ARTIST

Selected Exhibitions (* Solo Shows)

2004      *Towards Abstraction, Indian Trails Public Library, Wheeling, IL

2003      Three Artists, Monarch Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2003      Neutral Currents, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NY, NY

2003      Art Dimensions 2^nd Anniversary, St. Louis, MO

2002      Holiday Treasures, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Illinois

             Live From Chicago, ATC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

            *Faces, 3^rd Coast Café, Chicago, Illinois

2001      Four Directions, John Almquist Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois

              Premiere/Art Dimensions, St. Louis, Missouri

2000      *Viking Celebration, The Residence of the Icelandic Embassy, Washington, D.C.

1999      Color and Steel, Forissant Civic Center, Florissant, Missouri

1998      *Women and Flowers, Loftkastalinn, Reykjavik, Iceland

              Icelandic Art, Gallery Kunst, Edinburgh, Scotland

              *Fishing for Flowers, Coffee Cartel, St. Louis, Missouri

1997      *Portraits of Jane, Canton Area Arts Council, Canton, Missouri

              *Introduction, Arnor, Culver Stockton College, Canton, Missouri

              *Where the Flowers Go, Art Attack Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

              Florals, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

              Winter Invitational, Petrides Studio Gallery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

1996      175^th Anniversary, Galerie Commeter, Hamburg, Germany

              Still Lives, Eleven East Ashland, Phoenix, Arizona

              *Sunflowers, Gallery B.A.I., Barcelona, Spain

              Third Annual Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, New York

1995       Spirit, Libido and Love, Abney Gallery, New York, New York

              Icelandic Showcase, Paradise Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

1994      *Polished Roughness, Addison’s on the Square, St. Louis, Missouri

               Models Interpreted, Ruderer Fine Arts, St. Louis, Missouri

Commissions

1994      First Mural Assistant, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri

2003      “Homescapes”, House portraits commissioned through Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL   

2004      Paintings and drawings for the Faith Hope Women’s Guild annual housewalk

Selected Public/Corporate  Collections

The Grind Café, St. Louis, Missouri

North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, Illinois

North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois

Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Selected Private Collections

Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson, Ambassador of Iceland, former foreign minister of Iceland, Helsinki, Finland

Ingimundur Sigfusson, Ambassador of Iceland, Bonn, Germany

Thordur Oskarsson, Ambassador of Iceland, Vienna, Austria

Consul of Iceland, Hong Kong, China

Jessica Harper, Los Angeles, California

Jimmy Arias, Sarasota, Florida

Rebecca Pauline, Palm Springs, Florida

Cheryl Shuman, Beverly Hills, California

Alessandra Marc, Chantilly, Virginia

Orin Smith, Seattle, Washington

Selected Bibliography

Leslie Korengold, “Creating Life From Stillness”, North Shore Home, October/November, 2003

Ellen Pritsker, “Icelandic artist warms to Winnetka, Winnetka Talk, July 31, 2003

Steingerdur Steinarsdottir, “Chose art over business”, Vikan (“The Weekly”), July 1, 2003

Cara Jepsen, section of “Datebook”, The Reader, June 20, 2003

Staffwriter, “Hired as the head of the art department at an American School”, Morgunbladid (Iceland), December 28, 2001

Loftur Eiriksson, “Only Paints Women!”, “Sed og Heyrt” (Iceland), 2001

Glen Sparks, “Icelander abandons business plan for visit to world of abstract art” (front page), South City Journal, September 20, 2000

Michael Charles, “Arnor, Just Arnor”, Intermission/Covering Theater and the Arts in St. Louis, April, 1999

Staffwriter, “Color and Steel”, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, front page/Everyday Section, April 12, 1999

Staffwriter, “Women and Flowers”, DV (Iceland), June 5, 1998

Staffwriter, “Art resides in the Subconscious Mind”, June 5, 1998

Loftur Eiriksson, “Paints Positive Paintings!”, “Sed og Heyrt” (Iceland), May 28, 1998

Staffwriter, “Florals in Barcelona”, Morgunbladid (Iceland), August 13, 1996

Barcelona Exhibition Announcement, ARTnews, Summer 1996

Kristinn Hrafnsson, “Lucky to find my niche in life”, “Sed og Heyrt” (Iceland), July 25, 1996

Staffwriter, “From Business to Art”, “Morgunbladid” (Iceland), Summer, 1996

Awards and Honors

Project Grant, “A portrait of Iceland”, PA Grant, North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, Illinois, Summer 2002

Who is Who among American Teachers, 1999

Artist Group Leader, Art Dimensions , St. Louis, MO, 2001 

Selected Lectures/Public Speaking Engagements

Interview, “Iceland”, Ortega’s Ethnic World of St. Louis, local cable TV, Summer 1999

Painting Demonstration, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, 1999

Painting Demonstration, Art World, St. Louis, 1999

Education

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, M.F.A.  Painting, 1994

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, B.F.A.  Painting, 1992

Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island, M.S.  Managerial Technology, 1989

Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.S.  Marketing, 1988

The University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, “Vordiploma”  Economics and Social Sciences, 1987

The Commercial College of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, A.A.  Business Administration, 1983