Ragnar Kjartansson (performance artist)

Ragnar Kjartansson ( b. 1976 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic performance artist, painter, sculptor and musician ( member of the Trabant ). He was Representative of Iceland at the Venice Biennale 2009.

Ragnar Kjartansson is the son of actor, director and playwright Kjartan Ragnarsson ( b. 1945 ) and the well-known Icelandic actress Guðrún Ásmundsdóttur (* 1935). His grandfather is the sculptor and ceramist Ragnar Kjartansson, after which he was named.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2000 och jag vil Konstar knulla, 1319 A Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2000 Video installation with Gunnhildur Hauksdottir, Galleri Nema Hvad, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 2001 Hurt the one you love, Galleri i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 2003 colonialization, Galleri Kling & Bang, Iceland
  • 2004 Oh my god, SAFN, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 2004 Monument of Love
  • 2004 Confidential ( with Magnús Sigurðarson ), Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland
  • 2005 The Great Unrest, Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland
  • 2006 Sorrow conquers happiness, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • 2007 God, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 2009 The End, Icelandic Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
  • 2011 Eternal longing, endless return, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2012 The Visitors, Migros Museum, Zurich
  • 2013 Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, Thyssen -Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Augarten, Vienna
  • 2014 Ragnar Kjartansson and Friends: The Castle of the summer country, Thyssen -Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Augarten, Vienna
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