Solo Exhibitions
2007
God,Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
Folksong, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annadale, New York (curated by Markus Andresson)
Guilt Trip, Gallerí i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
Hot Shame, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano, Italy (curated by Marianna Vecellio)

2006
Sorrow conquers happiness, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
It´s not your Fault, Crossroads: Kunst und Performance, Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin (mit Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir)

2005
The Great Unrest, Dagsbrún, Reykjavík Art Festival, Eyjafjöll, Iceland

2004
Monument of Love, Gallery GUK+; Lejre, Denmark; Bremen, Germany; Selfoss, Iceland
Intimacy (with Magnús Sigurðarsson), ASÍ Museum, Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
Oh My God, SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
 
2003
Colonialization, Galleri Kling & Bang,Reykjavik, Iceland

2001
Hurt the one you love, Gallerí i8, Reykjavík, Iceland

2000
Video installation with Gunnhildur Hauksdottir, Gallerí Nema Hvað, Reykjavík, Iceland
Konstar och jag vil knulla, Gallerí 1319 A, Stockholm, Sweden

Group Exhibitions
2008 
T2- Turin Triennal, Turin, Italy (upcoming)
Manifesta7, Rovereto, Italy (upcoming)
Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (upcoming)
Truck Gallery, Calgary, Kanada
Boozar, Brussel, Belgium

2007
Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
Ketilhús Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
 Voltashow, Basel, Sviss
Repeat Performances, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, New York, U.S.A
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Pyskaland

2006
Dreamland Burns, Budapest Mucsarnok, Hungary
Vienna Biennale, Vienna, Austria
Singing, Swinging North, Project room Paris Photo 2006, Paris, France
Icelandic Art in the 3rd Millenium, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
The Un-Homely, Galerie Adler, New York City, USA
Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
Contemporary Video Art from Iceland, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Eiland, Island (curated by Fridrik Orn)
Eine Szene, in der Kunst entsteht: Island, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany
Quartair, Den Haag, Netherlands
Islandia, Kültur Büro Barcleona, Barcelona, Spain
The Idea of North: An Exhibition about Sound and Site, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada

2005
Invasion Klink & Bank, Reykjavik at Berliner Liste, Germany

2004
Etoiles Polares, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
Winter Mass, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Aldrei, Nie, Newer, Gallery+, Akureyri, Iceland
Where do we go from here?, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA

2003
Behind the eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Iceland I Danmark, Gallery Stalke, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
The Times are Changing, Studio Alaska, Reykjavík, Iceland
Tígurinn og ísbjörninn / The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
Grasrót, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Gallery Saevar Karl, , Reykjavík, Iceland

2001
The Tiger und the Polar Bear, Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Iceland
Polifony, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Performance Week, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Ready made in the House, The Yellow House, Reykjavík, Iceland

2000
A5 invitational, Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Reykjavík und Copenhagen Feelings, The Yellow House, Reykjavík, Iceland

Happenings and performances

2006
Cold, Cold Heart (with Mattias Akerfelt/Olga Chernysheva/Jesper Just/Ragnar Kjartansson/Antti Laitinen/Elena Nasanen/Torbjorn Rodland/Richard T. Walker), The Courtauld Institute of Art’s East Wing Collection, London, UK
Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland
Sorrow conquers happiness, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, Belgium

2004/05
Theater of Artist, four night of Performances, Klink und Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004  Oracle 2005, Perfromance with Asdis Sif Gunnarsdottir, Iðnó und Bad Taste Recordstore, Reykjavík, Iceland
To Bubbi, Performance with Gabriella Fridriksdóttir, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, U.S.A
Satan is Real, IJS/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhaens, Belgium

2003/04
Cristal Rain, Performance with the Icelandic Love Corporation:
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Boys und Girls, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Behind the Eyes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Icelandic embassy, Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003
Four variations on sorrow, Performance mit Egill S., Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
Operatione Pathetica, Performance mit Gabriella Fridriksdóttir. Circuit 2003, Barcelona, Spain
 
2002
Modern Music, CD Projekt mit Gabriella Friðriksdóttir, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
The Art Clown, Performance, Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
And Björk of course, a piece by Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson, Theater und Performances in cooperation with Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson and Benedikt Erlingsson, Reykjavík City Theater, Reykjavík, Iceland

2002/03/04
Santa Claus, Performance mti Asmundur Asmundsson. Galleri Kling & Bang, Iceland

1999-2002
Trubadour Rassi Prump, concerts a.o.: Reykjavík, Ísafjörður, Búðir und Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

Music
2005 Trabant, Emotional, 12 tónar, Southern Fried Records
2003 The Funerals, Lordy, Funerals und 12 tonar
2002 Trabant, music for a ballet "Eva 3", Ekka Dance Theater
2001 Trabant, Moment of truth, Thulemusik, TMT
         The Funerals, Pathetic me, Thulemusik, TMT
2000 Kanada, Kanada, Thulemusik, TMT
1996 Music in "Sirkús Skara Skrípo" , Loftkastalinn, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Teenage band Kósý, Kósý Jól, Kisi-hljómplötur

Collections
Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary collection, Vienna, Austria and Zurich, Switzerland

Bibliography
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Kunst wie ein Blues, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, by Christioph Schütte, August 2, 2006, p. 41
Der traurige Isländer, Frankfurter Rundschau, Feuilleton, by Sandra Danicke, July 14, 2006, p. 16
Reykjavik, Art Review, June 2006, p. 54
A prior magazine, #12: Erik van Lieshout, Steven Shearer, Ragnar Kjartansson, Revolver Verlag,   
Frankfurt 2006
Bright young things, Art Review, December 2005, p. 28
Iceland Hopping, Artforum, Mark Sladen, May 2005
Morgunbladid, Leikhúsdraugurinn, Jón B.K. Ransu, 2005
Tímarit Mals og Menningar, 3/2005
Art Fairs International, Visions of Beyond, 2004
Momentum 2004, Artforum, Liutauras Psibilskis, December 2004
From darkness to light: Icelandic Art, Dazed and Confused Magazine, October 2004
“Where Do We Go From Here: Emerging Icelandic Artists”, Time Out New York, August 5-12, 2004, p. 51
Iceland Cometh, ArtForum, Eric Demby, February 2003