Egill Sæbjörnsson Selected as Iceland's Representative for 57th Venice Biennale
Egill Sæbjörnsson will represent Iceland at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, as announced by i8 Gallery. The artist maintains studios in both Reykjavik and Berlin. His permanent video installations are housed at Berlin's Robert Koch-Institute and Kunstmuseum Ahlen. Recent solo exhibitions took place at the Europaen Center for the Arts Dresden and the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen during 2013. Sæbjörnsson's selection marks his participation in one of contemporary art's most significant international exhibitions.
Key facts
- Egill Sæbjörnsson will represent Iceland at the 57th Venice Biennale
- The announcement was made by i8 Gallery
- The Venice Biennale will occur in 2017
- Sæbjörnsson is based between Reykjavik and Berlin
- He has permanent video installations at Robert Koch-Institute (Berlin)
- He has permanent video installations at Kunstmuseum Ahlen
- His most recent solo exhibitions were in 2013
- Solo exhibitions were held at Europaen Center for the Arts Dresden and Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Entities
Artists
- Egill Sæbjörnsson
Institutions
- i8 Gallery
- Robert Koch-Institute
- Kunstmuseum Ahlen
- Europaen Center for the Arts Dresden
- Wilhelm Hack Museum
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Reykjavik
- Berlin
- Germany
- Iceland
- Dresden
- Ludwigshafen
- Venice
- Italy