Curriculum Vitae
Art Exhibitions
| Solo Shows | |
|---|---|
| 2019 | “Women Hungry, Men Angry”, Tveir hrafnar listhús, (2 Ravens Gallery) Reykjavik |
| 2015 | “Acrylic on Darkness I”, Tveir hrafnar listhús, (2 Ravens Gallery) Reykjavik |
| 2015 | “Visitation”,Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen |
| 2014 | “The Paris Package”, Tveir hrafnar listhús, (2 Ravens Gallery) Reykjavik |
| 2013 | “The Paris Package”, Tveir hrafnar listhús, (2 Ravens Gallery) Reykjavik |
| 2012 | “The Picture Hunting Season”, Gerduberg Culture Center, Reykjavik |
| 2009 | “The Icelandic Expansion 2009”, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Reykjavik |
| 2007 | “The Kodak Moments”, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik |
| 2006 | “Putting Oil on Canvas”, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavik |
| 2003 | “Grim Time”, Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland |
| 2000 | “More Tales of Grim”, Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Iceland |
| 2000 | “Heimir, the Men’s Choir of Skagafjörður”, Gallerí Sævar Karl, Reykjavík |
| 1999 | “More Tales of Grim”, Gallery oneoone, Reykjavík |
| 1998 | “Á Seyði”, Art Festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland |
| 1997 | Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Paris |
| 1996 | “Tales of Grim”, Gallerí Sævar Karl, Reykjavík |
| 1995 | Galleri Isidor, Malmö |
| 1994 | Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris |
| 1992 | The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1991 | Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1990 | Gallerí Gangur, Reykjavík |
| 1990 | “Tales of Grim”, Gallerí Sævar Karl, Reykjavík |
| 1988 | Hal Bromm Gallery, New York |
| 1987 | The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1986 | Bromfield Gallery, Boston |
| 1986 | Gallery Hallgerður, Reykjavík |
| 1985 | Gallery Gangur, Reykjavík |
| 1985 | Mocca-café, Reykjavík |
| 1985 | The Art House, Reykjavík |
| 1984 | The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1984 | Café Mokka, Reykjavík |
| 1984 | Gallery Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík |
| 1983 | The artist’s appartment, Reykjavík |
| Group Shows | |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Human Condition – Draft of Icel. Cont. Art History, III, Reykjavik Art Museum |
| 2016 | “Whatever… Works!”, Tveir hrafnar listhús, Reykjavik |
| 2015 | “Just Painted 2”, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik |
| 2015 | “100 kápur á Frakkastíg”, Reykjavik Art Festival |
| 2014 | Icelandic Contemporary Portraits, Akureyri Art Museum |
| 2011 | “Jór! The Horse in Icelandic Art”, Reykjavik Art Museum |
| 2008 | “Bye, Bye Iceland”, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri |
| 2006 | Computer Prints, Hoffmannsgalleri, Reykjavik |
| 2005 | “The Ninth, Cartoon Fair” Reykjavik Art Musuem |
| 2004 | “Des dels confins de la terra”, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2002 | “The Golden Brush”, Thorshavn Art Museum, Faroe Islands |
| 2001 | “The Golden Brush”, Reykjavik Art Musuem, Reykjavik |
| 2001 | “The Golden Brush”, Scandinavian Embassy, Berlin |
| 2000 | “Hors les cartes”, Centre Régional d´art, Sète, France |
| 2000 | “Tilfelli”, art/design, Epal, Reykjavik |
| 1999 | Centre regional des arts, Sète, France |
| 1999 | “Dehors des cartes”, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur |
| 1995 | “Hot Spot”, Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf |
| 1999 | “Icelandic Cartoons”, Nordic House, Reykjavík |
| 1999 | “Ainsi de suite 3”, Centre d’Art, Sète, France |
| 1998 | “Flögð og fögur skinn”, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1997 | “Colorblind”, Salle de Bains, Rotterdam |
| 1997 | “Mutants”, Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Paris |
| 1997 | Selfportraits, Café Mokka, Reykjavík |
| 1996 | Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris |
| 1995 | “Wolemi-fura”, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur |
| 1995 | Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris |
| 1995 | “L´art d´aimer”, Espace Paul Boyé, Sète, France |
| 1995 | “Bazar du Jour”, Galerie du Jour, Paris |
| 1995 | “Cartoons in Art”, Galerie by the Rock, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| 1994 | “Salon”, Gallery Greip, Reykjavík |
| 1994 | “Art Hotel”, Hilton-hotel, Amsterdam |
| 1992 | Aurora 5, Biennal for Young Nordic Artists, Taidemuseo, Joensuu, Finland |
| 1992 | “Visions d’Europe”, Eiffel-tower, Paris |
| 1992 | Icelandic Artists, Växjö Konstahall, Växjö, Sweden |
| 1992 | “Refill”, Café Mokka, Reykjavík |
| 1990 | Exhibition of portraits with Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1988 | Selfportraits, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1988 | Selfportraits, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1987 | IBM-show, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1987 | Nordic Artists, Privatbanken, New York |
| 1987 | Gallerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden |
| 1987 | Stux Gallery, Boston |
| 1986 | “Reykjavík in Art”, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| 1986 | Hal Bromm Gallery, New York |
| 1985 | Now Gallery, New York |
| 1983 | Gallerí Gangur, Reykjavík |
| 1983 | “New Painting”, JL-House, Reykjavík |
| 1983 | “Young Artists”, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
Press
| 2013 | Hallgrímur Helgason at Tveir hrafnar listhús (2 Ravens Gallery) by Douglas Coupland, Art Forum, december 2013 |
Collections
| Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík |
| Art Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík |
| Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland |
| Ísafjörður Art Museum, Ísafjörður, Iceland |
| Private collections in Paris, Genf and Los Angeles |
| FRAC, Poitou-Charentes, Angouleme, France |
Writings
| 2019 | “Tartuffe”, translation of the play by Moliere, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2018 | “Sixty Kilos of Sunshine”, a novel, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2017 | “Fish from Above”, poetry book, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | “Othello”, translation of Shakespeare’s play, Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | “Lukka”, poetry book, JPV, Reykjavík |
| 2015 | “Seasick in Munich”, a novel, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2011 | “The Woman at 1000°”, a novel, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2009 | “The Woman Who Kissed Too Much”, a children’s book, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2008 | “The Hitman’s Guide to House Cleaning”, a novel, JPV, Reykjavik |
| 2005 | “Stormland”, a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavik |
| 2004 | “Best of Grim”, a collection of art works and cartoons based on the character Grim, 1995-2004. |
| 2003 | “Mr. Universe”, a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavik |
| 2002 | “Romeo & Juliet”, a translation of the play by Shakespeare, Mál og menning, Reykjavík |
| 2001 | “The Author of Iceland”, a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavik |
| 2000 | “Poets’ Night”, a play in verse, published by The Reykjavik Municpial Theatre |
| 1998 | “Collected Poems 1978-1998”, Mál og menning, Reykjavík |
| 1996 | “101 Reykjavík”, (“101 Reykjavik”) a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavík |
| 1994 | “Things Are Going Great”, a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavik |
| 1994 | “Freilassing”, a shortstory in “Tundurdufl”, a collection of erotic shortstories, Forlagið, Reykjavík |
| 1990 | “Hella”, a novel, Mál og menning, Reykjavík |
Foreign Publications
| 2019 | “The Woman at 1,000 Degrees”, (paperback), Algonquin Books, New York |
| 2018 | “The Woman at 1,000 Degrees”, (hardcover), Algonquin Books, New York |
| 2018 | “The Woman at 1,000 Degrees”, (hardcover), Oneworld Publications, London |
| 2018 | “The Woman at 1,000 Degrees”, (paperback), Oneworld Publications, London |
| 2017 | “Seasick in Munich”, in Danish, Lindhardt & Ringhof, Copenhagen “The Woman at 1000°”, in Albanian, Agim Doksani, Tirana |
| 2016 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in Serbian, Dereta, Beograd |
| 2015 | “Seasick in Munich”, in German, Tropen, Stuttgart |
| 2015 | “The Woman at 1000°”, in Norwegian, Cappelen Damm, Oslo “The Woman at 1000°”, in Lithuanian, Vilnius |
| 2015 | “101 Reykjavik” in Hungarian, Scolar, Budapest |
| 2015 | “Mr. Universe” in French, Presses de la Cité, Paris “The Woman at 1000°”, in Russian, Corpus, Moscow “Mr. Universe” in French, Presses de la Cité, Paris |
| 2014 | “The Woman at 1000°” in Hungarian, Scolar, Budapest “The Woman at 1000°”, in Lithuanian, Alma littera, Vilnius “The Woman at 1000°” in Italian, Mondadori, Milan “The Woman at 1000°”, in Dutch, De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in French, Presses de la cite, Paris |
| 2013 | “The Woman at 1000°” in Spanish, Lumen, Madrid “The Woman at 1000°” in Catalan, Grup62, Barcelona “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in Serbian, Dereta, Beograd “The Woman at 1000°” in Polish, Znak, Krakow “The Woman at 1000°” in French, Presses de la Cité, Paris |
| 2013 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in Croatian, Meandar, Zagreb |
| 2012 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in English, Amazon Crossing, Seattle |
| 2011 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in Korean, Dulnyouk, Seoul |
| 2010 | “The Woman at 1000°” in German, Tropen Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart |
| 2010 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in Czech, Plus, Prague “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in German, Tropen K-C, Stuttgart “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in Italian, Isbn Edizioni, Milano “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in Polish, Slowo/Obraz Terytoria, Warszawa “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in Norwegian, Cappelen Damm, Oslo |
| 2009 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning” in Russian, Corpus, Moscow “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, in Dutch, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | “Stormland” in Norwegian, Cappelen-Damm, Oslo |
| 2008 | “101 Reykjavik” in Russian, Azboka, St. Petersburg |
| 2007 | “Stormland” in Danish, Ascheoug, Copenhagen |
| 2007 | “101 Reykjavik” in Latvian, Valters & Ropa, Riga |
| 2006 | “Stormland” in German, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart |
| 2005 | “The Author of Iceland” in Finnish, Otava, Helsinki “The Author of Iceland” in Danish, Rosinante, Denmark “The Author of Iceland” in German, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart |
| 2003 | “101 Reykjavik” in English, Scribner, New York “101 Reykjavik” in Norwegian, Damm, Oslo “The Author of Iceland”, in Italian, Guanda, Milano |
| 2002 | “101 Reykjavik” in French, Actes Sud, Arles “101 Reykjavik” in English, Faber & Faber, London “101 Reykjavik” in German, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart “101 Reykjavik” in Dutch, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | “101 Reykjavík” in Polish, Swiat Literacki, Warszawa “101 Reykjavik” in Italian, Guanda, Milano “101 Reykjavik” in Spanish, RBA, Barcelona |
| 2000 | “101 Reykjavik” in Danish, Rosinante, Copenhagen “101 Reykjavik” in Finnish, Otava, Helsinki “101 Reykjavik” in Swedish, Norstedts, Stockholm |
Theatre
| 2019 | “Tartuffe”, translation of the play by Moliere, National Theatre, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | “Othello”, translation of the play by Shakespeare, National Theatre and Vesturport, Reykjavik |
| 2014 | “The Woman at 1000°”, stage version of the novel, National Theatre, Reykjavik |
| 2011 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, stage version of the novel, Schauspielhaus Salzburg, Austria |
| 2008 | “Love is Disco—Life is Punk”, a musical, National Theatre, Reykjavik |
| 2003 | “Things Are Going Great”, stage version of the novel, National Theatre, Reykjavik |
| 2003 | “Cooking with Elvis”, translation of the play by Lee Hall, Loftkastali Theatre, Reykjavík |
| 2003 | “Elling”, translation of the play by Ingvar Ambjörnsen, Blueeyes Productions, Reykjavík |
| 2002 | “Romeo & Juliet”, translation of the play by Shakespeare, Vesturport, Reykjavík |
| 2001 | Icelandic School of Commerce, Reykjavík “Wake Me Up Before You Gogo”, a musical, |
| 2000 | “Poets’ Night”, a play in verse, The Reykjavik Municipial Theatre |
| 1999 | “The Kiss”, a romantic comedy, The Cinema Theatre, Reykjavík 1999 |
| 1999 | “Thousand Island Sauce”, one man act, The Lunch Theatre, Idno, Reykjavík |
| 1998 | “Defending the Caveman”, translation of the play by Rob Becker, The Icelandic Opera, Reykjavík |
| 1993 | “Stand-up Tragedy”, translation of the play by Bill Cain, Free Theatre Group,Reykjavík |
| 1990 | “Reckless”, translation of the play by Craig Lucas, The Students’ Theatre, Reykjavík |
| 1989 | “A Simple Man”, one-act monologue, performed by Gunnar Helgason at The Icelandic Drama School and also at the Reykjavík Art Festival |
Stand-up Comedy
| 1995 | “An Evening with Hallgrímur Helgason“, at The Theatre Café, Reykjavík, 15 shows, recorded and shown on TV Channel Two, Iceland |
TV
| 2011 | “How to Stop Doing the Dishes and Start Reading Icelandic Literature”, documentary about Hallgrimur Helgason, ORF, Austria |
| 2011 | “Iceland’s Artists and Sagas”, a film by Helga Brekkan, ZDF, Arte and more. |
| 2002 | “The Issue”, weekly programs on Screen One “Áramótaskaup 2002”, (“The Year 2002 in Review”), RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
| 2001 | “Áramótaskaup 2001”, (“The Year 2001 in Review”), RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
| 1999 | “Nonni Sprengja”, weekly program, Screen One |
| 1997 | Ten Comic sketches for RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
| 1996 | “Gríngellur”, script, RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
| 1996 | “Áramótaskaup 1996”, (“The Year 1996 in Review”) RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
| 1994 | Three short pieces for “Daylight”, RÚV, Icelandic State Television |
Radio
| 1998 | Weekly programs on Bylgjan Radio, Reykjavik |
| 1995-98 | Weekly programs on Bylgjan Radio, Reykjavik |
| 1992-93 | “Radio Manhattan”, weekly programs on Icelandic State Radio, Channel Two |
| 1992 | “Only in Paris”, weekly programs on Icelandic State Radio, Channel One |
| 1989-91 | “Radio Manhattan”, weekly programs on Icelandic State Radio, Channel Two |
Cinema
| 2015 | “Comeback”, Danish film starring Anders W. Berthelsen, produced by Toolbox film, based on a screenplay by Helgason |
| 2011 | “The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning”, rights sold to Miso Film, Denmark |
| 2011 | “Stormland” (“Rokland”), a movie based on the novel, directed by Marteinn Thorsson, produced by Pegasus, Reykjavik |
| 2011 | “Comeback” – screenplay, a development grant from the Danish Film Institute |
| 2003 | “One Kiss Away From Love”, a screenplay in progress with the British Film Concil |
| 2001 | “Open Mike” (later titled “Comeback”), a screenplay funded by the Icelandic Film Fund |
| 2001 | “Open Mike”, (later titled “Comeback”) a screenplay picked for Moonstone Screenlabs, Toscana. |
| 2000 | “101 Reykjavik”, a movie based on the novel, starring Victoria Abril, directed by Baltasar Kormákur |
Articles Written in English
| 2016 | “This Swedish Guy is More Icelandic Than the Icelanders”, Die Welt |
| 2016 | “Why is Iceland so Corrupt?”, Die Welt |
| 2016 | “600 Silver Lions: How Iceland was Betrayed, Again”, The Reykjavik Grapevine |
| 2014 | “The Magnificent 7% — Making the Case for Art in the Time of Need”, The Reykjavik Grapevine |
| 2013 | “An Ice Evening” at the Europa Restaurant & Bar, The Reykjavik Grapevine |
| 2013 | “A Shout From the Land of Shouting” (“Et råb fra råbets land”), Weekendavisen, Copenhagen |
| 2012 | “Architectural Acne”, The Reykjavik Grapevine |
| 2012 | “The Battle of Iceland”, The Reykjavik Grapevine |
| 2011 | “The Saga Machine”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
| 2011 | “The Author at 9 Knots Wind”, Stuttgarter Zeitung |
| 2003 | “Free the Icelanders” (original title: “Whaling and Wailing”), New York Newsday, New York |
| 2003 | “Storyland”, (About the Icelandic Sagas), Penguin Classics website |
| 2003 | “Keeping it in the Family”, (original title: “Storyland”, about the Icelandic Sagas) The Times, London |
| 2002 | “Broken Teeth”, (About 9/11) The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa 2002 |
| 2002 | “Fifa Fair Pay” (about the Football World Cup in Japan and South Korea), Weekendavisen, Copenhagen |
| 2001 | “14-2”, Weekendavisen, Copenhagen |
| 2001 | “A Little Trip to Iceland”, (“Turen går til Island”) Weekendavisen, Copenhagen |
Cartoons
| 2004 | “GRIM”, a weekly cartoon running in Frettabladid, an Icelandic newspaper |
| 1998 | “GRIM”, a weekly cartoon running in “Fókus”, a weekend section of the daily DV, Reykjavík |
Awards and nominations
| 2018 | The Icelandic Literature Prize, for the novel “Sixty Kilos of Sunshine” |
| 2017 | “Othello”, the Icelandic Translation Prize for the translation of the play by Shakespeare |
| 2017 | “The Icelandic word of the year 2016” (“hrútskýring”, the Icelandic version of “mansplaining”) |
| 2015 | “The Woman at 1000°”, Icelandic Performing Arts Award Gríman, for best play (stage adaptation of the novel) |
| 2015 | “Seasick in Munich” nominated to the Icelandic Literary Prize |
| 2013 | “The Woman at 1000°” nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize |
| 2011 | “The Woman at 1000°” nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize |
| 2007 | “Stormland” nominated on behalf of Iceland for the Nordic Council Literature Prize |
| 2005 | “Stormland” nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize |
| 2004 | “Reykjavik Artist of the Year”, The City of Reykjavik |
| 2004 | “Things Are Going Great”, Icelandic Performing Arts Award Gríman, for best play (stage adaptation of the novel) |
| 2001 | The Icelandic Literary Prize, for the novel “The Author of Iceland” |
| 2001 | “Áramótaskaup 2001”, Edda Award for best TV-Comedy of the year, RÚV, Icelandic State Radio and Television |
| 2001 | The DV-Daily Cultural Prize for the play “Poets’ Night” |
| 1999 | “Thousand Island Sauce”, second prize, The Lunch Theatre’s competition for new plays |
| 1999 | “101 Reykjavík” nominated on behalf of Iceland for the Nordic Council Literature Prize |