Hannes Sigurðsson (born 1960 in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

) is an

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and an independent curator from

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 ...

. Hannes was appointed the director of the

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in 1999, where he served for almost 15 years, and is the founder and director of the Icelandic Cultural Enterprise ART.IS. Hannes received an MA degree in art history from the

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(1988-1990), and a BA degree from

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(1985-1988) after graduating from the Department of Painting at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (1980-1984) and the Reykjavik College of Music as a flautist (1975-1984). Hannes worked in New York for five years as an art correspondent, where he began a career as an independent curator, the first one of his kind in Iceland. Hannes has edited and published dozens of books and catalogues and curated over 350 exhibitions and large-scale projects. Hannes is the founder o
the Icelandic Visual Arts Awards
that were first held in 2006.

Publications

* ''Hvítir Skuggar: Margrét Jónsdóttir''. Listasafnið á Akureyri, 2009. * ''Hláturgas: Læknaskop frá vöggu til grafar''. Reykjavík: art.is Books, 2001. * ''Flögð og fögur skinn''. Reykjavík: art.is Books, 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurdsson, Hannes 1960 births Art historians European art curators Living people Hannes Sigurdsson