Ars Fennica candidates 2000
Bård Breivik Erik Dietmanprize winner Hreinn Fridfinnsson Georg Gudni
Harry Kivijärvi Arne MalmedalBalder Olrik Kirsten Ortwed Jaakko Sievänen

HREINN FRIDFINNSSON

Curriculum vitae Born 1943 in Baer Dölum, Iceland. Lives and works in Amsterdam from 1971.
Art Studies
1958-60	The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík
Solo Exhibitions
2000	Ars Fennica, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku & Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland (cat.) Galerie Papillon Fiat, Paris Museum of Earth, Warsaw
1999	Edition Camomille, Brussels (book presentation) Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (cat.) i8 galleri, Reykjavik Galerie A. von Scholz, Berlin
1998	20m2, Vesturgata 10a kjallari, Reykjavik Galerie Fiskurinn, Reykjavik (with Egill Sæbjörnsson) Collection, Another Place, Amsterdam
1997	Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris Galerie Corridor, Reykjavik
1996	Galerie A. von Scholz, Berlin Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm Galerie Solón Islandus, Reykjavik
1995	Galleri Riis, Oslo Galerie Ingólfsstræti 8, Reykjavik
1994	Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels Galerie Anhava, Helsinki Ultima Thule, Amsterdam The Living Art Musuem, Reykjavik
1993	National Gallery, Reykjavik (cat.) Biennale di Venezia, Venice (cat.) Reykjavik Arts Festival (cat.)
1992	Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm Rhythms in Space, ICA/Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
1991	Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1990	Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris Reykjavik Arts Festival (cat.) Galleri II, Reykjavik
1989	Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm Galleri Slunkaríki, Ísafjördur
1988	Nordic Art Center/Galleria Augusta, Helsinki (cat.) Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
1987	Forum, Galerie Bama/Paris, Zürich Galerie Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam Le Magasin/Centre National d´Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble (cat.) Galerie Bama, Paris
1986	Galerie Bama, Paris
1985	Galerie Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam
1984	Galerie Bama, Paris
1979	Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam Galerie Bama, Paris
1977	Gallerí Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik Seriaal, Amsterdam
1976	Galerie Elsa von Honolulu, Gent Galerie Gaetan, Genf
1974	Gallerí SÚM, Reykjavík
1973	In-Out Center, Amsterdam Galerie Fignal, Amsterdam
1972	In-Out Center, Amsterdam
1971	Galerie 845, Amsterdam Galerie Fignal, Haarlem Galerie Balderich, Mönchen-Gladbach
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2000	Carnegie Art Award 2000 (Helsinki, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Reykjavik), (cat.) Norden, Kunsthalle Vienna (cat.) Amateur/Eldsjäl, Gothenburg Art Museum (cat.) Interplay, Contemporary Art Museum, Oslo (cat.) In the Mirror of Space & Time, Ásmundarsalur (ASÍ), Reykjavik (cat.) 64° N.-20° V., Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
1999	Natures Mortes, Galerie Papillon Fiat, Paris Museum of Foreign Art, Riga Dularfullig gardurinn, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam (cat.)
1998-99	Look me in the eyes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998	Losse werken, rake klappen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1997-98	Tekeningen, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam
1997	De verbouwing de verhuizin & de verandering, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1996	Maisons-Cerveaux, Noisel, France Sirva, Musée de la Charité, Marseille
1995-96	Maisons-Cerveaux, FRAC, Reims, France (cat.)
1995	Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam Pas pour la galerie, Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels
1994	Wanås, Sweden (with Per Kirkeby, Marianna Uutinen and Georg Herold)
1993	Edities & unica, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam Reconsidered images, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1992	Il Paesaggio Culturale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome Artscape Nordland, Arctic Circle, Norway (cat.) Ijsland - Ísland, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg & Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Holland
1991	Six logos around the carpet, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam They see the light, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany (cat.) Kunst, Europa 1991, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1990	Ruhrfestspiele, European Workshop, Recklinghausen, Germany Achilles de kwetsbare plek, Kasteel Groenevald, Baarn, Holland (cat.) New Nordic Art, The Central House of Artists, Moscow (cat.) The End of the Century, The Museum for Crafts, Moscow The Nordic ´60s, Upheaval and Confrontation, National Gallery, Reykjavik
1989	SÚM 1965-1972, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Borealis 4, Nordic Arts Center, Helsinki & Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark (cat.) Galerie Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam Utopies 89 - l´Europe des Créateurs, Grand Palais, Paris Many Pearls for a Line, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
1988	National Gallery, Reykjavik
1986	Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles Nordanad, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
1984	10 gestir Listahatidar ´84 á Kjarvalsstödum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
1983	ARS ´83, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
1982-83	Sleeping Beauty - Art Now, Scandinavia Today, Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia; Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1982	Einkaheimar - Personal Worlds, Nýlistasafnid, Reykjavik
1981	Aspects de l'art d''aujourdhui 1970-80, Musée d'art et d'histoire photographie, Genf
1978	Elva moderna isländska konstnärer, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Personal Worlds, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1977	Ça va? Ça va?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1975	Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Holland
1974	H2O, St Nikolaj Kirke, Kaupmannahöfn Driemans-tentoonstelling, t'Hoogt, Utrecht Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
1973	8éme Biennale de Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris
1972	SÚM á Listahátid í Reykjavik 1972, Galleri SÚM, Reykjavik Communications, Galerie Inhibodress, Sydney
1971	SÚM IV, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1969	SÚM III, Galleri SÚM, Reykjavik
1967	UM '67, Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik
1966	Den Nordiske Ungdomsbiennale for Bildende Kunst, Louisiana, Humlebæk
1965	SÚM 1, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik
Other activities
In the 70s Hreinn Fridfinnsson run a 'house-gallery'; Galerie Fignal, in his apartment in Holland. Several young artists had exhibitions and performances there.
Works in Collections
	National Gallery, Reykjavik Listasafn ASÍ, Reykjavik Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö Malmö konsthall, Malmö Moderna Museet, Stockholm Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Fonds National d´Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), Limoges Fonds Régional d´Art Contemporain (FRAC), Bourgogne Fonds Régional dÁrt Contemporain des Pays (FRAC), Clisson, France Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam Netherlands Government Collections, Haag Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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