Kristin Helga Rikhardsdottir is an Icelandic visual artist currently based in New York and Reykjavik.
Education
2019 - 2021 New York University Steinhardt
MFA Studio Art
2018 Environment Agency of Iceland
Park Ranging Licence
2013-2016 The Iceland Academy of the Arts
BA Fine Arts
2015 Berlin University of the Arts / Universität der Künste Berlin
Exchange studies
2013 - 2013 Reykjavik School of Visual Arts
Foundation year
Exhibitions and screenings
2021
Svona eru jólin @ Ásmundasalur, Reykjavik – 6. December 2019 - January 2020 (group)
Thesis exhibition @ 80WSE Gallery, New York, 11., October 2021 (group exhibition)
Please wait @ MUTT, Reykjavik, 14. - 15. August 2021 (duo exhibition)
Final countdown @ 80WSE Gallery, New York, 9 June 2021 (solo exhibition)
2020
Plan-B Art Festival @ Plan-B Art Festival, Borgarnes, Iceland, 7- 13 August 2020 (group exhibition)
Goatcast @ Cashere Radio Berlin, 1 april 2020 (online screening)
MFA first year group exhibition @ 80WSE Gallery, New York – 4 - 25 March 2020 (group)
Ég hlakka svo til @ Ásmundasalur, Reykjavik – 6. December 2019 - January 2020 (group)
Af stað! @ Nordic House, Reykjavik – 1. December 2019 - January 2020 (group)
2019
Ljósabazar Nýlistasafnsins @ The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik – 1. December 2019 - January 2020 (group)
Troðningur @ Ránargata 3A, Reykjavik – 24. August 2019 (group)
Prent or Slay @ Gallery Port/Mál og Menning, Reykjavik – 12. April 2019 - May 2019 (group)
Romance and Relaxation (Rólegt og Rómantískt) @ Harbinger, Reykjavik – January 2019 - August 2019 (curatorial- 5 exhibitions during a seven month period)
Hot hands @ Gallery Bismút, Reykjavik - 8. February - 16. February 2019 (solo show)
Goodie Goodie Goodie Bags @ IDEAL prostor, Prague – 12. - 14. January 2019 (duo show - Collaboration w. Bára Bjarnadóttir)
2018
OBBSIDIAN Product Launch – party (performance) @ The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík – 4. August 2018 (performance)
Pressure of the Depth @ The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik– 18. June – 25. August 18 (group show)
Skotleyfi á Skynfærin @ Húrra, Reykjavik – 3 June 2018 (video screening)
RAFLOST Electronic Arts Festival @ Mengi, Reykjavik – 25. May 2018 (video screening)
After Sun @ at7, Amsterdam – 18. – 25. May 2018 (trio show - w. Kristín Karólína Helgadóttir, David Bernstein)
Anomia #1 @ at7, Amsterdam – 11. febrúar 2018 (video screening)
2017
The foodless food market and RADIO SANDWICH @ The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik – 21. December 2017 (performance w. Bára Bjarnadóttir and invited artists)
Borða hér / taka með @ Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavík – 13 – 20. December 2017 (group show)
OPTICS O:1 Festival @ Roulette Intermedium, New York – 6-9. November 2017 (video screening)
Sequences Off-Venue: IN IT – to win it @ Mengi Reykjavík– 8. October 2017 (solo screening of film)
Oaxaca Film Fest @ Oaxaca, Mexico – 6 – 13. October 2017 (Film Festival)
Transacciones Informales @ Cinemateca Distrital, Botagá, Colombia – 29. August 2017 (Film Festival)
Chroma Key Blue (live broadcast) @ Radial Gallery, New York – 8. July 2017 (web exhibition)
Fountain of Truth @ HIER, Berlín – 18. – 27. May 2017 (duo show w. Kristín Karólína Helgadóttir)
I Hope My Legs Don’t Break @ A-dash, Athens Greece – 13. May 2017 (screening)
Filmideo 2017, day 2 @ Index Art Center, New York, USA - 29. April 2017 (Film Festival)
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival @ Metropolitan Theatre, USA – 24. March 2017 (Film Festival)
PROYECTa Video Film Festival @ KB - espacio para la cultura, Colombia – 3. March 2017 (Screening)
2016
20th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival @ Czech Republic – 24. – 29. October 2016 (Film Festical)
Ljósbláarnætur á Flateyri / Light blue nights @ Vagninn, Flateyri, Iceland – 13. August 2016 (group show)
Stíngur í Augun nr 3: Grown ups @ Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri, Hjalteyri, Iceland – 21. – 28. May 2016 (group show)
Undir Höfninni, Graduation Exhibition of Iceland University of the Arts @ Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik – 23. April – 8. May 2016 (group show)
NO SOLO @ Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður – 5.March – 8. May 2016 (group show)
Tilraunakvöld LHÍ @ Mengi, Reykjavík – 27. January 2016 (group show)
2015
It May Concern @ Pony Sugar Art Studio, Stockholm, Sweden – 23 – 27 December 2015 (solo show within a exhibition serie)
What is, was and possibly will be @ Kubburinn, Reykjavík – 3. December 2015 (solo show)
Vidjó kvöld @ Ekkisens, Reykjavík – 22. October 2015 (screening)
ABBA vélin @ Kaffistofan Gallery, Reykjavik – 22. August 2015 (performance)
Erfið Fæðing @ Kaffistofan Gallery, Reykjavík – 24. January 2015 (group show)
Going Under @ Kubburinn, Reykjavik – 29. September 2015 (solo show)
Honors
Nominated for Best Music Video of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards 2019, for a video I created for the song “Date me I’m bored” by Special-K.
Work in the collection of The Living Art Museum. The work “If you can’t beat them - join them” was selected into the collection 2018.
Award: won Best Experimental Short 2017 for my film “IN IT - to win it” at Oaxaca FilmFest, Mexico, 2017.
Award: won Best Experimental Movie 2017 for my film “IN IT - to win it” at West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. 2017.
Grants
Myndlistasjóður, Project grant, "Please Wait", 2021.
Myndstef, Project grant, "Please Wait", 2021.
Námsstyrkur Landsbankans, Grant. 2021.
Styrktarsjóður Guðmundu Andrésdóttur. Grant 2020.
Leifur Eiriksson. Fellowship. 2020-2021.
Rudin Foundation, scholarship 2020.
Thor Thors, fellowship, American Scandinavian Foundation 2019.
Myndstef, Project grant, exhibition in IDEAL, Prague 2018.
Myndstef, Project grant, "samsýning í Harbinger", 2018.
Myndlistasjóður, Project grant, "Exhibition program in Harbinger", 2018.
Muggur Travel Grant, exhibition in IDEAL, Prague 2018.
Muggur Travel Grant, exhibition in at7, Amsterdam 2018.
Culture work and teaching experience
Kling og Bang
2020 - current
Member
New York University
January - May 202021
August - December 2021
Adjunct Teaching “Video Art for Non-Majors”
course available to BA students
Nýlistasafnið / Living Art Museum
2018-2020
Member of the Alternative Board
New York University
January - June 2020
Teacher assistant / Co-Teacher
Technical course for BA students in the program ZeBrush.
Harbinger Project Space
October 2018 - August 2019
Curator Part of the curational team ‘Rólegt og Rómantískt’. PR, writing press releases, photography and more.