ICELANDISSOCERAMIC

aretrospectiveofSteinunnMarteinsdóttir’sceramicworks

Steinunn, who lives and works on her art at Hulduhólar in Mosfellsbær, has had a long and prosperous career as ceramicist in Iceland. She is renowned for her elegant yet various contributions to Icelandic ceramic arts. In her first solo-exhibition in 1975 she introduced Icelandic landscape motifs to the ceramic field, with enormous sculptured vases and ceramic wall plaques. Quite unpredictable in her style, her vast body of work bears witness to her indefatigable exploration of techniques and limits, in both material as well as formal language and decoration.

Curator: Harpa Thorsdottir

Opens Jan 9, runs until Feb 28 2016

Exhibition design: Helgi Mar Kristinsson. Exhibition texts: Harpa Thorsdottir. Supervision of works: Thora Sigurbjornsdottir. English translation: Gudrun Baldvina Saeavarsdottir. Graphic design: Amundi. Production of video of Steinunn Marteinsdottir: Edda Bjornsdottir.