olga bergmann
Hverfisgata 76, 101 Reykjavík, ICELAND
berghall@simnet.is
born in Reykjavík 1967
Education:
The California College of Arts and Crafts - MFA 1993 - 1995.
The Icelandic Art Academy Reykjavik - 1987-1991.
The Valand Art Academy Gothenburg - 1989-1990, guest student.
Exhibitions:
The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum "Residue" with Anna Hallin - 2010
Reykjavik Arts Festival - The Reykjanesbær Art Museum “House of Pain” - 2009
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, “Institute for the Common Good”, 2007
The Labour Union’s Museum ASI, Reykjavik – 2006
Gallery Suðsuðvestur, Keflavík, Iceland “Nature Stories”- 2005
The Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, “Natural History” - 2003
The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, “Cultivation” - 2002
Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavík, “Doctor B.” - 2002
Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland “Soft Core Lab” with Anna Hallin - 2002
Gallery Altes Rathaus, Worpswede, Germany “Laboratorium” - 2001
The Labour Union´s Museum, Reykjavik, “Laboratory” - 2001
Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik, “Samples” - 2001
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, “Wunderkammer” - 1999
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, “Living-Room Safari” - 1997
Selected Group exhibitions:
"Aknowledging Knowledge" The LA Art Museum, Hveragerði - Iceland 2010
“Dreams of The Sublime in Contemporary Icelandic Art” Kuntsi, Vaasa – Finland 2009
“Les Boréales” FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen – France 2008-2009
“UNOACTU” Dresden, Germany, 2008
“Mediations Bienale” , Poznan, Poland, 2008
“Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere”, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2008
“Camouflash”, Lodz, Poland, 2007
"BLUBBER", The Icelandic Seal Center, Hvammstangi, Iceland, 2007
"ELF INCUBATOR", Eden Greenhouse, Hveragerði, Iceland, 2007
“Magn er gæði” (More is better), The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2006
“Fisheye Project” The Art Epidemic, Gothenburg, Sweden - 2005
“Site-ations” The Model and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland - 2005
“Monsters” The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland - 2005
“Man and Nature” The National Gallery, Reykjavík Iceland - 2004
“New Icelandic Art” The National Gallery, Reykjavík Iceland - 2004
“Gallery Hlemmur” – The Kópavogur Art Museum Iceland- 2002
Grants and awards:
Cultural Ministry of Iceland – two year work grant – 2007 - 2009
CIA project grant, 2007
Cultural Ministry of Iceland – Work grant – 2004
Svavar Gudnason Memorial Stipend - 2003
Reykjavík City Council - 2002
The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art - 2001
The Penninn Award for young artists - 2001
Barkenhoff Stiftung, - 2000-2001
Cultural Ministry of Iceland - Work grant - 2000
Sleipnir - The Nordic Council – 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002
Letterstedska Association – 1997 and 2002
Hässelby Slott – 1997
Residencies :
HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Program), 2010
NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art), Tallin, 2001
Künstlerhauser Worpswede, 2000-2001
Straumur Art Commune Iceland - 1999
Represented in collections:
The National Gallery – Reykjavík, Iceland
The Kópavogur Art Museum – Kópavogur, Iceland
The Labour Union’s Art Collection – Reykjavík, Iceland
The Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Public Artwork:
Capital Area Cemetaries - Service buildings 2008 -
Collaboration with Arkibullan architects & Anna Hallin
Innovation Center Iceland, Reykjavík - 2006
The Söder-Hospital in Stockholm - 1999
