Georg Guðni was for many years engrossed in capturing the essence of the Icelandic landscape. With layer upon layer of colour and varnish he builds up his mediative, shimmering paintings. A central element in earlier works was the dominating mountains and hills, but in later paintings the landscape has levelled out and beome abstract and the light is more intense. Despite the high degree of abstraction, the distinct nature of the vast, Icelandic landscape remains.

EDUCATION

1980 - 1985 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Iceland

1985 - 1987 Jan Van Eyck Akademmie, Maastricht, The Netherlands


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011
Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
Lars Bohman Gallery, Sweden

2007
The Mountain, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland (solo)

2006
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)

2004
Galleri Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo)

2004
Espace Gustave Fayet, Sérignan, France

2003
Nordiska akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden (solo)
The National Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Dialogue with Nature, Edsvik konst & kultur, Stockholm, Sweden (collaboration with the National Gallery of Iceland) travelling to Luleå, Sweden

2002
Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting: Reykjavik, Oslo, Copenhagen, London, Helsinki, Gothenburg
Skaftfell (with Peter Frie), Seydisfjördur, Iceland (solo)

2001
Gullni Penisllin, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Confronting Nature, Icelandic Art of the 20th Century, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

2000
Gerauberg, Reykjavik, Iceland
Gullni Pensillin, the Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Saevars Karls, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)

1999
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Sjönauki Listafn Akureyrar, Iceland
Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting: Oslo, Helsinki, Lyngby, Denmark, Stockholm, Reykjavik, London

1998
Natura, Charlottenborg, Denmark
Icelandic Painting of the 20th Century, Hong Kong, Beijing, China
Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)

1997
Reopening Exhibition, PS1, Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA

1996
New Territories, travelling exhibition in the UK
Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden

1995
Contemporary Icelandic Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)

1994
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Galleri Gangurinn, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Mokka, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Nordisk 90- tal, The Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Islandske Kunstnere 1944-1994, Nicolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleri Greip, Reykjavik, Iceland

1993
Ny´listasafnio, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)

1992
Galleri Nyhöfn, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Slunkariki, Isafjördur, Iceland (solo)
Galleri Artek, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Il Paesaggio culturale, Rome, Italy

1991
Transparensia Azul, travelling in Scandinavia and in South America
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)

1990
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (solo)
The Art of Drawing, Kunstnerens Hus, Oslo, Norway
Landscapes from High Latitude, travelling exhibition in the UK
De Kollektie, Jan van eyck Akademie, 1983-1990, Masstricht, The Netherlands
Icelandic Art in Cologne, Cologne, Germany

1989 - 1990
Aurora 3, Sveaborg, Finland

1989
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)

1988
Galleri Lang, Malmö, Sweden (solo)
The Spirit of the Age, Listafan êslands, Iceland
Five Young Artists, Listasafn êslands Ny Islandsk Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

1987
Borealis 3, The Nordic Biennial, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Svart a hvitu, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Slunkariki, Isafjördur, Iceland (solo)

1986
Mikka, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)

1985
Ny´listasafino, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Ung Nordisk Konst, Stockholm, Sweden

1984
Utgaard, Norway

1983
UM, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland