Ragnhildur Jóhanns

Based in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Phone: +345 6183919

Email: ragnhildurjohanns@gmail.com

A woman with red hair and blue eye makeup posing with her hand raised in front of colorful still life paintings of fruits and flowers on the wall.


EDUCATION

2010 Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík — BA in Fine Art

2006–07 The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 I Swim Good, Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, Mosfellsbær

2026 Dark Bloom, Gallerí Fold, Reykjavík

2025 Handled, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík

2022 Temptation, The Heart of Reykjavík

2019 Hvílist mjúklega, Kompan, Alþýðuhúsið, Siglufjörður

2018 Rómönsur, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík

2016 Diktur, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður

2015 Collection, The Wind and Weather Gallery, Reykjavík

2011 Poems at the Expense of the Author, Gallery Crymo, Reykjavík

2010 Put Into Words, Gallery Crymo, Reykjavík

ARTIST'S BOOKS

2022 Ósköp, edition of 45

2019 Atlas of Astrology, published in London

2019 I Dream of a Forest, but It's a Process, collaborative artist's book, published in London

2018 Draumfara Atlas, Flóra, Akureyri — Pastel series

2017 Hold og hjarta — líkamlegu ljóðin, edition of 100

2016 Kapítulakonseptið, edition of 39

2010 SemSé, visual poetry, edition of 100, numbered

2010 Konur 30 og brasilískt, intaglio, edition of 15, numbered

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2019 Europoe: An Anthology of 21st Century Innovative European Poetry, visual poems

2012 A Global Visuage, published in Austria

2011 Tears in the Fence, literary journal, United Kingdom

2010 Nýr skáldskapur, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, London

RECOGNITION

2011 SemSé used in the successful application for Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Reality on Canvas 1970–2020, Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir

2019 I Dream of a Forest, but It's a Process, exhibition of Nordic visual poetry, London

2018 Rolling Snowball 11, Djúpivogur

2018 // Inside //, Wind and Weather Gallery at Kjallarinn Gallery, Geysir

2017 Literally: Concrete Poetry in Iceland 1957 to the Present, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður

2015 Reykjavík Stories, Quartair Art Initiatives, The Hague, Netherlands

2015 Miragens, international exhibition of visual poetry, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

2014 Poetry in Collaboration, Saison Poetry Library, London

2014 räume für notizen / rooms for notes, Galerie Wechselstrom, Vienna

2014 [sic], Kunstschlager, Reykjavík — with Jóhann Ludwig Torfason

2013 We Are Enemies, The Hardy Tree Gallery, London

2013 Heterotopic Views, Stavanger Kunsthall – Stavanger Kunstforening, Norway

2012–13 Popieriukas, Galerija Balta, Kaunas, Lithuania

2012 Festisvall, Culture Night, Reykjavík

2012 Art Park(ing), Óðinstorg, Reykjavík

2011 Literacy, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík

2011 Bundle of Words, Cultural House, Reykjavík

2011 Fabrication, Gallery Ágúst, Reykjavík

2011 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Ágúst, Reykjavík

2010 Hand Traffic in the Box, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður

2010 Group exhibition, Gallery 002, Reykjavík

2010–11 Æringur, Stöðvarfjörður and art fair, Iceland

ART FAIRS

2024 Rome International Art Fair, Medina Art Gallery, Rome

2024 Senses International Art Fair, MUST Museum and Museum Centre at San Francesco della Scarpa, Lecce, Italy

PERFORMANCES

2011 Literacy, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík

2010 Collaborative performance with Iain Sinclair, Rich Mix Arts Centre, London

2010 Reading of visual poetry, 3:AM Magazine, Icelandic Embassy, London

2010 Untitled performance, Nýhil 6th International Poetry Festival, Reykjavík