ELIN JAKOBSDOTTIR
Born in Selfoss, Iceland
Lives and works in Glasgow and Berlin
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2014
Leeds City Art Gallery
2013
Symbolic Ecstatic (with Mark Sadler); Fictionhouse, Berlin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013
Bursting at the Seams Boiling Point of Dreams (with Mark Sadler); Krome Gallery, Berlin
Drawing Biennale 2013; The Drawing Room, London
2012
Ecstatic Symbolic (with Mark Sadler); Fiction House, Berlin
»Drifting« (group show) curated by Valerie Smith; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2011
Worktable 1 Worktable 2; Fiction House, Berlin
2009
Hinges Between Days; Temporäre Galerie, Köln for Cologne Contemporaries
Hinges Between Days; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
2008
Afterthought (group show); IrmaVepLab Reims, France
Projections-Making Work for Galleries Work for Cinema; Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh International Film Festival
2007
Placemakers; Curators Without Borders Gallery, Berlin
2006
Veranstaltungen; Fiction House, Berlin
2005
Revisions in Relative Time; Market Gallery for Glasgow International
2004
16mm film commissioned by The Louvre Museum, Paris
2004/5
A Coté Rêve un Sphynx Accroupi; The Louvre Museum, Paris
2003
Glasgow School of Art MFA Show; Tramway, Glasgow
2001/2
Des Territoires (Group Show) curated by Jean-François Chevrier; l’Ecôle des Beaux Arts, Paris
2001
Human Fabric; Gallery Jota Castro Projects, Brussels
1999
Recent Work; La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1998
Traces; Kulturhusset, Bergen, Norway
1997
Between Two Spaces; shop space Charing Cross, Glasgow
1996
New Scottish Art | The Demarco Foundation, Edinburgh
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Louvre Museum Paris | Models: 16mm film
commissioned by The Louvre Museum in 2004
AWARDS
2012 Exhibiting Abroad Grant British Council
2009 Hope Scott Trust Award
2004 Exhibiting Abroad Grant, British Council
2003 Professional Development, Grant Scottish Arts Council
2001 Exhibiting Abroad Grant, British Council
2000 Sleipnir Travel Grant Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art
1999 Small Assistance Grant, Scottish Arts Council
1998 Nordic Guest Artist Residency Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art
RESIDENCIES
2008-9 Stills Gallery Edinburgh
2003 La Cité Internationale des Arts
2000 N.I.F.C.A. Residency, Suomenlinna Helsinki, Finland
1999 La Cité Internationale des Arts
1998 Nordic Guest Artist, Bergen, Norway (N.I.F.C.A Residency)
EDUCATION
2002 MFA Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
1992 BA Hons Fine Art, Drawing and Painting, Glasgow School of Art
W.O.Hutchison Award for Drawing
1990 Christies Scholarship for Painting
CATALOGUES
2009 »Hinges Between Days« catalogue published by Stills Edinburgh
2007 »Placemakers« catalogue Curators Without Borders Gallery, Berlin
Text by Christine Nippe
2005 »Revisions in Relative Time«; Market Gallery, Glasgow
Text by Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt
2004 »A Coté Rêve un Sphynx Accroupi«; The Louvre Museum, Paris
Text by Marie-Laure Bernadac
2001 »Des Territoires«; l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
Text by Jean-François Chevrier
TEACHING
2009 Visiting Artist; Master of Fine Art course at Leeds University
2008 Visiting Artist; Painting and Printmaking and Master of Fine Art course at Glasgow School of Art
2004 Visiting Artist to Fine Art PhotographY; l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
2001 Artists Talk (two occasions); Jean-Francois Chevrier’s seminar at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris