“My work explores our relationship with technology and the utopian and dystopian manifestations of our digital present. I’m interested in the divide between our virtual lives and physical bodies and how global networks influence our identities, politics and collective perception of reality. I translate these curiosities and perceptions through the use of video, performance, sound and installation, often seeking to create an immersive and encompassing experience for the viewer.”
BIO
Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir is an Icelandic visual artist and musician. In her work she explores our relationship with technology and the utopian and dystopian manifestations of our digital present. It investigates the divide between our virtual lives and physical bodies, and how global networks influence our identities, societies and collective perception of reality. Unnur Andrea works mainly with video, performance and installation, often seeking to create an immersive and encompassing experience for the viewer. As a singer and music producer, the sonic elements remain an important and central factor in most of her work. Unnur Andrea has exhibited at the ARS electronica festival (Linz), the Meta.Morf biennale (Trondheim), Reykjavík Art Museum and Atelier Nord (Oslo) to name a few. Her work has traveled considerably and has been shown in more than 30 countries around the globe. Unnur holds a master’s degree in fine arts from Kunstakademiet I Trondheim and has received grants and stipends from Norske Billedkunstnere, Myndstef, Myndlistarsjóður, Kulturrådet and the Trondheim Municipality culture funds.
CV
Education
2017- 2019 Master of the Arts from Kunstakademiet i Trondheim
2002- 2005 Bachelor of the Arts in Fine Arts from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts
Solo exhibitions
2023 Galleri Schaeffers gate 5, Oslo (upcoming)
2023 Galleri 0.9, Trondheim (upcoming)
2021 Midpunkt, Reykjavík
2021 Galleri Blunk, Trondheim
2016 One is on, Skaftfell art center, Seyðisfjörður
2008 Melanincholia, Gallery Lost Horse, Reykjavík
2008 Gallerí Dvergur, Reykjavík
Group exhibitions (selected)
2022 Zoe Séance, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich, Germany (upcoming)
2022 Sommerutstilling LKV, Babel visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim
2022 Dirrrty, Pretty, Galleri Schaeffers gate 5, Oslo
2021 LINZ FMR - Art in Digital Contexts and Public Spaces, Linz, Austria
2021 Look at me/ Look through me, Tempe #6, Trondheim
2020 FY FAEN SÅ DIGITAL!, Female Artistic Experiments Norway, Online
2020 THE WILD STATE, ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria
2020 LKV tar over, Babel visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim
2020 The Digital Wild, Galleri KiT, Meta.Morf biennale X, Trondheim, Norway
2019 FAEN (Female Artistic Experiments Norway), Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway
2019 EVA, BACC- Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 Bridges are Burning, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
2018 Switch, Gallery KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2016 RÍKI- flóra, fána, fabúla, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
2015 Hladilen Zavod MRAZ, DOMA Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Villa Incognito, curated by Deli Projects, Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland
2013 Remake- rethinking media art in collaborative environments, Brno House of Arts, Brno, Chech Republik
2010 Get Reykjavík- art and music festival, Ó. Johnson og Kaaber húsið, Reykjavik
2007 Sequences – Real time art festival, Lost horse Gallery, Reykjavik
2007 Selfportrait- a show for Bethlehem- a show for Peace, Al Kahf Art Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine
2006 The End, Sequences festival, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavík
2006 Opening of the Lost Horse Gallery, Lost Horse Gallery, Reykjavik
2006 Image vs. Music, Cologne Off - 2nd Cologne Online Film Festival, Videochannel, Cologne, Germany
2006 PI 5 Festival, National Museum Szczecin & Officyna Art Space, Szczecin, Polland
2005 Dagskrá, Gallerie Public, París, France
2005 Grassroad, Living Arts Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Performances
2022 Glasshouse, Rostock, Germany (upcoming)
2022 Muffathalle telematic performance, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
2021 Uploading the human, Diku artistic research week, Dokkhuset, Trondheim
2021 Apex Anima & FRZNTE- Comissioned work - Pop Kultur Festival, Berlin
2020 Heterotopia – A digital dream, Gallery Charrendeau, Paris (postponed)
2020 Hendelser Havnelangs, Nyhavna, Trondheim
2020 All Womens Networked Jam Session (AWNJS), Sound Campus, ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria
2020 Corona improv sessions, Kepler’s Garden, ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria
2020 'Oh, everything is so Hard!' Aarhus fArtspace, (online exhibition)
2020 AR:KiT - Creativity In Crisis, AR:KiT channel (online event)
2018 Real-time audio- visual improvisation with All Womens Networked Jam Session (AWNJS) in collaborations with WONOMUTE, Trondheim
2018 Chicks on Speed, Meta.Morf - Trondheim Biennale for Art & Technology, Trondheim
2017 Galleri KiT, Trondheim
2017 Winter solstice festival, Oslo
2017 Colonia Nova, Berlin
2016 Sound performance with Helmut Geldmacher, opening at Keep Frozen by Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir, Leipzig
2015 Manisensations- performative event ritualisation, LEAP Gallery, Berlin
2014 The Schaefer, Dóttir Dóttir pop- up project, Berlin
2011 Moments of Joyful Degradation, Kling and Bang / Villa Reykjavík, Reykjavík
Film/ Video screenings (selected)
2022 Invisible Nexus -Art and moving images from Trondheim to Ramallah, Palestine
2020 Chaos Computer Club (CCC) annual congress (online live stream)
2016 One- minute video project, www.theoneminutes.org, Sandberg Instituut, Holland
2015 Algera Studio, Secret Solstice Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
2015 Cinémathèque de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
2008 India International Centre, New Dehli, India
2008 Futureshorts Film Festival, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2007 NIVAF - Nagano International Video Art Festival, Nagano, Japan
2007 MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Rosario, Argentina
2006 Reykjavik in Teknacolor- Film- screenings and video installations, Tjarnarbíó, Reykjavík
2006 Gender Identity, Cologne Off - 1st Cologne Online Film Festival, Videochannel, Cologne, Germany
2006 PI 5 Video Festival, National Museum Szczecin & Officyna Art Space, Poland
2006 Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas de Rosario, Argentina
2006 8th CHROMA - Festival de Arte Audiovisual, Guadalajarra, Mexico
2006 MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina
2006 Casoria- Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2006 Unicorn kryptonite, enView gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Simultan 02; International Experimental video/ sound Festival, Csiky Gergely, Timisoara, Romania
Projects/ Residencies/ Workshops
2021 Next cloud residency at Servus.at- Kunst und Kultur im Netz, Austria
2019 Workshop - FAEN (Female Artistic Experiments Norway), Oslo
2019 Workshop - Elektronisk Bølge, Helsingør, Denmark
2018 Residency- Karl Kunger, Berlin, Germany
2016 Residency - Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2016 Residency - Skaftfell art centre, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2015 Artist of the week in Kunstschlager, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
2012 Workshop by Local A in association with Gallery Lost Horse, Reykjavik
Teaching/ Research
2021 Real-time Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation (RTAI), NTNU, Research assistant
2020 Teacher- Theatre of Making with Art and Technology task force (ARTEC), Trondheim
2020 Teacher assistant - Art and Technology, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim
2020 Teacher- Kulturskolen i Trondheim
2019 Teacher assistant - Art and Technology, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim
Grants/ Stipends
2021 Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond, Project grant
2021 Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond, Annual working stipend
2020 Myndstef – Project grant
2020 Trondheim kommune- Kulturstipend Ramallah for Palestinsk kultursamarbeid
2020 Myndlistarsjóður - Project grant
2020 Trondheim kommune - Kunst og kulturtiltak, Project grant
2020 Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond, Annual working stipend
2019 Norwegian culture fund- Stipend for newly established artists
2019 Myndstef – Project grant
2019 Myndlistarsjóður - Project grant