Anna Jóelsdóttir is a contemporary artist of Icelandic heritage, now based in Reykjavik She is known for sculptural works of painted canvas often created as site specific installations.

Early life and education

She studied at the University Teachers College of

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(BEd, 1978), the

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(MA Applied Research in Education,

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, 1985) and at the

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where she received an MFA in 2002.

Work and Artistic Practice

Anna's work in the early 2000s, were abstractions "inspired by her search for a center in a globalized world" In 2011, ''Chicago Art Magazine'' described Anna's work as having "a whimsical, illustrative quality, but with the movement and vibrancy of sound. Manipulation of the paper transforms her drawings into sculpture, books, and larger than life installations. In the third dimension she is able to play with the interconnected tensions between negative and positive spaces, light and shadow, and the fragility and durability of her material." Anna's artworks were exhibited in numerous galleries across the world: th
Tarble Arts Center
EIU)

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, Iceland an
ASÍ Museum
in Reykjavík. She has had solo exhibitions at th
Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
an
Hafnarborg Institute in Iceland
She has also exhibited at th
Evanston Art Center
in Illinois, th
Living Art Museum in Reykjavík
and th
West Bend Art Museum
in Wisconsin. Jóelsdóttir studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received her MFA. Anna lives and works in

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References

External links

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Review: Anna Joelsdottir/ZG Gallery
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Anna Jóelsdóttir Anna Jóelsdóttir is a contemporary artist of Icelanders, Icelandic heritage, now based in Reykjavík, Reykjavik She is known for sculptural works of painted canvas often created as site specific installations. Early life and education She stud ...

Artists from Chicago Place of birth missing (living people)