Sigrún Ólafsdóttir

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Sigrún Ólafsdóttir (* 1963 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic visual artist .

Sculpture "DUO" in Schifferstrasse in Saarbrücken

life and work

Sigrún Ólafsdóttir initially studied sculpture in Reykjavík and continued her training from 1990 to 1994 at the Saar College of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken . She was a master student of Wolfgang Nestler . In addition to painting and drawing, Sigrún Ólafsdóttir stood out particularly through her sculptures. These are mostly very large objects that convey a surprising lightness despite the material used (often wood and steel ).

She lives and works in Saarbrücken .

Prices

Solo exhibitions

Museum St. Wendel - Mia-Münster-Haus
Wilhelm Hack Museum Ludwigshafen

Participation in exhibitions

  • 2007: Jump in time, 85 years of the Saarland Artists Association,
Saarbrücken City Gallery
Sculpture on the river, sculpture symposium City of Konz
  • 2003: kunst los, Saarländischer Künstlerbund, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken

Works in public collections

Listasafn Museum, Reykjavíkurborgar, Iceland
Regional Council, Karlsruhe
Landeszentralbank Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate
Landesbank Saar, Saarbrücken
Sparkasse Saarbrücken
State Chancellery Saarbrücken

Works in public space

Fire jump in Wiltingen
Representation of the Saarland at the federal government , Berlin
Landesbank Saar, Saarbrücken
Dagstuhl Castle , Wadern
Sparkasse Saarbrücken am Neumarkt
Sparkasse Riegelsberg
Saarland University , Saarbrücken
Festo, St. Ingbert-Rohrbach
Wilhelm Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen
Wiltingen , Feuersprung, as part of the sculpture symposium Sculptures on the River
Schifferstrasse, Saarbrücken

literature

  • Gassen, Lagerwaard, Uthemann (ed.): Sigrún Ólafsdóttir - force and tenderness . Heidelberg 2005 ISBN 3936636516
  • Cornelieke Lagerwaard: Sigrún Ólafsdóttir - The light and the heavy, The light and the heavy. Saarbrücken 2003 ISBN 3933887097

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brochure "Künstlerinnenwettbewerb Schifferstraße", published by the Department for Education, Culture and Science of the State Capital Saarbrücken, Deputy Erik Schrader and by the Institute for Contemporary Art, Jo Enzweiler, Saarbrücken 2015, Verlag St. Johann GmbH, Saarbrücken, ISBN 9783981744736 . Online (PDF file) , accessed February 28, 2017.
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Sigrún Ólafsdóttir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ólafsdóttir, Sigrún
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík