Gudrun Benedikta Eliasdottir

R. Benedikta / Gudrun Benedikta Eliasdottir graduated in 1987 with a B.Ed in Arts.
Since then she has lived and worked on her art in three countries; Iceland, France and Luxembourg. She paints with a tempera, "patine au vin", that includes amongst other ingredients white wine and eggs. She has developed the mixture over the years and experimented with using various minerals like volcanic ash and crushed stones.
She throws, smears and drizzles the colours on the canvas and uses all kinds of objects to put them on, the paintbrush is hardly ever used.
The main theme in her work is nature, working with natural ingredients so the natural pigments get a new purpose. In a way we can say that this is recycling.
She has participated in exhibitions in museums, galleries and salons in Iceland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Germany, France, England, Austria and the U.S.
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Today also Art teacher in Menntaskolinn vid Sund, College in Reykjavik.

BEd from Icelandic School of Art and Crafts 1983-1987.
Seminar for art teachers in painting in Norway 1994.
Seminar on Art, University of Iceland and Icel. School of Art and Crafts 1997. Art residency in Vallauris-south of France and in Akureyri in Iceland

2023 - From Under the Glacier, Gallery Grásteinn Reykjavík
2021 -Hylling-hilling Gallery ArtAk Reykjavík
2020 - Nordlichter- Den Blauen Galerie Scönecken/Eifel Germany
2019 - Vanishing Gallery Korka Reykjavík Iceland
2018 - Glacier, Hannesarholt, Culture house, Reykjavik.
2018 – Earth, Borgir, Kópavogur, Iceland

2018 – Frozen Moments, City Library Reykjavík, Menningarhús Spöngin. Iceland

2017- Waiting for Bárðarbunga -EFLA Reykjavík. Iceland

2017- Effect, Art AK, Akureyri. Iceland
2016-Recycling nature- Gallery ART67 , Reykjavík Iceland

2014- Internal forces- External forces, Gallery Populus tremula, Akureyri, Iceland
2014 – The nature of nature, Fríða – Hafnarfjörður Iceland
2014-2016 Náttúrufar, Gallerý Veggur, Forréttabarnum Reykjavík Iceland
2014 – Heimahöfn, Svavarssafn, Art Museum, Hornafjörður Iceland
Slunkaríki, Edinborg Cultural house in Ísafjördur Iceland 2013
Funi ehf. Kópavogur Iceland 2013
SIM house, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, small objects exhibition 2012
Gallery BK, Innsbruck Austria 2012
Exhibition KEX Hostel Reykjavik +opening with Punk group Fræbblarnir 2012
Cultural night +exhibition Café Loki Reykjavik 2012
Salon de CAL, Cercle Artistique de Lucembourg 2011,
Salon de CAL, Cercle Arti...