Kristján Steingrímur
Kristján Steingrímur works with colors which he makes from both soil and minerals. He collects them from various locations in Iceland as well as in other countries. These materials either happen to be in his path or he purposefully seeks them out. He will often return to the same place, investigate the environment, take photographs, and draw and search for minerals that he thinks will describe the site and give it its uniqueness. By forging pigments out of minerals and mixing them with linseed oil he makes oil colors that he uses to paint abstract images of the desired places. The paintings interpret landscape as a space of memory, while simultaneously exposing the subject as a concrete presence. By painting with color materials from a certain place, he creates physical intimacy between that location and the viewer. Thus, the work will be the place and the viewer gets the opportunity to experience its presence.
Steingrímur has displayed solo exhibitions at institutions in Iceland such as the Skaftfell Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjordur, ASI Art Museum in Reykjavík, Populus Tremula in Akureyri, and the Living Art Museum in Reykjavík. Additionally his work has been exhibited in group shows at the …
Kristján Steingrímur works with colors which he makes from both soil and minerals. He collects them from various locations in Iceland as well as in other countries. These materials either happen to be in his path or he purposefully seeks them out. He will often return to the same place, investigate the environment, take photographs, and draw and search for minerals that he thinks will describe the site and give it its uniqueness. By forging pigments out of minerals and mixing them with linseed oil he makes oil colors that he uses to paint abstract images of the desired places. The paintings interpret landscape as a space of memory, while simultaneously exposing the subject as a concrete presence. By painting with color materials from a certain place, he creates physical intimacy between that location and the viewer. Thus, the work will be the place and the viewer gets the opportunity to experience its presence.
Steingrímur has displayed solo exhibitions at institutions in Iceland such as the Skaftfell Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjordur, ASI Art Museum in Reykjavík, Populus Tremula in Akureyri, and the Living Art Museum in Reykjavík. Additionally his work has been exhibited in group shows at the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík Municipal Art Museum, the Ernst Museum in Budapest, Shad Gallery in London, and Overgaden in Copenhagen. His work can be found in public collections such as The National Gallery of Iceland, The Reykjavík Art Museum, ASI Art Museum Reykjavík, Akureyri Art Museum, and the Dungal Collections.
Courtesy of Icelandic Art Center
