Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson

After graduating from The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson went on to obtain his masters degree in fine art at École Supérieure des Arts et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée in 2013 with highest honors from the jury. In recent years Sigurður Atli has held numerous exhibitions around Europe as well as having been invited to artist-in-residence programs in Germany, Italy, France and Japan. In 2011 he received special mentions from Biennale de la Méditerranée for his participation at The Others Art Fair in Torino and exhibited at the biennale in 2014.

Selected exhibitions:
2015 - #KOMASVO –ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 - Bad Exhibitions - The Museum, Leipzig, Germany
2014 - Feldstarke - Kyoto ArtCenter, Kyoto, Japan
2014 - The Stuff in Between Stuff - CAOS museum, Terni, Italy
2014 - Subversion of the Sensible – Fabbrica del Vappore, Milano, Italy
2013 - Partition - Void Gallery in collaboration with Static Gallery (Liverpool), Derry, Northern-Ireland
2013 - Subjective Maps – Icelandic National Gallery,Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 - Roaming - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Rumania
2012 - The Land Seen From the Sea - Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
2012 - Grassroot IX – The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 - NOK No One Knows - O’project room, Milano, Italy
2010 - Supermarket Artfair – Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Installation view of #KOMASVO, group exhibition at ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavík, 2015

Aerial view of permanent installation at Galerie OÚ, Marseille, 2014

"The Champion" from the series "Types of People", oil silkscreen, edition of 10, 2014

CV

Education:
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, France -2011 - 2013 – Master of Art with highest honors from the jury
Icelandic Academy of the Arts - 2008 - 2011 – Bachelorof Art

Solo exhibitions:
2014
‘Bad Exhibitions’ - The Museum,Leipzig, Germany
‘Moseying’ - Elektrohaus, Hamburg,Germany
2013
„TheStuff in Between Stuff“ - CAOS museum - Terni, Italy
2011
„NOK No One Knows“ - O’ project room – Milano, Italy –Curator: Alessandro Castiglioni
2009
„Handful of Earth“ - Gallerí Crymo – Reykjavík, Iceland

Selected group shows:
2015
‘#KOMASVO’ – ASÍ Art Museum – Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
‘Subversion of the Sensible’ –Fabbrica del Vappore – Milano, Italy
‘Feldstarke’ - Kyoto Art Center -Kyoto, Japan
‘Sleeper Horses’ – In collaborationwith Erin Gigl (US) - Gallerí Úhverfa, Ísafjörður, Iceland
‘Our House in the Middle of theStreet’ – The contribution of Galerie OU to ‘Printemps de l’Art Contemporain’ -Marseille, France
2013
‘/ti'tano/Little Constellation’ - Teatro Titano and Ridotto - San Marino
‘Partition’- Void Gallery in collaboration with Static Gallery (Liverpool) - Derry, Northern-Ireland
‘ErrorsAllowed, Biennale de la Méditerranée’ – Mediterranean Biennale - Ancona, Italy
‘Roaming’- National Museum of Contemporary Art – Bucharest, Rumania – Curators:Alessandro Castiglioni og Ermanno Cristini
‘SubjectiveMaps’ – Icelandic National Gallery - Reykjavík, Iceland – Curators: Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Alessandro Castiglioni, Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro
2012
‘Mugshotsfor Italy’ - The Others Art Fair with Gallery Lost Horse - Torino, Italy –Curator: Alexander Zaklynsky
‘ti'tano’- World Event Young Artists with Little Constellation - Nottingham, England
‘TheLand Seen From the Sea’ - Villa Croce - Genoa, Italy – Curators: Alessandro Castiglioni, Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro, Roberto Daolio, Francesca Serrati
2011
‘GrassrootIX’ – The Living Art Museum – Reykjavík, Iceland – Curator: Kristjana Rós Oddsdóttir Guðjohnsen
‘Annan hvern dag á öðrum stað // Varannan Dag NågonAnnanstans // Joka Toinen Päivä Jossain Muualla’ - Skaftfell - Seyðisfjörður –Organized by The Icelandic Academy of the Arts and The Dieter Roth Academy
2010
‘Haven’ - Gallerí Crymo – Reykjavík, Iceland
„Supermarket“ - Artfair - Kulturhuset – Stockholm,Sweden
‘Zipper and Mirrors’ - Slunkaríki – Ísafjörður, Iceland

Residencies:
Fugitif – 3 months - Leipzig, Germany
CAOS museum - 7 weeks - Terni, Italy

Bibliography:
„/ti’tano/“– In collaboration with Little Constellation - Mousse Publishing - Milano 2013
„Mediterranea16“ – Catalog for Biennale de la Méditerranée – Ancona 2013
„SubjectiveMaps / Disappearances“ - Little Constellation - Mousse Publishing – Milano 2013
„TheLand Seen From The Sea“ - Little -Mousse Publishing – Milano 2012
„GrasrótIX“ – Catalog for exhibition at The Living Art Museum - Reykjavík 2011
„Trustus! We’re artists“ – Publication onGallerí Crymo - Reykjavík 2011

Awards:
Special mentions from Biennale de la Méditerranée at The Others Art Fair, Torino 2012