Georg Guðni Hauksson (1 January 1961 – 18 June 2011) was an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic landscape painter."Sudden Passing of Celebrated Icelandic Artist"
''Icelandic Review'', 20 June 2011, Retrieved 2014-11-06.

Biography

From 1980 to 1985, Georg Guðni studied at the Visual Art and Handicraft College in Reykjavík and from 1985 to 1987 at the

Jan Van Eyck Academie The Van Eyck – Multiform Institute for Fine Art, Design, and Reflection (formerly known as “Jan van Eyck Academie”) is a post-academic institute for research and production in the fields of fine art, design and art theory, based in Maastrich ...

in Maastricht. His first solo exhibition at

the Living Art Museum The Living Art Museum (Nýló) is a not-for-profit, artist-run museum and exhibition platform for innovative and experimental contemporary art in Reykjavík, Iceland. The Living Art Museum is committed to presenting, collecting, and preserving w ...

in Reykjavik in 1985 attracted much attention, as it presented a special view of landscape painting with innovative formal and conceptual interpretation. Georg Guðni won several awards for his work, including DV Cultural Award in 1988, he was nominated for the

Ars Fennica Award Ars Fennica Award presented by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Ars Fennica Art Foundation is the biggest Finland, Finnish art award that has been awarded since 1991. The Ars Fennica art award is made annually to one artist in recognition of distincti ...

in 2000 and three times he was nominated for the

Carnegie Art Award The Carnegie Art Award was a Swedish art award event established in 1998 by Swedish financial group Carnegie Investment Bank to recognize and promote Nordic contemporary painting and artists. With a total prize sum of SEK 2.1m, the Carnegie Ar ...

. He died suddenly in June 2011, survived by his wife, Sigrun Jónasdóttir, and five children."Georg Guðni dead"
Morgunblaðið, 20 June 2011, Retrieved 2014-11-06.

References

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