SHOPLIFTER / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir



Shoplifter, Neverlings, Installation view, Nordic Impressions: Art from Aland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, ÜFinland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, 1821-2018, Nordic Museum Seattle,WA, 2018


CV 

Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (b. Reykjavík, Iceland, 1969) lives and works between New York and Reykjavík, Institutional solo exhibitions include Kai Art Center, Talinn, Estonia (2023); ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark (2021); Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden (2020), The Savannah Collage of Art and Design in Georgia (2020);  Kiasma, the Finnish National Gallery (2019); the National Gallery of Iceland (2017); the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (2017); and the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art in Australia (2016). Arnardóttir represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 2019 and her installation Chromo Sapiens opened at the Icelandic Pavilion in May 2019 in Venice, Italy. The installation later traveled to Iceland opening at the Reykjavik Art Museum in January 2020. Additional notable projects and awards include her large window installation created in collaboration with art collective assume vivid astro focus (avaf) for MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York (2008), The Nordic Award in Textiles and The Prince Eugen Medal for artistic achievement from the King and Royal Crown of Sweden (2011).





Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Oblivion, 2024, Found glass, synthetic hair
7 x 8 x 4 in (17.8 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)


Shoplifter, Capsule, 2024, Hand-blown recycled glass, synthetic hair, 10 x 7 x 5 in  (25.4 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)



Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Capsule (flambé floria), 2024, Glass, synthetic hair
10 x 6 x 7 in (25.4 x 15.2 x 17.8 cm)




Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Capsule (radioactivus), 2024, Glass, synthetic hair




Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Capsule (bomba balistica), 2024, Glass, synthetic hair
4 x 4 x 3.5 in (10.2 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm)



Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir), Capsule (marine monsteria), 2024, Glass, synthetic hair
7 x 9 x 8 in (17.8 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm)