Bergur Anderson
b. 1988 in Reykjavík, Iceland
Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Education
2015 — 2017 MA Master Artistic Research course at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
2014 — 2015 First year BA Philosophy, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2008 — 2011 BA Fine Arts, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Solo & collaborative exhibitions
2021 Ten of Moods — with Ásgerður Birna Björnsdóttir, The Pole, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Kloppen AUB, Bel is Kapot — with Ash Kilmartin, PuntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 The one and only body of The Hum and Lego Flamb, Harbinger, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015 Acquiantances, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Performances
2021 (upcoming) Night Time Transmissions, Live Transmission Release performance, Peach, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 Poem canon #1 and #2 Two polyphonic pieces for 3-4 singers — with Katrina Niebergal, Vera Mennens and Linus Bonduelle, Oratory Services project at Rib, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 Night Time Transmissions, Susan Bites, The Hague, The Netherlands
2020 Can you hear The Hum tonight?, Kaunas Artists House, Lithuania
2019 Carving my visions, choir piece for exhibition Kloppen AUB, bel is kapot — with Gunnar Gunnsteinsson, Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir and Ash Kilmartin, PuntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Stonecarver's dilemma — with Ash Kilmartin, Piet Zwart, Rotterdam, Mengi, Reykjavík and PuntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Can you hear the Hum tonight? — with Albert Finnbogason, Harbinger, Reykjavík
2019 Berghaim, Herman, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Berghaim featuring band Albert Finnbogason, Ásthildur Ákadóttir and Wesley Anderson, Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Phrases, polyphonic earworm performance with Gunnar Gunnsteinsson, Sarah Hamadeh, Alex Iezzi and Cristiana Vignatelli, project space at7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selected group exhibitions
2020 Recovery, curated by Irruptive Chora, Chalton Gallery, London, UK
2019 I need a rhythm, project space at7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 To that special someone, project space at7, Amsterdam
2017 Hamur/Ham & the Clusterfog gig, Harbinger, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 Relay, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
2017 The Ongoing Conversation #4, 1646, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016 Þá það. Harbinger, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 An infinite game of chance LocatieZ, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016 When everyone is drunk it doesn't matter how it looks, Royal Gallery of Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
Publications
2021 (upcoming) Night Time Transmissions, vinyl released with Futura Resistenza
2021 (upcoming) — with Victor Santamarina, vinyl released with Futura Resistenza
2021 Greenness, a contribution to Of womxn and other weeds, publication by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani, Art Rotterdam 2021, The Netherlands
2019 — 2020 Monthly research mix Motto's journey broadcasted on Palanga Street Radio
2020 Singing Club of Rotterdam - Singing Club of Rotterdam & Audience at Antenne, cassette released by Antenne
2020 The Jeopardy by The Laumi Hat Collective, exhibition for radio broadcasted on Palanga Street Radio
2020 Operating Manual for Floating in Space — with Mylan Hoezen, vinyl released by Futura Resistenza
2019 Stonecarver's dilemma (a shortcut) — with Ash Kilmartin, cassette released by Antenne
Residencies
2021 (upcoming) Verpejos — with Katrina Niebergal, Lithuania
2020 Hotel Maria Kapel — with project space at7, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2019 — 2020 Nida art colony, Lithuania
2018 Research Academy 2018, Zurich University of the Arts, Zwitzerland
2018 WORM sound studio, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Studio Egill Sæbjörnsson, Berlin, Germany
2017 Laumulistasamsteypan, Hrísey, Iceland
Initiatives, collaborations and participations:
2018 — present co-founder of Singing Club of Rotterdam
2017 — present co-founder of artist initiative project space at7
2020 Language of Sound — with Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir, Sandberg Insitute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020 Working potatoes, singer in performative dinner event by Vibe Overgaard and Emilia Bergmark — performed with Merve Kilicer, Dagmar Bosma og Nadia van Essen at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2019 Operating manual for floating in space, musical direction and performer in Mylan Hoezen's performance project, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2018 O.K. — The Musical, singer in Chris Kline's performance. 1646, The Hague, The Netherlands
2018 Kunsthalle for music, instrumentalist and singer in Ari Benjamin Meyers' performance, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 What am I doing with my life? Singer and rapper in Styrmir Örn Guðmundson's performance. Kling&Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 Take me here by the dishwasher guitarist and singer in Ragnar Kjartansson's performance. Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 Improvisation for painting, instrumentalist in Hrafnhildur Helgadóttir’'s performance, Marress, Maastricht, The Netherlands