Solo Exhibitions

2010
“Ragnar Kjartansson,” Luhring Augustine, New York.
“Ragnar Kjartansson: The End,” Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada.
“The End - Ragnar Kjartansson”, Hafnarborg, The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art,
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. January 16 – February 28, 2010

2009
Iceland’s representative at Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“SYMPHONY N.1,” with Alterazioni Video, Performa 2009, New York, NY

2008
2nd Turin Triennal, Turin, Italy
Manifesta 8, Rovereto, Italy

2007
Repeat Performances: Roni Horn and Ragnar Kjartansson, CCS BARD, New York, USA
Folksong, 508 West 25th Street, New York, USA
God, The Living Art Museum, Iceland
Guilt Trip, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Hot shame the Quest of Shelley´s Heart, Galleria Crespi, Italy

2006
"Sorrow conquers happiness", Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany

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

2004
“Confidential” (Collaboration show with Magnús Sigurearson), Asmundarsalur, Reykjavík Art Festival,
Iceland
“Monument of Love”, Gallery GUK, Iceland, Denmark, Germany
“Oh my god”, Safn, Reykjavík, Iceland

2003
"Colonialization", Galleri Kling & Bang, Iceland

2001
“Hurt the one you love”, i8, Reykjavík, Iceland

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



Group exhibitions

2010
“New Frontier at Sundance 2010,” Park City, Utah.

2010-2009
“The Reach of Realism,” Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL (catalogue)

2008
“Pleinairism,” i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
“It’s Not Your Fault, Art from Iceland” Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
“Iceland on the edge” Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík art museum, Iceland
“Iceland on the edge” artfestival at Bozar in Brussel, Belgium

2007
Moleskine Exhibition, ADC Gallery, USA

2006
Momentum, Moss, Norway
Pakkhús Postulanna, Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Iceland

2005
Tívolí, Listasafn Arnesinga, Hveragerdi, Iceland

2004
Where do we go from here? Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, U.S.
Etoiles Polares Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
Winter Mass, The Nordic house, Reykjavík
Aldrei, Niem Never, Gallery+, Akureyri, Iceland.
“Momentum 2004”, Moss, Norway
“Berlin North” (Collaboration with the Icelandic Love Corporation), Hamburger Bahnhoff, Berlin, Germany.

2003
“Behhind the eyes”, Bergern Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
“Iceland in Denmark”, Gallery Stalke, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
“The Times are Changing”, Studio Alaska, Reykjavík
“The Tiger and the Polar Bear”, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden.
“Grassroot” The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

2001
“Polifóní”, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland



Happenings and performances

2010
“The February Radio Drama: The Constant Reality Theater,” The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY

2009
“Number Three: Here and Now. Düsseldorf,” (in association with exhibition “100 Years (Version #1,
Duesseldorf)”), Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany.

2004
“The Theater of Artists”, Klink and Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland

2003
“Four variations on sorrow”, Performance with Egill S., Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
“Operatione Pathetica”, performance with Gabriella Fridriksdóttir. Circuit Barcelona, Spain

2002
“Modern Music”, CD project with Gabrialla Frieriksdóttir, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
"Santa Claus" performance with Asmundur Asmundsson. Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
"The Artist on the corner" performance. Reykjavík Art Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
"And Björk of course" a play by Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson.Theater and performances. Reykjavík City
Theater, Iceland


1999-2002
Trubadour Rassi Prump, concerts a.o.: Reykjavík, Ísafjöreur, Búeir
and Seydisfjördur, Iceland



Music

2002
Trabant, music for a ballet "Eva 3", Ekka Dance Theater
Trabant, superman cd single, Thulemusik, TMT

2001
Trabant, Enter Space Bar, cd single, Thulemusik, TMT
The Funerals, Pathetic me, Thulemusik, TMT
Trabant, Moment of truth, Thulemusik, TMT
Concerts with music bands Funerals and Trabant

2000
Kanada, Kanada, Thulemusik, TMT

1996
Concerts with Kanada
Music in “Sirkús Skara Skrípo” Loftkastalinn, Reykjavík, Iceland

1995
Teenage band Kósy, Kósy Jól, Kisi-hljómplötur

1994-1996
Concerts with teenage band Kósy



Bibliography

2010
Alexander, Rob. “The End explores Canadian culture,” Rocky Mountain Outlook, February 11, 2010,
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Hamilton, Sarah. “Ragnar Kjartansson, The End, Walter Phillips Gallery,” prarieartsters.blogspot.com,
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Kontova, Helena and Nicola Trezzi. “Hestekur: Painting’s Old and New Frontiers,” Flash Art, May/June
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2009
Byles, Jeff. “Ragnar Kjartansson: What do you do with a drunken painter?” Modern Painters, May 2009,
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Cullinan, Nicholas, “2nd Turin Triennial,” ARTFORUM, March 2009, p. 178.
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2008
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2007
Markús Thór Andrésson, The Paradox of Ragnar Kjartansson, Reykjavik: i8 Gallery, March 2007.

2006
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Ævarsdóttir, Oddný Eir and Unnar Örn Audarson Jónasson, “Ragnar Kjartansson,” Póst-postilla
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Danicke, Sandra. “Der traurige Isländer,” in FrankfurterRundschau, Feuilleton, July 14, 2006, p. 16.
Schoen, Christian. “Ragnar Kjartansson,” in A Prior Magazine, #12, Revolver Verlag, Frankfurt 2006, pp. 161-163.

2005
“Bright young things,” Art Review, December 2005, pp. 28, 100.
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2004
“Visions of Beyond,” Art Fairs International, 2004.
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2003
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