Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson

Eruption, 2014. Installation view at Reykjavík Art Museum. Silk and dyes, 120 x 180 inches

Magma, 2012. Warp painting in artist's studio. Silk and dyes, 120 x 177 inches

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Reykjavík, Iceland, 1963

Resides: Cleveland, Ohio

Education: Kent State University (M.F.A., 1995); Kent State University (B.F.A., 1991)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016

Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York (May 5-June 17).

2013

"Core," Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, and Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland. Catalogue.

Pocket Utopia, New York.

"Strata," Thomas Robertello, Chicago.

21st Street Projects, New York.

2012

"Strata," William Busta Gallery, Cleveland.

2009

Akureyri Arts Festival, Akureyri, Iceland.

2008

Turpentine Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland. Catalogue.

2007

Dali Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland.

2005

Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. Catalogue.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015

"Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthlaler," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Catalogue.

"The Year of the Ram," Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2013

"To Be a Lady," Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore.

2012

"Lyrical Color," Pocket Utopia, New York.

2010

"In Honor of Cleveland Arts Prize," Cleveland Museum of Art.

"New Acquisitions, 2006-2010," Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland.

2005

"NEO," Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography

2015

Kristinsdóttir, Kristín Heiða. "Lít a mig og upplifi sem Íslending," Morgunblaðið (August 13).

Einspruch, Franklin. "Pretty Raw at the Rose Art Museum," The Arts Fuse (March 8).

2014

Crutchfield, Whitney. "Woven Landscapes: The Art of Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson," Textile Arts Center (July).

Jóa, Anna. "Áferð Lands og Vefnaðar," Morgunblaðið (May 14).

Hill, Peter. "To Be a Lady: Sundaram Tagore- Singapore," ARTnews (February).

Butler, Sharon. "Survey: Bleaching, Staining and Dyeing," Two Coats of Paint (January 22).

2013

Butler, Sharon. "Process, Time, Memory: Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson," Two Coats of Paint (December 10).

Griffin, Amy. "On Exhibit: The Work of Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson at the Tang," Albany Times Union (December 4).

2009

Litt, Steve. "Velocity at the William Busta Gallery," Cleveland Plain Dealer (October 23).

2007

Ostrow, Saul. "Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Vatnajökull Paintings." Cleveland: William Busta Gallery.

Cameron, Dan, Toby Devan Lewis, Peter B. Lewis, Toni Morrison, and Mark Schwartz. ARTWORKS The Progressive Collection. New York: D.A.P.

Litt, Steve. "Hildur Jónsson Displays Iceland-Inspired Art at Busta Gallery," Cleveland Plain Dealer (September 30).

2005

Tranberg, Dan. "Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson at the Museum of Contemporary Art," Art in America (December).

Litt, Steve. "Wonderful Weavings Work Magic," Cleveland Plain Dealer (March 14).