Air Under Water is an excursion exploring territories unknown, yet faintly recognisable landscapes etched into the borders of our psyche. The artist, herself, becomes a conduit for ideas that seem familiar, yet totally novel to us, even sometimes to herself. The works communicate something deeply personal whilst searching for something cosmological, a shared oceanic feeling. There is a sense of eternity, of time without end, in these spiritually mystic landscapes. Where there are different forces at play, not binary forces, but multitudes of queer phenomena that co-exist within these dimensions the frames capture.
– text by Þórhildur Tinna Sigurðardóttir

In recent years, Kristín Morthens has shown her paintings both in Iceland and abroad where her work has been very well recived. She graduated with a BFA from OCAD University, Toronto, Canada as well as doing an exchange program at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Kristín Morthens recent solo exhibitions include Að snerta uppsprettu, Norr11, Reykjavík (2022) Gegnumtrekkur, Þula, Reykjavík (2021), Introducing Kristín Morthens, Christopher Cutts, Toronto (2019), & I Followed a Spiral, It Felt Lika a Loop, Angell Gallery , Toronto (2019). Kristina’s work has been exhibited at CHART Art Fair, Market Art Fair, Art Miami, Art Toronto and Foire Papier. Kristin lives and works in Reykjavík.