Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir
Born in 1950 in Eiði, Faroe Islands
Education
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Copenhagen, Denmark 1973-1980
Glyptoteket, Drawing Academy,
Copenhagen Denmark 1971-1973
Awards/ Prizes/ Grants
2020 The Major Faroe Islands Cultural Awards
2012 The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 The Faroese Culture Fundation
1998 The Faroese Government
1977 Ruth Smith Art Fundation, Faroe Islands
Works In The Public
National Art Museum, Faroe Islands
Ålands Art Museum, Åland
Trondheims Art Museum, Norway
Nagoya University of Art, Japan
Banedict Church, Hamburg, Germany
Faroese Government, Faroe Islands
The City Councils of Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Eiði and Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands
The Fishermen Union, Faroe Islands
The Danish-Faroese Cultural Foundation, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen
Korndalsbýlið, Old people’s home Eiði, Faroe Islands
Decorations
URD, Respite Care and Rehabilitation Center in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2021
The H-Building / The Faroese Central Hospital in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2017-21
College, GLASIR in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, 2017-18
Nánd in Leirvík Faroe Island 2018
Youth Centre in Leirvík Faroe Islands, 2016-17
Brande, Denmark 2007
The Church in Selatrað, Faroe Islands 2005, 2006
The Public School in Eiði, Faroe Islands 2003
The Church in Eiði, Faroe Islands 2001
Bibliography
The Grestness in Little Things, National Art Museum, Faroe Islands 2018
Laterna Magica, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands 2012
Moderne Kunst der Faroer Inseln, Leopold Museum, Wien, Austria 2008
Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir, National Art Museum, Faroe Islands 2008-2014
Faroese Art, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands 2001,03,05,06,08
Atlantic Visions, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands 2002
From the Atlantic Edge, Tungulist, Faroe Islands 2000
International Workshop
Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Brande, Denmark
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Heartist, In the Publich School in Kuummiut, Greenland (solo)
2020/2021 Havið / The Ocean, National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
2020 – 1993 Spring Exhibition, National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
2020, 2016, 2014, 2010 My studio in Eiði, Faroe Islands (solo)
2019 Færø Expo, Galleri Sct. Gertrud Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 The Nordic Waves in Jarfo, Kyoto, Japan
2018 National Gallery of the Faroe Islands (solo)
2017 Augustiana, Augustenborg, Denmark
2017 Dronningelund Art Centre, Denmark
2015 Sunshine International Museum, Beijing, Cina
2015 TCG Nordica, Kunming,China
2016 – 2004 Gallery Emmaus, Haslev, Denmark
2013 Trondheims Art Society, Norway
2013 CASO Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2013, 2008 Nagoya University of Art Gallery, Japan
2012 Vejle Art Museum, Denmark
2012 Laterna Magica, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands
2012 Galleria Finarte, Nagoya, Japan
2011 Æglagret, Holbæk, Denmark (solo)
2011 Frederikshavn Art Museum, Denmark
2009 Ribe Art Museum, Denmark
2008 Leopold Museum, Austria
2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2001The Nordic House, Faroe Islands
2008 Kibouska Gallery, Gifu, Japan (solo)
2008 National Gallery of the Faroe Islands (solo)
2007, 2003, 2001 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjørður, Icland
2006 Trondheims Art Museum, Norway
2006 Janus Bygningen, Vestjyllands Artmuseum, Denmark
2006 The North Atlantic House, Copenhagen,Denmark
2006 The City Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Benedict Church, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2006, 2003 Den Frie, Faroese Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Mikkelberg, Husum, Germany
2003 Ålands Art Museum, Mariehamn, Åland
2000 T.A.G. Gallery, Amerikan Scandinavian Society, New York, USA
2000 National Gallery of the Faroe Islands (solo)
1999 The City Hall, Tasiilaq, Greenland (solo)
1994 Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994 Quinnlia Art, Lycksele, Sweden
1989 Føroya Banki, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (solo)
1980 Young Faroese Art in Copenhagen, Denmark
1979 Dansistovan in Eiði, Faroe Islands
1977 Andor Eirikstoft Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (solo)
1975 City Hall in Eiði, Faroe Islands (solo)
Membership / Professional Organisations
MYND, The Faroese Society of Visual Arts, www.mynd.fo
BKF, Danich Visual Artists, www.bkf.dk
