Egill Sæbjörnsson (born 1973) is an Icelandic visual artist, filmmaker, musician and architecture interventionist. He lives and works between

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and

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. Sæbjörnsson's work brings together 3D environments, digital projections, technology, and sound. These range from small intimate installations in museum and gallery settings to larger-scale permanent architectural installations. Sæbjörnsson conceives his work as a technological continuation of painting and sculpture, exploring the space between the virtual and physical. His works have been exhibited in The Martin Gropius Bau,

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in London,

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in New York,

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, Museum of Modern Art Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul,

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in Rome, The Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin,

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, Amos Rex,

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in Stockholm, Oi Futuro Rio de Janeiro,

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, and The National Gallery of Prague. He represented

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at The 57th Biennale Arte in Venice, and in 2019 he was nominated for the

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in Finland. He lectures and contributes to various publications. "Stone Ball, 2014" is Sæbjörnsson's public art installation in Berlin commissioned by

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. It's a massive concrete block with a stone hemisphere with computer-controlled projection.

Exhibitions

*2022 Object Species – Virtuality. KW Kunstwerke Berlin e.V. and The Living Art Museum Reykjavík. Part of KW Digital Platform series, curated by Nadim Samman. Reykjavík Art Festival. *2022 Egill Sæbjörnsson – Object Species: Sculptures. Kummelhomen together with Modern Museet, Vårberg Centrum and Andys gallery, Stockholm. Cur: Torbjörn Johannson, Catrin Lundqvist, Maaike Gouwenberg and Andy Ludvigsson *2023 The Girl from Ahlen – Part II. Kunstmuseum Ahlen. Ahlen. *2023 Egill Sæbjörnsson & Infinite Friends of the Universe.

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. Cur: Arnbjörg María Danielsen *''A Way to Pleasure'', Art Basel, 2015 *''The Inner Life of Things''.

Venice Biennale

In 2017 Sæbjörnsson represented Iceland in the 57th

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. He chose two Icelandic trolls, Ūgh and Bõögâr. for the Icelandic Pavilion.

Articles

*"A Complicated Surface." ''The Warp of Time''. Mnemosyne Projects. 2024

Books

*''Egill Sæbjörnsson and Infinite Friends of the Universe'', 2023. *''The Book'', Anagram Book 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saebjornsson, Egill 1973 births Living people 21st-century Icelandic male artists Artists from Reykjavík