Designer
Guðbjörg Kristín Ingvarsdóttir
EDUCATION
| 1996 | Institute for Precious Metals, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Jewellery Design |
| 1994 | Reykjavík Technical College, Master Craftsman Diploma |
| 1993 | Copenhagen Polytechnic, Copenhagen, Denmark Journeyman’s Examination in Goldsmithing |
EMPLOYMENT
| 1999- | Aurum, Reykjavík, Iceland Owner, jewellery designer, producer |
| 1996-1999 | Au-Art, Copenhagen, Denmark Jewellery designer / co-operative workshop |
| 1989-1994 | Pyrit gold studio, apprenticeship contract |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | Visual Arts Awards 2008, Akureyri art museum, Iceland |
| 2008 | Keio,Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan |
| 2008 | Design Centre Knightsbridge, London, UK |
| 2007 | Magma/Kvika – Icelandic design, Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland |
| 2007 | Icelandic Embassy, Japan |
| 2006 | Au-art group exhibition, Runetaarn, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | Japan – Giftex Tokyo big sight |
| 2006 | Hótel Borg – Icelandic design, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 2006 | Gold 2006, Berlin, Germany |
| 2005 | Ómur, National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 2005 | New Icelandic goldsmithing, Gerðarsafn museum, Kópavogur, Iceland |
| 2005 | Nordic exhibition, Copenhagen-Faroe Islands-Reykjavík |
| 2004 | Design exhibition, Milan, Italy |
| 2004 | Nordic cool. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., USA |
| 2004 | Transforme via, Paris, France |
| 2003 | design.is, Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 | Icelandic Forms, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden |
| 2002 | Earrings, Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2001-2002 | Nordic Jewellery Triennial ll |
| 2000-2003 | Young Nordic Designers, Scandinavian house, New York and further |
| 2000 | Gug Church, Denmark |
| 2000 | Spirit of the North, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 2000 | On and Off, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland |
| 2000 | Tíminn og Vatnið, Reykjavík City Hall, Iceland |
| 2000 | Mót, Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland |
| 1999 | Talente ’99, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany |
| 1999 | Young Danish Jewellery Design, Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1998 | My Tree – Branching Out, Museum of Applied Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1998 | Creation, Gallery Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Iceland |
| 1998 | Iceland, G.7, Gallery Novanta Nove, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1997 | Wilhelms-haven, Burgerhaus Schortens, Germany |
| 1997 | Gallery Lokschuppen, Jever, Germany |
| 1997 | Wintergarden, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany |
| 1997 | All in a New Row, Fredrich Wilhelm Müller exhibition, Germany |
| 1997 | Iceland G.7, The foyer of Northernjutland Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 1996 | The Danish Museum of Jewellery, Askeby Møn, Denmark |
| 1996 | Graduation Exhibition: Gallery Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark; Pyrit G15, Reykjavík, Iceland; OZ., Helsinki, Finland |
| 1995 | The Music Hall of Aarhus, Denmark |
| 1995 | Gallery Boye, Aarhus, Denmark |
AWARDS
| 2008 | The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards 2008 – Design |
| 2001 | DV Cultural Award. Reykjavík, Iceland. |
| 2000 | First prize: Spirit of the North, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1997 | The Danish State Art Foundation, working grant |
| 1996 | Ausa R. Tilly’s Foundation, Denmark |
