Úlfur Karlsson (born 13 October 1988) is an Icelandic artist and film director. Úlfur began his career making short films and documentaries. In the year of 2003 Úlfur screened the short film ''Pirovat'' at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival. In the year of 2008 he graduated from the National film Institute of Iceland (Icelandic Film School). He has made two short films since ''Pirovat''; ''Tvísaga'', in the year of 2006, and ''Einskonar Alaska (Kind of Alaska)'', in the year of 2008, based on a famous radio play by

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. In 2009 he graduated from the art school at

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, Myndlistarskólinn á Akureyri. After that he enrolled in

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and graduated with BA degree. At Valand he started painting in Neo-expressionistic style. Úlfur has had many exhibitions around

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, for example at Listasafn ASÍ, Slunkaríki in

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and Sláturhúsið at

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. In 2015 Úlfur, along with other young artists in Iceland, took part in an exhibition called ''Nýmálað (Just Painted)'' at Listasafn Reykjavíkur. In the same year he had a private exhibition at Listasafn Reykjavíkur, titled ''Við erum ekki hrædd (We are not afraid)'' and an exhibition titled ''Implant'' at Wind and Weather Gallery. In 2019 Úlfur had a private exhibition at Galerie Hilger NEXT in Vienna titled ''Ominvores ''.

Short films

* ''Pirovat'' 2003 * ''Tvísaga'' 2006 * ''Einskonar Alaska'' 2008

References

External links

Artist websiteErró um Úlf og Úlfur um Erró – VísirFrom Iceland — Artist Talk: Úlfur Karlsson
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