Inga Svala Thórsdóttir CV

Inga Svala Thórsdóttir, Icelandic

1999- Started working on BORG
1999-2004 Teaches at Hochschule für Bildene Künste Hamburg
1995 Graduated from Hochschule für Bildene Künste Hamburg
1993 Founded Thor?s Daughter?s Pulverization Service
1991 Started collaboration with Wu Shanzhuan, Red Humour International
1991 Graduated from Painting Department, Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts

Solo Exhibitions

2006 BORG?, 21ºW64ºN, Kunstverein & Stiftung, Springhornhof Deutschland

2005 BORG Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen

2004 BORG Standpunkte, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, publication

2003 vinyl-sound-scape, Sprengel Museum Hannover

2002 BORG, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, publication
BORGARLEIÐIR, Pro qm, Berlin

2001 BORG, Stars and Stripes, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, publication
BORG-Aðalbrautarstöð Reykjavíkur, Beige, Berlin

1999 Vitrinenglassschiebefenster,
Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Bonn, publication
Eine Badewanne, Galerie Andreas Schlüter, Hamburg

1994 Thor?s Daughter?s Pulverization Service, Gerdberg, Reykjavík, publication

1992 Heima er Bezt, Morgunblaðið-Hustler-Lögbirtingarblaðið
Gallery 11, Reykjavík (a collaboration with Olga Bergmann)

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2007 Metamorphosis, The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland, in collaboration with Wu Shan Zhuan.

2005
Back From Natur: The Sportman Redux,
Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine Collage of Art, Portland, Maine, publication
Jagdsalon, Kunstverein Ettlingen, publication
Line Up, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, publication

2004
?Der Himmel ist schön, undurchdringlich wie Marmor?, temporaer, Hamburg
20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Tätig Sein, NGBK, Berlin, publication

2003
Ort des Gegen, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Mothers of Invention, MUMOK, Vienna
Un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, publication
A strange heaven, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, in collaboration with Wu Shan Zhuan

2002
Wie konnte das Einhorn die Sintflut überstehen? Extract/Implant
Neues Museum, Weimar, publication
Weiße Jacke, Agentur für zeitgenössische Kunst, Hamburg
Ökonomien der Zeit, Museum Ludwig, Köln; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Migros Museum, Zürich, publication

2001
Birnen, Bohnen & Speck, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai
Ferdafuda, Slunkariki, Isafirdi

2000
EN DEHORS DES CARTES, Centre Regional d?art Contemporain, Sete
Foto Biennale Rotterdam, Las Palmars Building, Rotterdam
(a collaboration with Ina Wudtke) , publication
Heimat Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, publication
Lauf der Dinge, Kunsthalle Manege, St Petersburg, publication

1999
Firma, The Reykjavik Association of Sculptors, The Domestic Zoo, Reykjavik

1998
Stipendiaten, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, publication
Visions du nord, Musee d?Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, publication
In the Flesh, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
Flögd og Fögur Skinn, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, publication
schnittstelle/production, Shedhalle, Zürich
Medusa Festival, Gizycko-Mazury

1997
7th Bienal Internacional de Escultura e Desenho das Caldas da Rainha
Centro Empresarial do Oeste, Caldas da Rainha, publication
Bautafel, Hamburg Architektur Sommer 1997, Hamburg, publication
Bridge the Map is not the territory , Outdoor, project, Fleetinsel, Hamburg, publication
10, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, publication

1996
Auflösung, Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart

1995
Botngrodur, Outdoor project, Hallormsstaður
Attitudes, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, publication

1994
Bifurcations , Abbaye Saint-Andre, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, publication

1993
Tvískinnungur Kvennholdsins, Moccakaffi, Reykjavík
MEGADEAL, Friesenwall 116, Köln (a collaboration with Peter Fend, Ocean Earth)
Ein Schultafelflugel, Gymnasium Bramfeld, Hamburg

1992
HfbK B.P., B.P. Headquarters Hamburg, Hamburg, publication

WU SHAN ZHUAN, RED HUMOUR INTERNATIONAL &
Inga Svala Thorsdottir, THOR?S DAUGHTER?S PULVERIZATION SERVICE

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001
Thing?s Right(s) -New York, 2001, Making Your Own Nationality, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, N.Y.

1999
Thing's Right(s) Cuxhaven, Cuxhavener Kunstverein, Cuxhaven, publication
Vege-Pleasure Hong Kong Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, publication

1998
Vege-Pleasure, Ingólfsstræti 8 Galleri, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavík, publication

1996
Please Don't Move, Bahnwarterhaus, Galerien der Stadt, Esslingen, publication

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004
On the Edge ? Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York

2003
A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, publication

2002
Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris, publication
Made by Chinese #6, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
China: Contemporary Art, Museu de Arte Brasileira, São Paulo

2001
III Bienal do Mercosul , Various venues, Porto Alegre, publication

2000
nordicliveart.org, Paletten magazine performance festival, Göteborg
Continental Shift,
Musée d?Art Moderne et d?Art Contemporain de la Ville de Liege, Liege, publication

1998
? Es grünt so grün ?, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, publication
NEID 7, Release, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, publication
Berlin/Berlin, Platform, Berlin

1997
Other Kind of Communism (part 2), The Cable Gallery, Helsinki

1996
The Scream, Borealis 8, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhangen, publication
Unfrieden. Sabotage von Wirklichkeiten,
Hamburger Woche der Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, publication

1995
Nordic Wells, Nordic Wells, Noræna Husið (Nordic House), Reykjavik, publication
Zwischen den Deichen, Outdoor project, Büsum, publication
Der Abschied von der Ideologie, Kampnagelfabrik K3, Hamburg, publication
Des del Pais del Centre: Avantguardes Artistiques Xineses ,
Santa Monica Art Centre, Barcelona, publication

1994
Festival der Künste, Bad Gleichenberg (Austria)
Aus der Eisenzeit, Kampnagelfabrik K3, Hamburg, publication
[no title] , Living Art Musuem, Reykavik

1993
Made In Hamburg, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, publication
Fontanelle, Kunst in (x) zwischenfaellen, Kunstspeicher, Potsdam, publication