b. 1988 in Reykjavík
Lives and works in Rotterdam
Education
2015 — 2017 MA Master Artistic Research course at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2008 — 2011 BA Fine Arts, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík
Solo & duo exhibitions
2022 Collected Earworms, Kling & Bang, Reykjavík
2021 Ten of Moods — with Á. Birna Björnsdóttir, The Pole, Rotterdam
2019 The one and only body of The Hum and Lego Flamb, Harbinger, Reykjavík
2015 Hittingar (Acquaintances), Sundlaugargarður, Seyðisfjörður
Selected group exhibitions
2023 (forthcoming) an other world, Rotterdam
2020 Recovery, curated by Irruptive Chora, Chalton Gallery, London
2019 I need a rhythm, project space at7, Amsterdam
2018 To that special someone, project space at7, Amsterdam
2017 Hamur/Ham & the Clusterfog gig, Harbinger, Reykjavík
2017 Relay, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2017 The Ongoing Conversation #4, 1646, The Hague
2016 Þá það, Harbinger, Reykjavík
Sound & publication
2022 Around the Songster's Commune, cassette and riso-printed booklet, released on Futura Resistenza, edition of 100
2022 Uu-ee-uu / Noo-me, 7 inch lathe-cut vinyl record and riso-printed cover, edition of 5
2021 Night Time Transmissions, vinyl record released on Futura Resistenza, edition of 150
2021 Poems — with Katrina Niebergal, self-published artist book, edition of 30, 110 pages
2021 Greenness — contribution to Of womxn and other weeds, publication by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani
2019 — 2020 Monthly research mix Motto's journey broadcasted on Palanga Street Radio
2020 The Jeopardy by The Laumi Hat Collective — sound work contribution for radio-exhibition broadcasted on Palanga Street Radio
2019 Berghaim - Songs from the young Earth, published by Dr. Klangendum on Concertzender radio
Performance
2022 Live set at De Nor, Antwerp
2021 Night Time Transmissions — album release performance with band and choir, at Peach and Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2021 Fathertongue live radio performance on Palanga Street Radio, Vilnius
2021 Wyrtig, weedy house: Greenness — vocal workshop and performance for a project by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani, Art Rotterdam
2021 Jambes concert, Brussels
2020 Poem canon #1 and #2 — two polyphonic works, part of Rib's Oratory Services, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 Can you hear The Hum tonight?, Kaunas Artists House, Kaunas
2019 Can you hear the Hum tonight?, Harbinger, Reykjavík
2018 Sooooooo what brings you here today?, Kiosk, Rotterdam
2018 Berghaim — featuring band, Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavík
2017 Conversations by the fire, 1646, The Hague
Initiatives, writing & teaching experience
2023 — Co-manager, facilitator and recordist of Vibrato, a sound studio in Charlois, Rotterdam — with Maziar Afrassiabi and Rib
2023 Guest workshop on community-songwriting, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2022 Guest artist talk and tutor, workshop on group vocalization, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2021 Guest artist talk and studio visits with students of S:t Sigfrids Folkhögskola, Vaxsjö, Sweden
2019 — 2021 co-founding member and facilitator of Singing Club of Rotterdam
2017 — 2021 co-founding member and organizer of artist initiative project space at7
2020 Language of Sound — sound-based workshop with Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir, Sandberg Insitute, Amsterdam
2018 — 2019 Writing for Stara, magazine of The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists
2018 — 2019 Writing for online art journal artzine.is
Residencies
2022 WORM sound studio — with Katrina Niebergal, Rotterdam
2022 Jambes, Brussels
2021 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
2017 Laumulistasamsteypan, Hrísey, Iceland