Visual artist based in Amsterdam/Reykjavík.
Recepient of the Artist Start Grant from the Mondriaan Fonds 2020.
Email for portfolio or full CV.
hi@bbbirna.info
Instagram: @b__i__r__n__a
Co-creator of recidency project/artist summer camp Laumulistasamsteypan with Helena Aðalsteinsdóttir and Arna María Kristjánsdóttir.
Co-creator and co-curator of GSM exhibition space in frequencies with Helena Aðalsteinsdóttir.
Co-creator of at7 project space.
Upcoming:
LungA Festival, solo exhibtion, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, 2023.Selected exhibitions and events:
The Messengers at the group exhibition 'Eavesdrop - my friends fill in the silence', SET Lewisham, London, 2023.
The publication SLEEP MODE published by Artfinger Pub, 2022.
Einnar nætur gaman - this is not a private party, event and exhibition with Laumulistasamsteypan, Open project space, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2022.
Anthems of the Windpipe, Laumulistasamsteypan's summer camp, Hrisey, Iceland, 2022.
A Twitch and a Tug at Prospects, group exhibition by Mondriaan Fonds at Art Rotterdam, 2022.
Snertitaug solo exhibition at the Reykjavik Art Museum, 2022.
Tumble-humble-weed at Happyhour Gallerí, 2022.
All These Elephants exhibited in the group show Architecture of Goodbye at Laurel Project Space, 2021.
I feel asleep, solo exhibition as a part of the series 'Messages from the Deep' by GSM exhibition space in frequencies and Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee radio, 2021.
Kept Between the Toes at Sterrentuin ii, group exhibition, Den Haag, 2021.
Ten of Moods with Bergur Anderson at the Pole, 2021, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Greetings Across the Ocean, group exhibition, The North Atlantic House, 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Jeopardy, exhibition with Laumulistasamsteypan, 2020, Palanga Street Radio.
Anomia, a night of moving images by artists, Kling og Bang, 2020.
The Goatcast, online screenings by Cashmere Radio, 2020.
Comp Ass at Art Rotterdam, 2020.
Hvers vegna syngja fuglar? / Why do birds sing?, as a part of Haustlaukar / Autumn Bulbs by Reykjavík Art Museum, 2019. Exhibited at Vesturbæjarlaug and Breiðholtslaug, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The All Seeing Ad, exhibited in Cosmos Carl - platform parasite, 2019.
Jester's Pool Laumulistasamsteypan, Middlesex Presents project space, 2019, London, the UK.
Four Cups: Spheres of Substantial Solidity and Precarious Subliminal Stimuli - A Conference, made in collaboration with Susan van Veen, at7 project space, 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
KAFFIPÁSA, 6 day coffee-break by Laumulistasamsteypan, the Living Art Museum, 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland.
To that special someone, anniversary show of at7 project space, 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ég hef þig í vasanum / I got you, in Djúpþrýstingur, the Living Art Museum, 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Allir þessir fílar I & II / All these Elephants I & II at Sequences Art Festival, 2017, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Texts and publications:
Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee podcast, an interview with Arif Kornweitz and Andrea Gonzalez, 2023.