“amtmannsstigur5”, 5’13”,
1999
Amtmannsstigur 5 was once my home.
This is portrait of myself in the skin of transvestite.
In the foreground I expose myself to the camera and
in the background an invisible voice sings a popular
tune
from my childhood.
I am the cameramen as well as the subject.
The camera is my mirror which i turn to an audience
I’ve
never seen before.
In this mirror my left side is my real side and the
right side is also the right one.
I am myself right handed.
Jón Saemundur Auòarson
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| Born 1968 |
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| Education |
| 1999-2001 |
MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland. |
| 1995-1999 |
BFA Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts. |
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| Selected solo exhibitions |
| 2003 |
Creek. I8 galleri, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
| 2002 |
My hole. Galleri Hlemmur, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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Waterfall, commission for the Light in the Darkness festival,
Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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Gibberish, Japis Laugavegi, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2001 |
The Child on the Corner, for the “Artist on the Corner” series,
Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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Sé_ og Heyrt. Skuggi Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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Icelandic Girlfriends. The elevator, Barnes building,
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. |
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| Selected group exhibitions |
| 2003 |
Photographic Gesture, Minneapolis, USA. |
| 2002 |
Sandaragle_i, Hellissandi, Iceland. |
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Grand Rokk Art Festival, Grand Rokk, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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The Artist on the Corner. Retrospective during the Reykjavík
Art Festival, Reykjavík City Hall, Iceland. |
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Right About Now. Part of a video program travelling in
2002-03 from the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden to
Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Shanghai,
China. |
| 2001 |
Diplomatic Immunity. Hunter College, New York City, USA.
(cat.) |
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Sustainable Development. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík,
Iceland. (cat.) |
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MFA Degree Show. Tramway, Glasgow. |
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Sleep My Young Love. Gallery Reykjavík, Iceland. |
| 2000 |
Interim Show. Newbery Gallery, Glasgow1999 |
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The Academy of Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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BFA Degree Show. Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts.
(cat.) |
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| Happenings |
| 1998 |
there life after art? Séance, The Living Art Museum,
Reykjavík. |
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| Committee Works |
| 2002 |
Co-founder of “Vidhöfn” artists’ group in Reykjavík. |
| 1998-1999 |
Member of the board, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík. |
| 1999 |
Art critic for the Octopus, Icelandic National Television. |
| 1995-1999 |
Founder and manager of Gallery Glaucoma, a travelling
galleri in Iceland. |
