DARRI LORENZEN

Born 1978 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Lives and works in Berlin


EDUCATION

2005-2006            Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee
2002-2003            Interfaculty Iamge and Sound, Royal Aca-demy of Art and Royal Conservatoire Den Haag,
                             The Netherlands
1997-2000            BFA, Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Iceland



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010    

       Vanishing; Galeria Stereo, Poznan, Poland
2009    

       In Point of Fact; Krome Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008    

       Converge; Galerie Air Garten, Berlin, Germany
       Passing By, Seydisfjordur; Skaftfell, Seydisfjordur, Iceland (Curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson and Elísabet  Indra
       Ragnarsdóttir)
2007   

       MID; Menningarnótt, Reykjavik, Iceland
       Round Here; New General Catalog 224, New York City, USA
       Contours of Site; Project Gentili, Prato, Italy
       This Time Any Time; Dandruf Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006   

       Through Out; Kunsthalle Loppem, Bruge/Loppem, Belgium
2005   

       Peer In (kíkt inn); Gallery Bananananas, Reykjavik, Iceland
       In Place (stad sett); Gallery Box, Akureyri
       Altostratus Suite; MAA-TILA, Helsinki, Finland (with Örn Helgason, Egill Kaalevi Karlsson & Thor Si-gurthorsson)
       Untitled (Nafnlaust); Material Time/ Work Time/ Life Time, Rey-kjavik Arts Festival, Iceland (with Elin Hansdóttir)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013
       Sang Bleu; Skopia Art contemporain, Geneva

2012
       POSITIONING OSMOTIC IMPULSES; SAVVY Contemporary, former prision Berlin-Neukölln

2011   
        a painting show; Autocenter, Berlin, Germany (curated by Aaron Moulton)

2010   

        ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW; SATELLITES, Ausstellung in drei Teilen, Freies Museum Berlin, Germany
        Enchanted; School of development, Berlin, Germany (Curated by Juliette Bonneviot)
        Villa Reykjavik; Háskólabíó (cinema), við Hagatorg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009    

        Zeigen, an adiotour; Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany (a project by Karin Sander)
        Momentum 2009; 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2008  

        Dark Science; Curators Without Borders, Berlin, Germany
        Experiment Marathon; RAM, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (Curated by Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich
        Obrist)
        Pole Shift (Prato); Project Gentili, Prato, Italy
        Open; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland (curated by Darri Lorenzen)
        Le Chamois ee Messidor; PROGRAM initiative for art + architecture collaborations, Berlin, Germany
        UOVO OPEN OFFICE, Basel, Switzerland
        Pole Shift (Berlin); Project Gentili, Berlin, Germany
2007                

        Stadtfinden Moderne, Berlin, Germany
2006               

        Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006   

        Show; Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
        4th International Students Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
        The Other Side of Things; Gallery BUS, Melborne, Australia
        What We Discussed Yesterday; Gallery Danziger, Berlin, Germany
2005   

        New Icelandic Art II; National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Purgatory III: The Holy Ghost; Gallery Boreas, New York City, USA
        Strange Attractor; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Deliberate Disguises; (Reykjavik Arts Festival sub-event)
2004    

        Nordur& Nindur; The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Draumar Dystopiu; Klink & Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Vetrarmessa; The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001    

        Grassroot: Sustainable Development; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Polyphony; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000   

        Tilfinning, Áhrif; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
        Shopping and Fucking; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
        House Takeover; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland


SELECTED PERFORMANCES

2009   

        Void Doupt Echo; The Office, Berlin, Germany
2008   

        Out of Here; Project Gentili, Berlin, Germany
        Vocal Map; Uovo Open Office, Basel, Switzerland
2006   

        Right Here Right Now; 4th International Student Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey


GRANTS

2009    Center for Icelandic Art, Publication Grant
2008    Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
           Visual Artists’ Stipend Fond, Iceland
2007    Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
           The annual Dungal Prize for Young Artists in Iceland
2006    Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
2005    Mugger Travel Fund, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists