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Solo exhibitions

2008 Everybody is doing what they can, Reykjavík Art Museum, curated by Hafþór Yngvason
2008 Recent Works, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2007 CAC Málaga, (cat.), Málaga
2006 Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2005 Chapter 3: The Noise of Money, Museum ASÍ, at Reykjavik Art Festival; Material Time/ Work Time/ Life Time curator Jessica Morgan (cat.) www.artfest.is
2005 Bone-lady and The Happy Campaign, The Ministry of Work and Social Affairs, Den Haag curator Theo Tegelaers (cat.)
2005 Dubble ruimte, RAM foundation, Rotterdam,
2005 Dyn lân bestiet net, Deïska The Collection, Amsterdam
2005 Dyn lân bestiet net, Kunsthuis Syb, and on regional tv, radio and press + national press, Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, www.kunsthuissyb.nl
2004 Wir wünschen Ihnen einen angenehmen Aufenthalt, De Appel, Contemporary Art Center, Amsterdam curator Theo Tegelaers www.deappel.nl
2004 Mind Your Step, Step Your Mind, Galerie Akademie Minerva, Groningen
2003 20 minus minutes, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, www.platform.garanti.com.tr curator Vasif kortun
2003 Camurdili Araniyor! Camurdili Araniyor! / Searching for a clay language! Searching for a claylanguage!,
Oda Projesi, project in collaboration with kids from the Galata neighborhood and the artist group Oda Projesi, Istanbul
2002 Un elemento más, Alternativa Siglo 21, Málaga (cat./book),curator Natalia Bravo
2002 Mjög Skemmtileg Sýning, Gallerí Hlemmur, Reykjavík, www.hlemmur.is
2002 Een plassende vrouw, Public intervention, Central Train Station, CBK Rotterdam, curator Marc Bijl
2000 The Last Minute Show, Straumur, Artist Residence, Hafnarfjörður
2000 Búðargluggi / Shop window, shop window at Laugarvegur, Gallerí Sævar Karl, Reykjavík
2000 Baggage + 8 Days / An excavation, TOKO, Groningen
2000 7 Performances, Dans Werkplaats Groningen, on various locations in Groningen, project of 5 months,directing a group of students and amateur dancers
1999 De Voormalige HBS, Groningen
1998 Finding each other, Galerie Sign, Groningen

Group exhibitions and projects

2008 Manifesta 7, Trentino, Italy Principle Hope, curated by Adam Budak, (cat.)
2008 Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, curated by Annie Fletcher and Charles Esche
2008 Bæ, bæ Ísland, Akureyri Art Museum, curated by Hannes Sigurðsson, (news-paper-cat.)
2007 Safn Museum, Sequences, curator Birta Guðmundsdóttir, Reykjavik
2007 Borderline Festival, video festival, Peking
2007 CBK and TENT centers for visual arts, De Vremdeling, curators Mariette Dölle, Ove Lucas, Rotterdam
2007 Stroom and SKOR, The Day of The Architecture, curators Theo Tegelares and Arno van Roosmalen, The Hague
2007 Frank mohr Institute, MFA Groningen, Focus and Diversity, curated by Martijn Schuppers, Groningen, (cat.)
2007 Presentation, Deiska The collection, Amsterdam
2007 Art Rotterdam with Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Rotterdam (cat.)
2006 Nada Art Fair, with Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Miami (cat.)
2006 Reykjavík city centre and The Culture House, Sequences, international contemporary art festival of time based media, Reykjavik curators Christian Schoen and Nína Magnúsdóttir
2006 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Martin van Zomeren (cat.)
2006 Homesick, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, curator Christian Schoen, Organized by C.I.A Center for Icelandic Art in cooperation with Akureyri Art Museum (cat.)
2006 Art Store Rotterdam, rotterdam [inter]nationaal, (cat.)
2006 Nederland 1, Museum Gouda, Gouda, curators Ranti Tjan and Tiong Ang
2006 Re-suffle, Art in General, New York, a publication as exhibition, curated by first-year graduate students of the Bard college curatorial program with curator Joshua Decter.
2006 On Mobility, CAC, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, curator Kestutis Kuizinas (cat.)
2006 Vademen, Architecturale onderzoekingen / architectural investigations, Stadsgalerij Heerlen
2005 FIAC, art fair Paris, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2005 Belgrade in the Past and Present, Prodajna galerija, Belgrade, curator Marko Stamenkovic in cooperation with Jan van Woensel
2005 Super!, Hasselt Triennial, curator Edith Doove (cat.), www.superhasselt.be
2005 On Mobility, De Appel, Contemporary art Center, Amsterdam, www.onmobility.net, curator Saskia Bos (cat.)
2005 Pursuit of Happiness, Bureau Beyond, Leidsche Rijn – Utrecht, curators: Nathalie Zonnenberg, Liesbeth Bik, Tom van Gestel (cat.), www.pursuitofhappiness.nl
2005 Project Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, www.boijmans.nl, curator Patricia Pulles.
2005 Waterways, off-side project at Venice Biennial, curator Renee Vara
2005 Art Rotterdam, art fair, Galerie Martin v. Zomeren, Amsterdam (cat.)
2005 Expanded Painting, Expanded Viewing, CBK Groningen
2004 Winter kept us warm, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2004 Tracer, Witte de With and TENT Contemporary Art Centers, Rotterdam, www.wdw.nl / www.tentplaza.nl curator (of our part) Pelin Tan, head curators Catherine David and Arno van Roosmalen, (cat.)
2004 IJs/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, curator Edith Doove, Deurle, (cat.) museumdd.be
2004 Life boat, off side project at Miami Art Fair, organized by Mary Mattingly and Paul Middendorf
2004 The International Exchange Exhibition, Hunter College – Time Square Gallery, New York
2004 Poetry & Art, 35th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam, video screenings in
Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Donnar Bookshop, The Public Library and TENT Art Center
2004 Media Factory, international contemporary art exhibition/symposium, Zsolnay factory, Pécs curators Rita Varga and Attila Doboviczki
2003 Art together with life, 8th Havana Biennial, (cat.)
2003 From Dust to Dusk, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, www.charlottenborg-art.dk, curator Pontus Kyander (cat.)
2003 Bjartir dagar, Hafnarfjördur Art Festival, curator Úlfur Grönwold, (cat.)
2003 Flash and Fresh, CBK Rotterdam
2001 Sjálfbær þróun / Sustainable development, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, www.nylo.is curators Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir and Ásmundur Ásmundsson
2000 Proeftuin, CBK Dordrecht, NL (cat./CDR), www.cbkdordrecht.nl, curator Sef Peeters
2000 22, 3 locations and urban spaces, Groningen, (cat.), initiators Libia and Ólafur
1999 Op de rug van de tijger, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam Postgraduate exhibition from Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, (cat.)
1999 O.E.F, Open Electronisch Festival, U.S.V.A., Groningen
1999 Teksten, Groninger Museum, curator Ton Mars
1998 Niet de Kunstvlai, alternative art fair, Oude Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, solo presentation at stand of Galerie Ziegler, Gron.
1998 De Leugenaars / the liars (n)on line, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, (cat.), curators Jo Heijnen, Alder Manfje, Floor van Keulen
1998 Flögð og fögur skinn, Reykjavík Art Festival, curator Hannes Sigurðsson (cat.), www.art.is
1998 Over de grensen van schilderkunst, CBK Groningen, collaboration project of Frank Mohr Institute, Groninger Museum and CBK Groningen

Lectures, workshops and presentations

2008 Workshop at Iceland Academy of The Arts
2008 Lecture at Iceland Academy of The Arts
2007 Presentation at Van Abbe Museum, Caucus in the frame of Be(com)ing Dutch, curated by Annie Fletcher and Charles Esche, Eindhoven
2007 Lecture at the Royal Academie Den Haag
2007 Lecture at Kunstencentrum Groningen
2007 Workshop leaders, together with Erkan Özgen, of the project Here as the center of the world, Diyarbakir, Turkey, organized by DAI (Dutch Art Institute MFA in the Netherlands) and Anadolu Culture – Centre of Art andCulture, Diyarbakir. We curated, together with Erkan Özgen, a show of the outcome of the workshop at the last day, at Anadolu Culture
2007 Artist Talk at Anadolu Culture, Diyarbakir (TR)
2007 Workshop at the Faculty for Visual Arts Madrid, curated a show of the outcome at the Faculty, Madrid (ES)
2007 Studio visits guest teaching at the DAI, Dutch Art Institute (MFA), Enschede (NL)
2007 Workshop in Landgraaf for the Visual Art Academie in Mastricht (NL)
2007 Lecture/artist talk in Town House Galery, Cairo (EG)
2006 Artist Talk and studio visits, guest teaching at the DAI, Dutch Art Institute (MFA), Enschede (NL)
2006 Artist Talk at the Royal Academie Den Haag (NL)
2006 Artist talk at De Appel Contemporary Art Center, Amsterdam (NL)
2006 Panel disscussion at the opening of Homesick at the Akureyri Art Museum, with Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson, Guy Ben-Ner, Nevin Aladag, Haraldur Jónsson, moderator Hannes Sigurdsson
2005 guest teaching/studio visits at Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík
2005 Intensive workshop at residency Hotel Mariakapel for graduating students from Academie Minerva, Groningen
2005 Master classes at Minerva Academie, Groningen
2005 Lecture at Ram Foundation, Rotterdam
2004 Guest (Ólafur) in Nico´s Talk Show at Club Math, Rotterdam
2004 Lecture/presentation at Frank Mohr Instituut, MFA.
2003 Lecture/presentation at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
2003 Master classes at Bilgiz University, Istanbul
2003 Lectures at Istanbul Technical University
2003 Lecture/presentation at Bilgiz University, Istanbul

Grants, awards, commissions

2008 Fonds BKVB, NL, flexibele bijdrage werkbudget, production support for our work for Manifesta 7
2008 CBK Centre for the Arts Rotterdam, production support for our work for Manifesta 7
2007 Nominated for Prix Gilles Dusein for photography and video, FR
2007 Listamannalaun, 1 year research grant awarded from the Visual Artists’ Stipend Fond, Iceland
2006 Nominated for DV culture price, Reykajvik, Iceland
2006 CIA.IS Travelling Grant, Centre for Icelandic Art,
2006 CIA.IS Project Grant, Centre for Icelandic Art, for participating in the International Residence Program of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2005 Project Grant from the Fonds BKVB, The Art, Design and Architecture Fund of The Netherlands
2005 Travel Grant from MUGGUR, Artist Travel Fonds, Iceland
2004 Basis Stipendium, 2 years grant awarded from The Fonds BKVB, (NL)
2003 Grant from the Mondriaan Fonds for participation in the Havana Biennial
2003 Project Grant from the Fonds BKVB, (NL)
2003 Project Grant from the Fonds BKVB, (NL)
2003 Residency Grant awarded from the Fonds BKVB, (NL) for the Istanbul Residency Program – IRP- at Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Centre
2002 ONS Research Grant, from Centre for the Arts Rotterdam (NL)
2002 Grant, from Culture Area – City Council, Málaga (ES)
2001 Travelling Grant from Icelandic Ministry of Education and Culture
2001 Basisstipendium, grant from The Fonds BKVB, (NL)
2001 Grant from Sparisjódur Hafnarfjardar for The Last Minute Show at Straumur, (IS)
2000 Project and Travelling Grant from the Cultural Committee of Hafnarfjördur, for staying and working at Straumur Art Residence, Hafnarfjörður (IS)
2000 Granted 3 and a half month residency at Straumur, Art Residence,
Hafnarfjördur
2000 Manifestation Grant from the City Council of Groningen for Manifestation 22, (NL)
2000 Grant from the Province of Groningen, for the organization of Manifestation 22, (NL)
1998 Travelling grant from De Grote Brugmans Fonds for a study visit to New York

Residencies
2008 International Residency Program of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, one year, Berlin, Germany
2007 FAAP residency Sao Paolo, one month in the frame of the project Perambulacao/Zwerven, Brasil
2007 Townhouse Galery Cairo, one month research residency, Egypt
2003 IRP- Istanbul Residency Program at Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, 6 months
2001 Foundation B.a.d., guest studio for 6 months, Rotterdam
2000 Artist residency Straumur, Hafnarfjördur, 3 months
Collections

Private collection Iceland
Deiska de Collection, Amsterdam
MUDAM-Fondation Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Samskip collection (IS)
Centre for the Arts Rotterdam (NL)
Hanze hoogeschool , university of Groningen. (NL)
Sólvangur collection (IS)
Private collection Mastricht
Private collection Groningen

Publications (catalogues and books are mention above by each project)

2007 Solo Catalogue, CAC Málaga
2005 De Reader published by De appel, Amsterdam
2005 Review in Contemporary Art Magazine, no 68, London
2004 Review in Untitled Art Magazine, Fall issue, London
2004 Review in De Volkskrant, NL
2004 Review, in ART.ES, art magazine, Spain
2004 Kunstbeeld 07/08, Jonge goden uit Ijsland, review art magazine the Netherlands
2003 Project in C-magazine, international Canadian contemporary art magazine
2003 Several publications in the Danish press.
2003 Several publications in the Cuban press.
2003 Publication News brief krant Fonds BKVB, correspondence from abroad, Libia and Ólafur
2003 CNN TURK, Art Program and interview about “20 minus minutes”, in Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul.
2003 CNN TURK, Art Program and interview about Chamurdili Araniyor! Camurdili Araniyor! / S Searching for a clay Language! With artist initiative Oda Projesi.
2003 Publication,Time Out, Istanbul
2003 Interview and article, Göcebe Mekanlar, Architecture Magazine XXI, interviewer Pelin Tan
2002 Interview and article, about Searching for a clay language,voor de net, from Evrim Altug
2002 Publication in the presentation frame from Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center in various publications in different newspapers, Istanbul and Turkish National TV art program,
2002 Mósaík, Art and Culture program on National TV, interview in Gallerí Hlemmur, Reykjavík
2002 Review “Into the space” from Halldór B.Runólfsson, Morgunbladid (daily newspaper, national) IS
2002 “The inner and the outer”, Fréttabladid (daily newspaper), Reykjavík
2001 Article and interview “Grass-root in the Living Art Museum”, from Heida Jóhannsdóttir, Morgunbladid
2001 TENTAGENDA, Rotterdam.
2001 10.01. Interview “Líf án takmarkana”, from Unnar Jónasson, Morgunbladid (daily newsp.) IS
2000 17.11. Review “Straumur verdur draumur”, from Halldór B.Runólfsson, Morgunbladid, IS
2000 26.04 Interview “A special group exhibition in three empty houses in the city / Young artist want a lot / Project 22″, Drentse Courant and Groningse Dagblad (daily newspaper)
2000 01.05. Review “Project 22 penetrates all the way into closets and toilets”, Nieuwsblad van Het Noorden
1999 16.07. Article “The old HBS in Gron. transformed into a transitory art temple”, D. Courant, Gron. Dagblad
1998 23.04 Critique “How an art work passes borders and melts”, Eric Bos, Nieuwsblad van Het Noorden
1998 Critique “Feetstream action / Over the borders of painting”, Eric Bos, Nieuwsblad van Het Noorden

Studies Libia

97-99 MFA studies in painting and multi media, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
Master workshops and guest teaching by: Sef Peeters, Tion Ang, Roy villevoye, John Kormeling, Job Koelewijn, Fransje Killaars, JCJ van der Heyden, Wilma Suto, Andrés Serrano…
94-96 Academie Minerva, Groningen, Bachelor
1993 N. Academia de Belli Arti, Milano, exchange Erasmus, Multi media semester
1992 Folkwanghochschule fur Music, Tanz, Teater, Essen, flamenco dance
90-93 Fachhochschule fur Design, Dortmund, Object Design
89-91 Studies in German language and philosophy, Bochum University
84-00 Academias de Arte Flamenco: Amor de Dios, Madrid / Centro de Arte Flamenco De Jerez / Carmen de
Las Cuevas, Granada
1988 High-school graduation, Instituto de Bachillerato y COU, Nerja, Málaga

Grants, prices, works in collections Libia

1996 Nominated for the painting price, Buning Brungers Stichting
1993 Traveling and project grant,for working in Spain Grote Brugmans Fonds
1992 Erasmus stipend, D
1993 Works in 2 private collections and collection from the Hanze Hoogeschool University of Groningen

Studies Ólafur

Grants, prices, works in collections:

1996 Erasmus Stipend
1996 Work in Sólvangur collection