Icelandic artist Sjøfn Har. Fine art in Iceland

A biography of Sjøfn Har. Curriculum vitae

Sjøfn Har. born 1953 in Stykkishólmur, West Iceland.

Education
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark:
1984 Cand. Phil. In Art, studying with Prof. Helge Bertram.
1980-82 Graphic Art Department, studying with Prof. Dan Steerup Hansen.
1980-82 and 1977-78 Mural and Spatial Art Department, studying with Prof. Robert Jacobsen.

Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík:
1979-80 Ceramics Department.
1973-74 Painting.
1969-73 Art teacher training.

Murals
1986-88 St. Francis Hospital, Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Mosaic of St. Francis of Assisi
with Glass and Mosaic Studios of Dr. H. Oidtmann, Linnich, Germany.
1983 Sparekassen SDS, Copenhagen, Denmark. Relief, coloured stoneware clay.
1982 Sparekassen SDS, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ceramic mural.
1981 Víðistaðir School, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Fibreglass cement, marble mosaic, rope and epoxy.
1981 Sparekassen SDS, Copenhagen, Denmark. Fibreglass cement.
1980 Private home in Reykjavík, Iceland, Relief, epoxy and fibreglass.

Glass Art
In Germany and Iceland, with Glass and Mosaic Studios of Dr. H. Oidtmann, Linnich, Germany.

Solo Exhibitions
2000 Chrystler Museum sponsored by the Icelandic Foreign Ministry arranged and sponsored by the Icelandic Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Azalea Committee in Norfolk, USA.
1999 Unibank Gallery, New York arranged by the American Scandinavian Society Art Committee, USA and consul General of Iceland, N.Y.
1999 Listhús / The House of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1998 Listhús / The House of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1995 Kirkjuhvoll Art Centre, Akranes, Iceland.
1994 Listhús / The House of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1994 The Crypt Gallery, London, "Look North" part of the exhibition programme of 50th annversary of the Icelandic Republic sponsored and arranged by the Cultural Office of the Icelandic Embassy, London, UK.
1993 Norska húsið, Stykkishólmur, Iceland.
1990 Gallery Borg, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1987 Nordisk Veritas, Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1985 Gallery Borg, Reykjavík, Iceland.
1980 Gallery Djúpið, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Joint exhibitions in Iceland and abroad include Charlottenborg and the Jón Sigurðsson House in Copenhagen, Denmark and Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum (Kjarvalsstaðir), Iceland.

Other works
2001 Commissioned to design the President of Iceland´s Award for Export Achievement, a rhyolite sculpture.
1994 Commemorative coin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Icelandic Republic. Commissioned by the Icelandic Society for the Mentally Handicapped and minted in bronze in Finland.
1994 Oil painting printed on posters and published for the International Conference on People with Disabilities, held in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Works in the following countries
Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, The Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Belgium,
Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, Spain, Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Japan, Italy, Brazil, Chile, China, Russia, Falkland Islands, Namibia, South Africa, Canada and USA.

Works available in Iceland from
Gallery Fold, Raudarárstigur 14-16, Reykjavik, Tel. + 354 551 0400.
Gallery Fold, Kringlan Shopping Mall, Reykjavik, Tel. + 354 568 0400
and also directly from the artist, tel. +354 894 0367.

Member of the Federation of Icelandic Visual Artists and Reykjavík Sculptors Federation, Iceland.
State Artists Stipend, Iceland, 1986.
Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1984-90.
Studio in Reykjavík, Iceland 1990-92.
Studio and own Gallery from 1992 at Listhús / The House of Art, Laugardal, Engjateigur 17, in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Studio - A seaside house by the Atlantic Ocean, in Eyrabakki, Iceland from 1998.

Iceland - My Country, 1998.
Oil on canvas. (80x100 cm)

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