Sigurlaugur Elíasson (born May 26, 1957, in Borgarjarðarhreppur) is 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 artist and poet. He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Craft (now the

Iceland Academy of the Arts Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of ...

). His first solo exhibition was at the National Gallery ASI 1985. He has held ten solo exhibitions of paintings and graphics. Sigurlaugur also published his first book of poetry ''Grátónaregnbogann'' in 1985. He is the brother of

Gyrðir Elíasson Gyrðir Elíasson (born 4 April 1961) is an author and translator in Iceland. Life and Literary Career Gyrðir was born in Reykjavík, but was raised in Sauðarkrókur, a small town in the northern part of the country. He graduated from the Fjö ...

and lives and works in

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

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1957 births Living people Sigurlaugur Eliasson Sigurlaugur Eliasson Sigurlaugur Eliasson Sigurlaugur Eliasson {{Iceland-bio-stub