About The Artist

C.V. Sigurborg Stefansdottir. www.sigurborgstefans.is sigurborgst@hotmail.com Sigurborg studied at the Danish Design school (Danmarks Designskole) Graduated from the drawing and graphic art department 1987. Haystack Mountain school of  Crafts , Maine U.S.A. Course in artists books 1990. (scholarship from the Icelandic American foundation). A six weeks course in japanese woodcarving in Japan 2001 ( scholarship from the japanese goverment ). Teacher at the Iceland Academy of the arts 1989-2011. Member of the icelandic artist union SÍM. SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS : Paintings at the Asmundar eshibition hall Reykjavík, Iceland 1989 Drawings at the Sævar Karl gallery Reykjavík, Iceland 1992 Paintings at the Gallery 11 reykjavík, Iceland 1994 Paintings at Gallery Listakot Reykjavík, Iceland 1996 Collage at the Sævar Karl gallery Reykjavík, Iceland   1997 Paintings and mixedmedia at the Man-art gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland 1999 Paintings at Paul Kleefeld art gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 Paintings at Dopofiera, Lucca , Italy 2004 Artistsbooks in National Archiver, Reykjavik, Iceland 2007 Galleri Sonntag Köbenhagen, Denmark 2009 Paintings at Studio Stafn, Reykjavik Iceland 2010 Collage work Kirsuberjatréð, Reykjavik, Iceland 2011 Paintings in Artotek, Reykjavik, Iceland 2016 Paintings in Grotta Galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland 2018 Collage in Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik , Iceland 2019 Paintings in Kirsuberjatreð, Reykjavik, Iceland 2020 SELECTED CO EXHIBITIONS : The triennal of nordic drawings, Sweeden 1992 Haystack scholarship-students exhibition, Reykjavík, Iceland 1993 Exhibition of bookcovers at the Nordic House in Reykjavík, Iceland 1995 Mini graphics, Cadaques, Spain , 1996 Illustrations of children´s books, Hamborg, Germany 1997 Illustrations at the Asmundar exhibition hall, Reykjavík, Iceland 1998 Mini graphics, Cadaques, Spain 1998 Exhibition of paintings at the Sævar Karl gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland 1999 Bookart at the HH gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland 2000 Illustrations at the Gróvar hús, Reykjavík, Iceland 2001 Bookart at HH gallery Reykjavík, Iceland 2004 Illustrations of children´s books,Gerðuberg, Reykjavík, Iceland 2004. Illustrations at Bienale Bibiana, Bradislava, Slovakia 2005 Bookart, Artist´s books Triennal, Vilnius, Lithuania 2006 Bookart at Thjodmenningarhus, Reykjavik, Iceland 2006 Handbags of paper, at HH gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland 2006 Artistsbooks, Handverk og Hönnun, Reykjavik, Iceland 2008 Artistsbooks, Grafiklistasalur, Reykjavik, Iceland 2011 Printed works, MI-Lab gallery, Tokyo 2011 Bookart,6th international Artist´s book triennal, Vilnius 2012 Artistsbooks, Silkeborgbad, Denmark 2013 Artistsbooks, Nordic house, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014 Artistsbooks, Vancouver art gallery, Canada 2014 Artistsbooks, Doverodde, Denmark 2014 Artistsbooks, Geröuberg, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014 Artistsbooks, Helsinki Finland 2015 Artistsbooks, Nacosia Cyprus 2015 Artistsbooks, Reykjavik Iceland 2015 Artistsbooks, Reykjavík Iceland 2016 Artistsbooks, Akureyri Iceland 2016 7 th International Artist´s book Triennal Vilnius Lithuania 2016 Paintings inMorsö Kunstforening, Denmark 2017 Mixed media 5th,, Enter into Art" Germany 2018 Artistsbooks, Portland, Maine, U.S.A. 2018 Artistsbooks, Bainbridge Island museum of Art, U.S.A. 2019 Artistsbooks, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, U.S.A. 2019 Artistsbooks, Textil museum, Blönduos, Iceland 2020