CURRICULUM VITAE (C.V.)

Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir
Hvítakletsvegur 15
FO-470 Eiði, Faroe Islands
Telph.: 298 723462
E-mail: sgn.art@kallnet.fo
Homepage: sigrungunnarsdottir.com, myspace.com/sigrungunnarsdottir

Born
1950 in Eiði, Faroe Islands

Education
Glyptoteket, Drawing Academy, Denmark 1971-1973
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1973-1980

Selected Solo Exhibitions
Eiði, Faroe Islands 1975, 1999
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 1977, 1989, 1999
Tasiilaq, East Greenland 1999
Faroe Islands Art Museum 2000   
Hanstholm, Mors, 2002  
Ribarhús, 2003 Leikalund, 2004 Faroe Island
Hamburg, 2006
Gallery Fokus 2007
Faroe Islands Artmuseum 2007

Selected Group Exhibitions
Ólavsøka, Faroe Islands Art Museum 1975- 2004
Young Faroese Art in Copenhagen, Denmark 1980
Spring Exhibition, Faroe Islands Art Museum 1992-2005
Quinnlia Art, Sweden 1994
Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark 1994
T.A.G. Galley, New York, USA 2000
Hafnarborg, Iceland 2001, 2003
The Nordic House, Faroe Islands 2001,2002,2003, 2005
Ålands Art Museum, Åland 2003
Den Frie,Copenhagen 2003
Mikkelberg, Germany 2004
Galleri Emmaus, Denmark 2005, 2006
Janus Bygningen Denmark 2006
The City Hall Copenhagen 2006
The North Atlantic House Copenhagen 2006
Trondheims Art Museum Norway 2006

Selected Purchases/Collections
The Faroese Goverment
The City Councils of Klaksvík, Eiði and Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands
The Fishermen´s Union, Faroe Islands
The Danish-Faroese Cultural Foundation
Faroe Islands Art Museum
Ålands Art Museum
Trondheim Artmuseum  

Decorations
The Church in Eiði, Faroe Islands. 2001
The Church in Selatrað, Faroe Islands. 2005, 2006
The Public School in Eiði, Faroe Islands. 2003.
Brande, Denmark, 2007

Awards/ Prizes/ Grants
Ruth Smith Art Foundation, Faroe Islands 1977
The Faroese Goverment 1998
The Faroese Gultural Foundation 2001, 2003

Bibliography
From the Atlantic Edge, Tórshavn 2000
The Nordic House, Faroe Islands, 2001,2002,2003,2005
Faroe Islands Artmuseum, 2007

Membership/ Professional Organisations
The Faroese Society of Visual Arts/BKF, Denmark