Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson
Visual Artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland
Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson was born in Akureyri, Iceland in 1966. He studied at the Akureyri School of Visual Arts, the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts and the École des Arts Decoratifs in Strasbourg, France
His paintings, watercolours and photographic work reflect his engagement with specific natural phenomena. Water-based leitmotifs such as running water and oceanic surfaces are woven into his work, reflecting the elements of light, air and earth and nature’s unique powers such as wind and gravity. Baldvinsson has also tried to accentuate and emphasize the construction or organization of things in the world with his paintings of flower covered slopes and the foliage of trees.
With growing urgency, the artist’s work now reflects his concern with questions that relate to modern man’s relationship with, and responsibilities for, untouched nature.
Baldvinsson’s works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in all the major museums in Iceland and his works are a part of the collections of for example The National Gallery of Iceland, The Art Collection of the University of Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum, The High Court of Iceland, The National Hospital of Iceland, Kópavogur Art Museum and numerous private collections.
EDUCATION
1991-1994 École des Arts Decoratifs, Diplome National Superieur des Arts Plastique. Strasbourg, France
1987-1990 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Painting Department
1985-1986 The Akureyri School of Visual Arts. Akureyri, Iceland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 360 day´s and Paintings, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
2016 Marshland shadows , Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 360 day´s in Gethsemane, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Veðra von, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Ísland
2014 The Pastor, the Moor, the Sea and the Trees, Blank, Brighton, UK
2012 Three Locations, Gallery Ágúst, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011 The River, ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011 Permanent Moment, The Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art (Hafnarborg), Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (together with Þorri Hringsson)
2011 Permanent Moment, The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland (together with Þorri Hringsson)
2010 Rivers – Painting in the Era of Flowing Waters, The Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerði (together with Þorvaldur Skúlason)
2010 The Wind in Skagafjörður, Höfðaströnd Artist Residency, Skagafjörð, Iceland
2010 Seven Heavens, The Church at Árbær, Reykjavík, Iceland
2009 Af gróðri jarðar, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 River Paintings, More North, NY, USA
2008 Eyjafjörður River, Gallery Jónas Viðar, Akureyri, Iceland
2007 Vetrarvötn Sunnanheiða, Gallery Turpentine, Rekjavik, Iceland
2006 Sog, Reykjanes Art Museum, Reykjanesbær, Iceland
2005 Bright Water – Black Water, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 For Culture Night, T.M. Gallery in association with Reykjavik Culture Night, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 Fields, Kopavogur Art Museum (Gerðarsafn), Kópavogur, Iceland
2002 Layers, Kopavogur Art Museum (Gerðarsafn), Kópavogur, Iceland
2002 Treemix-Remix, Englaborg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 In Memory of Rothko and the Search for the Inexpressible, Hallgrím’s Church, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001 The Westman Islands Spring Arts Festival, Gamli Vélasalurinn, The Westman Islands, Iceland
2000 Englaborg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000 The Ketilhus, Akureyri, Iceland
1998 The European Free Trade Association Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
1997 Two Dimensions – Double Vision, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996 Greip Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1995 The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
1995 Hamar Gallery, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
1991 Gamli Lundur, Akureyri, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Just Painted 2, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík
2014 Summer Show, Hverfisgallerí , Reykjavik, Iceland
2012 Nautn og notagildi (Enjoyment and Utility), The Arnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
2012 Dedication – An Exhibition in Memory of Georg Guðni, Studio Stafn, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 Watery Hues – A Survey of Icelandic Watercolors, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 Lífróður, The Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art (Hafnarborg), Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2009 Hidden Treasure – Treasures in Public Possession, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2007 Indigo, Kópavogur Art Museum (Gerðarsafn), Kópavogur, Iceland
2006 Painting after 1980, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2006 Verk, hlutur, hlutverk, ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Paintings, Gallery Hoffmann, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Two Dimensional Dimension, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2002 Akureyri II, The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2002 Acquisitions, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2001 Der Goldene Pinsel (The Golden Paintbrush), The Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany
2001 The Golden Paintbrush, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999 The Golden Paintbrush, The Corridor, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 At the Millenium, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Summer Exhibition, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 Hinnsta sýning, Greip Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 Love, The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
1995 A Sort of Everyday Romance, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Summer Exhibition, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
The Icelandair Collection, Iceland
The University Art Museum, Iceland
National Gallery of Iceland, Iceland
Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
Kopavogur Art Museum (Gerðarsafn), Iceland
The Supreme Court of Iceland
Reykjavík City Hospital
Íslandsbanki Bank
The National Bank of Iceland
MP Bank
The TM Insurance Collection
The Akureyri Junior College
STIPENDS AND COMMISSIONS
Visual Artists’ Salary Fund, The Icelandic Ministry of Culture
Artist Grant by the City of Reykjavík
Penninn Art Foundation Grant 1996
The Supreme Court of Iceland 2002