 Artist's arttributes:
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Photography |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Iceland | 7 |
| Spain | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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camara oscura galeria de arte, Spain |
2 |
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Gallery Turpentine, Iceland |
2 |
Biography: 
1973 Born in Reykiavik (IS)
1989 - 1993 Baccalaureate in the section Social Science – speciality the media, Garðabær, Iceland
1998 - 1999 Art history and archaeology at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, Montpellier, France
1999 - 2001 BTS photographie at the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, Montpellier, France
2001 - 2004 MFA, École Nationale Supérieur de la Photographie (ENSP), Arles, France
Scholarship 2005 The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
Margrét Björgólfsdóttir, memorial foundation
2006 Working scholarship, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland
Awards 2002 First prize: “L’architecture de l’abbaye Montmajour et de son environnement”. L’Abbaye de Montmajour, France
2004 The 10th LVMH young artists’ award winner, France
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 24
until 1.9.
until 30.6.
Solo shows 6
2010
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| Imported Landscape - Listasafn Islands - National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik |
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| Thomsen & Thomsen - Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik |
2007
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| Pétur Thomsen - Imported Landscape - camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid |
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| Umhverfing - Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik |
2006
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| Pétur Thomsen - Imported Landscape - PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel/Bienne |
2005
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| Imported Landscape - Mustafa Ali Gallery, Damascus |
Group shows 16
2011
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| Grenzen anderer Natur - Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Island - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Vöknun - Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri |
2010
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| Sovereign European Art Prize - Barbican Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| Transphotographiques 2010 - Transphotographiques, Lille |
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| "De pictura. En defensa de la belleza" - EMAT Espai Metropolità d´Art de Torrent, Torrent |
2009
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| FotoTriennale.dk 2009 - FotoTriennale.dk, Odense |
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| You are more beautiful than a butterfly - Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik |
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| Dreams of the Sublime in contemporary Icelandic art - Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa |
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| Ipseity - Abeyance - Nordic House, Reykjavik |
2008
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| Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere - Listasafn Reykjavikur - Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik |
2007
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| Making, Marking, Mapping - Photo Gallery International , Tokyo |
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| Arrebato - camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid |
2006
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| reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow - Aperture Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Antichambre / Anticámara - Centro de la Imagen - Galeria El Ojo Ajeno, Lima |
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| reGeneration 50 photographers of tomorrow - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
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| reGeneration 50 photographes de demain - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
| Dealer Directory 2 |
Iceland
| | Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik
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Spain
| | camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid
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Collections 4
Iceland
| | Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik
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| | Listasafn Reykjavikur - Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik
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Switzerland
| | Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne
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| | Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne
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