Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir
oskv@li.is

education / grants

2000-2002 artist grant from the salary fund for icelandic artists
1999 guest artist at Suomenlinna in Finland
1999 artist grant from the City of Reykjavík
1997 artist grant from the salary fund for icelandic artists
1995 grant  from the Svavar Gudnason - Ásta Eiríksdóttir foundation
1994-1996 grant from the academy in Berlin (NaFÖG)
1995 "Goldrausch" - project for female artist working in Berlin
1994 Meisterschülerin, prof. Valie Export
1988-1994 "Hochschule der Künste" Berlin
1984-1986 MHÍ/ the Icelandic Collage of Arts and Crafts

selected solo shows

2002 Galleri Slunkaríki, Ísafjordur
2000 Galleri Leena Kuumola, Helsinki
1997 Gallerí Ingólfsstræti 8
1996 Reykjavík city hall

selected joint exhibitions 

2002 STORM, (Stavanger, Trammefors, Odense, Reykjavík, Malmö)
CAMP, Hofn Hornafjordur
FERÐAFUDA, Akureyri and Seyðisfjörður
HYPERCRAZE, The Living Art Museum
2001 NORDIC OBJECTS, nordic house, Reykjavik
FERDAFUDA, Slunkaríki, Ísafjördur
2000 DIA/SLIDE/TRANSPARENCY,Kunstamt Kreuzberg, NGBK, Berlin
NORDEN, Kunsthalle Wien
THE SEVEN VIRTUES, Thingvellir, Iceland
7/6: Austria/Iceland,  Eisernes Haus, Graz
1999 7/6: Austria/Iceland in The Living Art Museum in Reykjavik
FIRMA ´99
1998 THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK (Berlin-Reykjavik)
NUIT BLANCE, Museum of modern art, Paris (videoprogram)
1997 ALDRIN UNLOADS EXPERIMENTS, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin
1996 GOLDRAUSH VII; Martin Gropiusbau, Berlin

other occupation

*gives lessons at the Academy of the Arts in Reykjavík since 1997
*chairman of the board of the Living Art Museum in Reykjavik (artist run gallery) 2000-2002
*tour guide in the icelandic mountains with foreign hikers every summer since 1990