of Weapons” (c-print) - Kaupthing bank
“Nest” (sculpture) - Icelandic National Museum
“Ether” (c-print) - Icelandic National Museum
“Duel in the desert” (c-print) – Islandsbanki Art Collection, Iceland
“The Eggs” (c-print) – Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
“Where Do We Go From Here?” (11 c-prints) - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Collection
“We are Now“ (c-print) - Icelandair art collection
“Women good enough to eat“ (4 photographs) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“Women good enough to eat“ (video installation) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“Magic“ (sculpture) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“Madness“ (video) - Reykjavik Art Museum
“Without you “ (sculpture) - Reykjavik Art Museum
Film Festivals
2005“Sympathy” - Icelandic International Film Festival, Reykjavik
“Sympathy” – market screening, Clermont-Ferrand, France
“Thank You” – Independent Heroines Film Festival, Bristol
2004“Sympathy” - Short film corner, Cannes
“Thank You” – Film Fylkingen, Stockholm
Publications
2007 “The Icelandic Love Corporation” - The Reykjavik Art Museum
2004 “Cardiac Circus”, cat. i8 gallery, for the Art Statements, Basel Art Fair, published in Reykjavik
2003 “Corporate Mentality“ - Aleksandra Mir, published by Lukas and Sternberg,
ISBN 0-9711193-1-7
“The Icelandic Love Corporation“ - interview and short stories by Francis McKee,
Published by Nifca and Diamond Hearts Projects, ISBN 951-8955-69-7, Glasgow
Projects for magazines:
2003“Sympathy“ - Soda (Carte blanche), nr. 20, Switzerland
“My Little Planet“ - Étapes:95, April, ISSN 1254-7298, Paris
“Bravo“ - Mini International, Germany
2002“Fugu“ - Nifca info, 1 02, Finland
“The Invisible Bond” - Everything, ISSN 1361 7699, London
2001“Where Do We Go From Here?” - Morgenbladet, 6-12 July, Norway
“Where Do We Go From Here?” - Big magazine, nr. 35, New York
“Hopefully this is all possible in reality“- Make, the magazine of women’s art, Issue 91, London
“Blow Job“- N-Paradoxa, international feminist art journal, vol. 7, London
Awards:
2007 “Dynasty” - The Green Leaf Award, The Natural World Museum
2001“Disclo“ - visitors choice top ten, Anteprima Bovisa, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan
1997“Women good enough to eat“ - Best work according to visitors, Art ´97 Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik
Grants:
2008 Canadian Arts Council
2008Muggur
2007 Artists Salary, The Icelandic Government
2005Artists Salary, The Icelandic Government
2004Artists Salary, The Icelandic Government
Reykjavik Culture Committee
Islandsbanki
2003Artists Salary, The Icelandic Government
Travel grant (x3), Myndstef
2002Sleipnir, travel grant
2001Sleipnir, travel grant
Icelandic Ministry of Culture, travel grant
2000Reykjavik Art Fund
Sleipnir, travel grant
Icelandic Government Art Fund, travel grants
Icelandic Film Fund, production grant
1999 Reykjavik, Art Fund
2xSleipnir, travel grant
1998 2XSleipnir, travel grant
Sleipnir, travel grant
Residencies:
2008-2009 The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
2008ArdBia Berlin, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin
2002Network North/NIFCA studios, Glasgow, Scotland
2001NIFCA studios, Sveaborg, Finland
Bibliography:
2004 “The Icelandic Love Corporation disarms Brooklyn”, Amoreen Armetta,
NU magazineonline. www.nu-e.nu
“Women2003”, cat. ISBN 87-7514-091-8, Copenhagen
“Boys and Girls”, cat. Gallery Zacheta, ISBN 83-89145-43
“Berlin North”, cat. National Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof,
2003“Praguebiennale 1“, Thorhallur Magnusson cat. ISBN-88-7816-130-6, Prague
“Dyrmæti Hversdagsins“ Inga María Leifsdóttir, Lesbók Morgunbladid, 21. June
2002Atlantica, Icelandair in-flight magazine “An Arty Threesome“ nov-dec, Iceland
“Greyscale/CMYK”, cat. Tramway, Glasgow, Network North/NIFCA, ISBN 951-8955-64-6
“White Colors“ cat. Leipzig, Germany
2001“The End of the Century the Seeds of the Future “ cat.,Anteprima Bovisa, Milan
2000 Kunstforum “Höhere Wesen “ bd 152 oct-dec, Germany
Art in America “Art on Ice“ no.9, Sept., USA
“We are Now” cat., i8 gallery, Reykjavik
“Út úr kortinu / en dehores des cartes“ cat., Kopavogur / Séte, France
“SHOOT“ moving pictures by artists, cat., Malmo, Sweden
“LKW Kunst in der Stadt“ cat., Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria
1999“Get Together, Kunst als Teamwork“ cat., Kunsthalle Wien
“Performance Festival Odense“ cat., Odense, Denmark
1998 Siksi The Nordic Art review “Armed with oblivion” nr. 3-4 fall/winter, Finland
“Pakkhus“ cat., Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway
“Flögd og fögur skinn“ cat., art.is, Reykjavik
1997“On Iceland“ cat., The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
“Freedom - Beauty - Freetime“ cat.,The Icelandic Love Corp. Reykjavik