- Group Exhibition »To Light, Shadow and Dust« Berlin, 2022
- »A Group of Pieces« Stockholm, 2020
- Group Exhibition »After Finitude« Mexico City, 2018
- »Hulduklettur« Berlin, 2017
- »Echoes and Reflections« Stockholm, 2015
- Group Exhibition »GATHERED FATES curated by Ignasi Aballí« Berlin, 2015
- Group Exhibition »DRAWN« Berlin, 2014
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Berlin, 2013
- Group Exhibition »Be Nice To Me« Berlin, 2011
- Group Exhibition »SUMMER SHOW« Berlin, 2009
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Stockholm, 2009
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Berlin, 2008
- Group Exhibition »Drawing a Tiger« Berlin, 2007
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Berlin, 2004
- Group Exhibition »Out Of Place« Berlin, 2004
- Group Exhibition »Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Kristján Guðmundsson, Sigurdur Guðmundsson« Berlin, 2000
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Stockholm, 1996
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Stockholm, 1992
- Group Exhibition »Art against AIDS« Stockholm, 1991
- »Hreinn Friðfinnsson« Stockholm, 1989
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A conversation between Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Andrea Bellini and Krise Gruijthuijsen. In: Hreinn Fridfrinnson. Works 1964 – 2019. Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Koenig Books London.
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Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch: A Theorem of Inversion: House Project prefaced in parts, repeated in parallel. In: Hreinn Fridfrinnson. Works 1964 – 2019. Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Koenig Books London.
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Ivana Bago: Hreinn's Transmutations. In: Hreinn Fridfrinnson. Works 1964 – 2019. Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Koenig Books London.
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Luca Cerizza: Art as storytelling and the storytelling of art. In: Hreinn Fridfrinnson. Works 1964 – 2019. Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Koenig Books London.
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Luca Cerizza: Storytelling, nature and art: an introduction to the world of Hreinn Fridfinnsson, in: Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Gallery Nordenhake Berlin/Stockholm 2012
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Hans Ulrich Obrist Interview with Hreinn Fridfinnsson, in: Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Serpentine Gallery, 2007
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Olafur Eliasson: Having Hreinn in Mind, in: Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Serpentine Gallery, 2007
First House of the House Project, construction material, undisclosed location, Iceland 1974
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
Hreinn Friðfinnsson was born in 1943 in Baer Dölum, Iceland. Since 1971 he lived in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is co-founder of the Icelandic avant-garde artists’ collective SÚM and has exhibited internationally since the 1970s. He passed away in 2024.
The artist had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Art & Design at MDC, Miami (2021); The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum, Svalbarðsströnd (2020); Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva; and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2019); Kunstverein Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2015); The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík (2014); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan; and Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto (both 2002). In 2007 the Serpentine Gallery, London presented a first survey exhibition of his work which then travelled to Reykjavík Art Museum and in 2008 to Bergen Museum and Malmö Konsthall. He participated in Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, the 30th São Paulo Biennial in 2012 and in 1993 he represented Iceland at the 45th Venice Biennale.
Recent significant participations include group exhibitions at Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2023); Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (2022); Arter, Istanbul (2022 and 2020); Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavík (2019); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2018); The Living Art Museum Reykjavík, Reykjavík (2017); National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík (2016); Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow; and Mudam, Luxemburg (both 2014), MOCA Los Angeles and Haus der Kunst, Munich (both 2012); Reykjavík Arts Festival (2005); and Jeu de Paume, Paris (2004). In 2000 the artist was the recipient of the prestigious Ars Fennica Prize. In 2019 Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin presented an extensive survey exhibition of his work.
Hreinn Friðfinnsson has been exhibiting with Galerie Nordenhake since 1989.
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Drawing a Tiger, 1971, black and white photograph, diptych framed, each 58 x 51,5 cm
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Installation view "For the Time Being", Museum of Art and Design at MDC, Miami, 2021. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
A Palace, 1990-2014, detail
A Palace, 1990-2014, detail
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", KW Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Frank Sperling
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", KW Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Frank Sperling
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", KW Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Frank Sperling
Untitled (Below and Above), 1983-1984, marble, granite and indian ink on paper, overall dim. installed 250 x 140 cm, on view at "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, 2019
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", KW Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Frank Sperling
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", KW Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Frank Sperling
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, 2019. Photo: Mathilda Olmi
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, 2019. Photo: Mathilda Olmi
Installation view "To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today", Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, 2019. Photo: Mathilda Olmi
Installation view "Hreinn Fridfinnsson", Serpentine Gallery, London 2007
Installation view "Hreinn Fridfinnsson", Serpentine Gallery, London 2007
Fourth house of the house project since 1974, 2017, Stainless steel, polished, 255 × 325 × 195 cm, Temporary installation at Clearing in Sternbuschpark, Münster 2017
First House of the House Project 1974, construction material, undisclosed location, Iceland 1974
First House of the house project 1974, detail
Illustration, 2013, Mirage, white paint, c-print, injekt-print, platinum, Photos: 42H x 62B cm, 62H x 42B cm; Mirage mirror: 20H x 57Ø; Plinth: 50 x 30 x 30 cm
Illustration, 2013, detail
Illustration, 2013, detail
Hulduklettur, 2017, Cardboard boxes, mirrored aludibond, anatomical model of inner ear, wood, fossile ammonites, Swarovski crystals, Inkjet-print mounted on aludibond, C-prints framed, video projection, dimensions variable, installation view, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin 2017
Hulduklettur, 2017, detail
Hulduklettur, 2017, detail
Hulduklettur, 2017, detail
From Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1998, rubbing (graphite on paper), 15 drawings, each 29.3 x 21 cm, 38 x 28 cm framed. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
From Mont St. Victoire, 1998, Rubbing (graphite on paper), 41.5 x 31 cm
The Way We Were, 2002, 4 black and white photographs, 26,7 x 33,2 x 4 cm each, framed 36 x 42 cm
Fruits of Labour, 2004, Pencil shavings, Variable dimensions
Sanctuary, 1997-2014, cardboard box and fluorescent paper, 80 x 60 x 25 cm
Fives Gates for the South Wind, 1971-1972, 14 b/w photographs and text on paper
Each 15.5 x 20.5 cm
Autumn Leaf, 1980's – 2014, leaf, mirrors, 15 x 40 x 40 cm
Atelier Sketch, 1990-2014, spider web, glass, wood, paint, 24 x 24 cm
Thingness, 1991- 2012, Acrylic glass, polished steel, printed text, plywood, 50 x 50 x 50 cm
A Woman At Rest in the Golden Ratio, 2012, c-print framed, mirror, transparent glass paint, 158.6 x 238.6 cm
Books, 2006, c-print, 50 x 70 cm
Eleven Drops, 2004, 11 glass teardrops
Eleven Drops, 2004, detail
Untitled Floating Object, 2012, acrylic glass, polished steel, wood, 50 x 50 x 50 cm
Clearing, 1991-2013, painting on wood, dimensions variable, wall with 41 sticks
A group of 4 paintings, 2004, 4 wooden sticks with painting, each 30 x 2 cm