Sigurborg Stefansdottir

Sigurborg Stefansdottir was born and raised in Iceland, but received her art education in Denmark.

Her works span a range of media, including painting, collage, artist´s books, fabric as well as illustrations.

Abstraction and the concept of spontaneus forms is the basis of Sigurborg’s works, often with a dash of humour. She plays with colour, form and lines in abstract, in a sometimes figurative style.
She rarely gives a title to her paintings, as she wants the viewer to experience the picture rather than “understand”. For her, pictures can be somhow beyond words, like music.

Sigurborg has participated regularly in numerous exhibitions, both with paintings, collage and artist´s books.

Her interest in various art forms has led her to seek out various courses and seminars, for example in the USA, Japan and Mexico. She taught for several years at the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and the Icelandic University of the Arts.

Sigurborg now concentrates exclusively on her own artwork and has a studio in Reykjavík.
She is a member of SÍM, The Assoiciation of Icelandic Visual Artists.

Sigurborg studied art at "Skolen for Brugskunst -Danmarks designskole" now KADK, in Copenhagen Denmark from 1982-1987, graduating from the school´s drawing and graphic arts faculty, as well as attending the textiles department for a year.
She also majored in Free Painting under painter, Hans Chr. Höier in Copenhagen for several years.

SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:

2019. "Collage" and artistsbooks at Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík
2018. Paintings at Gallerí Grótta, Reykjavík
2016. Paintings at Artotek, Reykjavík
2011. "Collage" at Kirsuberjatréð, Reykjavík
2010. Paintings at Studio Stafn, Reykjavík
2009. Paintings at Gallerí Sonntag, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007. Artistsbooks in National Archiver, Reykjavík
2004. Paintings in Dopofiera, Lucca, Italy
2004. Paintings at Paul Kleefeld art gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999. Paintings and mixed media at the Man-art gallery, Reykjavík
1997. "Collage" at the Sævar Karl gallery, Reykjavík
1996. Paintings at Gallery Listakot, Reykjavík
1994. Paintings at the Gallery 11, Reykjavík
1992. Drawings at the Sævar Karl gallery, Reykjavík
1989. Paintings at Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík



SELECTED CO EXHIBITIONS:

2019. Artistsbooks at Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, U.S.A.
2018. Artistsbooks at Bainbridge Island museum of art U.S.A.
2018, Artistsbooks , Portland, Maine U.S.A.
2018. Mixed Media 5th "Enter into Art"Germany
2017. 40 Paintings, Morsø kunstforening, Denmark
2016. 7th international Artist´s book triennal, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016. Artistsbooks " Endurbókun" Akureyri og Ísafjörður, Iceland
2016. Art...