Education:

2014-2016       University of Iceland, MA Philosophy
2009-2014       University of Iceland, BA Philosophy and Art Theory
1996-1997       Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York - MFA Programme, Department of New Forms
1993-1996       Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, printmaking department
1990-1993       Breidholt College

Selected art exhibitions

Upcoming projects:

Light God - Höfuðstöðin, Reykjavík - Site specific painting and light installation
Nina Erwartung - work for the stage with Ásgerður Júníusdóttir, Mezzo Soprano, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Director, Þóranna Björnsdóttir, Composer and Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, Pianist 

2024

Spell: Dialectic Materialism or Commodity Fetishisim - Glerhúsið, Reykjavík
"The Central Bank" - Stétt, Vorstjarnan, Reykjavík
"Amos" (2010), The Icelandic Love Corporation – I Feel, For Now, Amos Rex, Helsinki. Curators: Kai Kartio, Krista Mamia, Kaj Martin and Katariina Timonen
"A Family of Weapons" (2004), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Art from the Collection, Arion Banki Art Collection, Reykjavík. Curators: Inga Jónsdóttir and Íris Stefánsdóttir
"Dynasty" (2007), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Catch Me If You Can, Eres Projects,    Munchen.

2023   
The Valley of Inner Beauty - Gallerí Grótta, Seltjarnarnes
We Become Color - Epal Gallery, Reykjavík
“Without You” (2001), “Madness” (2001) and “Women Good Enough To Eat”, video and photographs (1997), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Our Art, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík.
Works in the exhibition were curated by the public.  
“The Tent Lady” (2007) and “The Tent Ladys' Hospitality” (2008), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century Art, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík. Curator: Markús Þór Andrésson
“Dynasty" (2007), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Resistance, National Gallery of Iceland, Safnahúsið, Reykjavík. Curator: Ásthildur Jónsdóttir

2022   
Invisible Colors - Andrá / Listval, Reykjavík
"Thank You" (2002), The Icelandic Love Corporation - The Ocean, Safnahúsið, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík. Curator: Ásthildur Jónsdóttir
"Ether" (2004), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Staged Moments, National Gallery of Iceland,    Reykjavík. Curator: Vigdís Rún Jónsdóttir

2021   
"Where Do We Go From Here?" (2001), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Eternal Recurrence - Kjarval and Contemporary Artists, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík. Curators: Edda Halldórsdóttir, Markús Þór Andrésson and Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir
Is the Spirit Aware of the Matter - The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík. Curator: Sunna Ástþórsdóttir

2019  
"Without You" (2001), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Human Condition: Draft of Contemporary Art History in Iceland [III], Hafnarhús, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík

2016   
Love Conquers All, The Icelandic Love Corporation - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark. Curator: Maria Kappel Blegvad

2015   
"WildWomanWoodooGrannyDoilyCrochet" (2006), The Icelandic Love Corporation - Björk, MoMA, New York. Curator: Klaus Biesenbach
Embody, The Icelandic Love Corporation - Pinksummer Contemporary Art, Genoa
"I Love You – A Talking Plant" - Sequences (off-venue) @ Algera Studio, Reykjavík
"Hótel Hold / Neon Mold" - Line Fault, Sequences @ Ekkisens Gallery, Reykjavík

2014
"Substance" - 700IS Hreindýraland, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
Think Less - Feel More, The Icelandic Love Corporation - National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
"New Paintings" - Neighbors, Gallery Grótta, Seltjarnarnes

2013   
The Future Ones - Kunstschlager, Reykjavík
"Watercolors" - Seltjarnarnes Library
"The Third Dimension", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, 55th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Model of a soul - Sequences @ Listamenn, Reykjavík. Curator: Markús Þór Andrésson

2012   
"Web", The Icelandic Love Corporation - (I)ndependent People: Collaborations and Artist Initiatives, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík Art Museum / Reykjavík Arts Festival. Curator: Jonatan Habib Engqvist
A Little Grim - Music video for Ólöf Arnalds

2011    
Origin, The Icelandic Love Corporation - Pinksummer Contemporary Art, Genoa
"Mother Earth", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Frontiers of Another Nature. Contemporary Photographic Art from Iceland, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt. Curators: Celina Lunsford, Christiane Stahl, Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir, María Karen Sigurðardóttir

2010    
"DejaVu (Creation - Corruption - Celebration Remix)" - The Nordic Third World Country? - Icelandic art in times of crisis, Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund, Sweden. Curator: Jonatan Habib Engqvist
"Woman", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Off the Beaten Path - Art Works for Change, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City. Curator: Randy Jayne Rosenberg

2009   
"Dynasty", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Rethink: Contemporary Art & Climate Change, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen. Curator: Elisabeth Delin Hansen

2008   
Drottinn blessi heimild / Spirit - Directors Office, The Icelandic National Library, Reykjavík
"Three Wise Men" - Sirkus, Kling og Bang Gallery @ Frieze Art Fair, London
"Nest", The Icelandic Love Corporation - From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art, Scandinavia House, New York
"Dream" - Písland 1, Nikisialka, Poland
"Christiane F" - Drawing Exhibition, Hoffmansgallerí, Reykjavík

2007   
The Icelandic Love Corporation: Retrospective Exhibition - Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík. Curator: Jean Fee Quay
The Believers - MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA. Curator: Nato Thompson

2006   
Icelandic Video Art - Kunstwerke, Berlin
Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir - 101 Gallery, Reykjavík,
Party Animals - Boston, Reykjavík
Christiane F - Trilogia, Reykjavík

2005   
Creation – Corruption – Celebration, The Icelandic Love Corporation – Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt
Three Wise Men - Sirkus, Reykjavík
Salon exhibition - 101 Gallery, Reykjavík
"Tapahui / It happened", with Reijo Kela - Break the Ice, NIFCA, Öskjuhlíd, Reykjavík -
Mixed Feelings From the Seventies - Trilogia, Reykjavík 

2004   
Cardiac Circus, The Icelandic Love Corporation - i8 Gallery @ Art Statements, Basel Art Fair
Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir: New Works - Bananananas, Reykjavík 

2003   
Behind the Eyes, The Icelandic Love Corporation - Bergen Kunsthall, Norway. Curator: Solveig Øvstebø
Naming Tokyo, participant in Aleksandra Mir's artwork, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2002   
"Sympathy", The Icelandic Love Corporation, Tramway, Glasgow
Friendship - Alaska, Reykjavík
The Knitted Aura, participant in Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir's performance - Gavin Brown's   Enterprize, New York

2001   
"Hotel Paradise", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Anteprima Bovisa, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan
Double Trouble, with Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir - Passerby, Gavin Browns Enterprize, New York

2000   
"Ongarden", The Icelandic Love Corporation - LKW Kunst in der Stadt, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Curator: Paolo Bianchi
"Hurricane", with Jóní Jónsdóttir - Breiðholt College 25th Anniversary Exhibition - Gerðuberg Cultural Center, Reykjavík
M.I.M.E with Aleksandra Mir, Christian Holstad, Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom - Gavin Browns Enterprize, New York
M.I.M.E with Aleksandra Mir, Christian Holstad, Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom - Open City Magazine, New York

1999   
"Women Good Enough to Eat", The Icelandic Love Corporation, Get Together: Art as Teamwork, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria. Curators: Marion Piffer-Damiani, Paolo Bianchi, Gerald Matt, Wolfgang Fetz

1998   
"A Fresh Start II", The Icelandic Love Corporation - Momentum: Pakkhus, Galleri F15, Norway. Curators: Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Atle Gerhardtsen
Cat Drawings - Dýrið, Reykjavík

1997   
The Youngest Generation - The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
Freedom - Beauty - Freetime, The Icelandic Love Corporation, Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavík. Curator: Hannes Sigurðsson
Fire&Ice, 407, New York 
Fire&Ice - The Carol Bove Gallery, New York

1996   
Cute Monuments - Cafe au Lait, Reykjavík
Deer making love + other things - Pratt Studios, New York

1995   
Christmas Exhibition Gallerí Gúlp, Reykjavík

Public Collections
The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavík Art Museum
Landsvirkjun
Safnasafnið Iceland
MoMA
The Living Art Museum
The Buhl Collection
Íslandsbanki Art Collection
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet
Thyssen-Bornemisza
N1 Iceland
Icelandair

Academia
2021-2023       Research position at Reykjavík Art Museum:  Hildur Hákonardóttir, Lifetime achivement. Research project on the role of women in Icelandic art
2016 -              Head of Department of Fine Art. Iceland University of the Arts
2017–2020      Member of Steering Committee for KUNO, Nordic Baltic network of Fine Art Academies (Chair 2018–2020)
2002 -              Part-time Teacher, Mentor and Thesis Instructor (BA and MA), Iceland University of the Arts

MA thesis philosophy: Object Oriented Ontology, Timothy Morton et al. https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/24285/1/Sigrún%20Inga%20Hrólfsdóttir.pdf
BA thesis philosophy: Relational Aesthetics, Nicolas Bourriaud et al. https://skemman.is/handle/1946/19946

Other work related to the field of art
Myndstef, Jury 2022-23
The Artists' Salary Fund, Head of Evaluating Committee in Visual Arts, 2022
Art in Iceland Magazine, Board 2020-2021
The Icelandic Art Award, Jury, 2018, 2022
Icelandic Art Center, board member 2004-2006
Association of Icelandic Artists, board member 2002-2004
101 Gallery Reykjavik, member of staff, 2005
Búðin boutique, owner 2003-2004

Residencies
2012    Skaftfell Seyðisfjordur, Iceland
2008-9 Fonderie Darling Montreal (with The Icelandic Love Corporation) Canada
2006    Kjarvalsstofa, Paris
2003    NIFCA residency St. Petersburg, Russia
2002    Network North residency (with The Icelandic Love Corporation) Glasgow
2001    NIFCA residency Sveaborg (with The Icelandic Love Corporation) Helsinki

Photo: Sunna Ben, 2023