Ásrún Tryggvadóttir

Born 1939 in Akureyri Iceland

Education:

  • 1995 MFA Printmaking Ohio State University
  • 1989 BA (English) University of Iceland.
  • 1983 BS (art ed.) Minot State College, North Dakota, USA.
  • 1974-1978 Reykjavík School of Art.
  • Solo exhibitions:

    1995 Jarðsýni. Listhús 39, Hafnarfjörður.
    1994-95 Prints and drawings. University College of Education, Reykjavik.
    1994 Prints. University galleries Minot State University ND.
    1992 Bergstál. Woodcuts, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
    1984 Drawings. Mosfellssveit, Library.
    1979 Drawings. Hartnett Hall Gallery, Minot North Dakota.

    Selected group exhibitions:

    1994 Selection of prints from Iceland, Atrium Gallery
    University of Connecticut at Storr.

    1993 20th International Biennial in Ljubljana Slovenia.

    1992 Icelandic printmakers, Finland, travelling exhibition.
    Icelandic printmakers, Vaxjö, Sweden.
    XIIth International Biennial woodcut and wood engraving, Banská
    Bystrica Czecho-Slovakia.

    1990 Tomelilla kunsthall Sweden, Icelandic printmakers,
    Angered, Sweden travelling exhibition .
    Icelandic Artists Köln Germany.

    1989 Icelandic printmakers - 20 years, Nordic House, Reykjavík.
    Royal Etchers-Painters and Engravers, London, England.

    1986 Icelandic printmakers, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík.

    1985 Women of Northern Iceland , Akureyri.
    1983 Fall exhibition FÍM Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík.

    1982 Minot Art Gallery, North Dakota, USA.

    1979 Five artists in Gallery SÚM, Reykjavík.


    1983-87 Instructor Reykjavík School of Art
    1987-95 Assistant professor University College of Education

    1988-91 Board member of The federation of Icelandic visual artists SIM
    1990-1993 Chairperson of the Icelandic Printmakers' Association

    Works in public collections in Iceland, USA and Sweden.