Artist and coordinator of the Icelandic Art Prize Tinna Guðmundsdóttir joins Becky & Tinna to discuss the nominations for the 2024 Icelandic Art Prize awards. In this overview episode, we detour from our usual format, and take some time to review the artists, and their exhibitions The Icelandic Art Prize awards, including the Artist of the Year award, the Motivational Award, Publication of the Year, Group exhibition of the Year and Honorary Artist of the Year, annually award outstanding visual artists, as well as encouraging new artistic creations, and recognizing significant contributions made to the field of contemporary art over the year.
Four artists are nominated for the Artist of the Year category: Amanda Riffo for House of Purkinje at the Living Art Museum Arnar Ásgeirsson for Cleaning Methods at Neskirkja Church Geirþrúður Finnbogadóttir Hjörvar for Index at Ásmundarsalur Ólöf Nordal for Blird at Ásmundarsalur
Installation view. Amanda Riffo, House of Purkinje, (2023) at the Living Art Museum. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Artist of the Year category.
Installation view. Ólöf Nordal, Blird, (2023) at Ásmundarsalur. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Artist of the Year category.
Installation view. Arnar Ásgeirsson, Cleaning Methods (2023) at Neskirkja Church. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Artist of the Year category.
Installation view. Geirþrúður Finnbogadóttir Hjörvar, Index (2023) at Ásmundarsalur. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Artist of the Year category.
Three artists are nominated for the Motivational Award: Almar Steinn Atlason for the exhibition Almar in the Tent at the Svavar Guðnason Art Museum, Svavarssafn, in Höfn in Hornafjörður Brák Jónsdóttir for the exhibition Possible Oddkin in the Greenhouse of the Nordic House in Reykjavík Sara Björg Bjarnadóttir for the exhibition Two Infinities between 1 and 3 at the Akureyri Art Museum
Installation view. Brák Jónsdóttir, Possible Oddkin at the Nordic House (Greenhouse) Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Motivational Award category.
Installation view. Sara Björg Bjarnadóttir, Two Infinities between 1 and 3 at Akureyri Art Museum. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Motivational Award category.
Installation view. Almar Steinn Atlason, Almar in the Tent at Svavarsafn. Icelandic Art Prize nominee for the Motivational Award category.
