Icelandic artist currently working and living in Reykjavík
Education:
École des Arts Decoratifs, Strasbourg, France, Multimedia 1991-1994,
Diplome National Superieur des Arts Plastique (1994)
The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Painting 1987-90
Akureyri College of Art, Iceland 1985-1986
Sigtryggur is on the Museum Council and Purchase Committee of The National Gallery of Iceland on behalf of The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. He is on the Board of Reykjavik Art School and has been teaching there and at The Icelandic Art University.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1995 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, Summer Exhibition
1995 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Eins konar hversdagsrómantík”
1996 Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland, “Love”
1996 Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Hinnsta sýning”
1997 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, Summer Exhibition
1997 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Two Dimensions-Two Visions”
1998 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Ný aðföng”
1999 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Vid Aldamot”
1999 The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland, “The Golden Brush”
2001 Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, “The Golden Brush”
2001 The Nordic Embassies in Berlin, Germany, “Der Goldene Pinsel”
2002 Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Aðföng”
2002 Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland, “Akureyri II”
2005 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Tvívíddvídd”
2005 Hoffmannsgallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Painting”
2006 ASÍ Art Gallery “Verk, hlutur, hlutverk, Reykjavik
2006 National Gallery of Iceland “The Painting after 1980”
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1991 Gamli Lundur, Akureyri, Iceland
1995 Vid Hamarinn, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
1995 Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
1996 Gallery Greip, Reykjavik
1998 EFTA Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
1999 Englaborg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland,
“Homage to Rothko and the search for the sublime”
2002 Englaborg, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Treemix-Remix”
2002 Kopavogur Art Museum, Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur, Iceland, “Layers”
2004 Kopavogur Art Museum, Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur, Iceland, “Fields”
2005 Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Black water, bright water”
2006 Reykjanesbaer Art Museum, “Sog”
2007 Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland, “Vetrarvotn Sunnanheida”
2008 Gallery Jonas Vidar, Akureyri, Iceland, “Eyjafjardara”
2009 More North Gallery, New York, USA, “River Paintings”
Works in Public Collections:
Akureyri Art Museum
The National Gallery of Iceland
The Art Collection of the University of Iceland
Reykjavik Art Collection
The High Court of Iceland
The National Hospital of Iceland
Kópavogur Art Collection