Anja Stella Ólafsdóttir

"I tell fairytales with oil paintings. I work with a figurative imagery based on geometric forms. The fairytales are true to tradition formulated through a symbolic language, mirroring my own development as a human being.

The intention of my work is to create a brighter and better space to rest in a somewhat dark and chaotic world. It’s an attempt of building bridges between the primitive and the civilized, between nature and industrialization, between fairytales and rational thought.

The intention is also reflected in the formalist narrative of the paintings, because I place the canvases in a grid formation as a puzzle. This representation symbolizes a window or a screen between inside and outside – dream and reality.

I focus on being human as part of nature – and nature as part of being human. The paintings are imprints of my own experiences as a woman living in a world filled with contradictions".

Aarhus University 2014. cand. mag in Art History.
Speciality in Visual Culture and branding strategies.

Aarhus University 2011 bachelor in Art History & Aesthetic Communication.

University of Iceland - Iceland Academy of the Arts
Art & Art History
2007 – 2008
A collaboration between the Academy of Arts in Iceland and the University of Iceland.

F.B. Reykjavik, Iceland. Graduation 2006, with a degree in fine Arts.
speciality in figurative oil painting.

2. September 2016
European Art Museum
Frederiksværk, Denmark.

3. June - 24. June 2016
"Calculation" curated by Valentina Sekisova & Kirstine Skov Hansen.
Kurgan Regional Art Museum, Kurgan, Western Siberia, Russia.

9. June - 12. June 2016
Triennale dell´ARTE contemporanea. Verona, Italy.

2. April - 30. April 2016
Godsbanen, Aarhus, Denmark.

Little Treasures 28. November-10.December 2015
Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy.

EuropArtfair 14. & 15. November 2015 Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Group Exhibition 6.-12. February 2015.
"Art for Cancer". Exhibition & Auction,
Odense City Hall, Denmark.
A donation to support children with cancer.

Solo Exhibition January 8th-18th 2015.
Galleri 8240, Aarhus, Denmark

catalog from Galleri 8240: http://www.slideshare.net/AnjaStellaOlafsdotti/udstillingskatalog-anja-stella

www.galleri8240.dk:
http://galleri8240.blogspot.dk/2014/12/selvbiografiske-natureventyr-i-risskov.html
http://galleri8240.blogspot.dk/2015/01/fernisering-selvbiografiske.html

Press:
http://www.aoa.dk/udstilling/selvbiografiske-natureventyr

http://ias.au.dk/fileadmin/internationalstaff.au.dk/UIC/Newsletters/UIC_Newsletter_week_3_2015.pdf

Juried Group Exhibition 1. August - 1- septe...