Reykjavík Fringe Festival 2023

Exhibition of three comics made in 2022 titled “Three Modern Fairy Tales” (Of Snow and Shovels, The Ghosts at Home and The Unseen Artistry of Women) at Grófin, Reykjavík City Library, between 26th June until July 2nd. I also exhibited one panel from Nana’s Cows, as a sneak peak into this year’s work.

This year, I was also the artist of the fringe’s official poster design, which decorated Reykjavík city in the form of posters, flyers, signs and at bus stops all over town.

*Me, in front of The Unseen Artistry of Women*

*My mom in front of the story about her, Of Snow and Shovels*

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2023

Comics, zines, pins, stickers and prints at TCAF 2023, hosted at the Toronto Reference Library, April 29th - 30th.

Gothenburg Fringe Festival 2022

“Comic Worlds” featured three stories at Oceanen September 7th-11th:
“Space Mama Piggy”, “Apples Baked and Words Unspoken” and “The Unseen Artistry of Women.”

*Hanging the exhibition, 7th September 2022.*

Sumarborgin 2022

Joint exhibition by the title “Illustrated Worlds” with Tinna Þorvalds Önnudóttir, sponsored by the Sumarborgin fund of the city of Reykjavík. Opening Party 1pm Saturday 9th July, closing Sunday 10th July.

The exhibition featured Space Mama Piggy and the award winning short comic Apples Baked and Words Unspoken.

Gallerí Fold 2022

Space Mama Piggy exhibited at Reykjavík Fringe Festival in Iceland. Opening Party Saturday 25th, 12pm and the exhibition stayed up until July 3rd.

The short story Apples Baked and Words Unspoken also exhibited at Gallerí Fold and received the Pen to Paper Reykjavík Fringe Award 2022. Published in the collaborative zine Strange Love with the Icelandic Comics Society ÍMS. The story follows the zine theme “Love” and is about communication, failures and fatherhood.

*These illustrations are excerpts from a new chapter in the full length graphic novel in-the-works, Space Mama Piggy, prior to lettering.*
*Space Mama Piggy is not the perfect mother of children’s books. She is a broken six legged figure stumbling to move on from her mistakes and perceived failures.*

In this collection, Space Mama Piggy’s Shadow has grown into an enormous sea monster from her relentless shame and self loathing. Once ensnared, Flower Petal fears that this is the end of Space Mama Piggy. Rather than running away from her Shadow, Space Mama Piggy tries for the first time to stay with it and embrace it. She realizes Shadow is just as afraid, lonely and in need of love as she is. By embracing her darker and rejected sides, Space Mama Piggy inches closer to becoming a whole person again.

*Seven page comic about a family of foxes. It features apple cake, but really, it’s about how often we fall short and fail to communicate the love we feel and need.* *The comic explores childhood and fatherhood.*

Hönnunarmars 2022

Space Mama Piggy exhibited at Design March in Iceland. Opening party May 5th at 4pm. The exhibit stayed up until August 2022.

See this lovely article about the project in Reykjavík Grapevine and this one in Icelandic in Fjarðarfréttir.

Fringe Festival Circuit 2020

Space Mama Piggy participated in Stockholm Fringe Festival, Reykjavík Fringe Festival & Pittsburgh Fringe Festival 2020.

Freehold 2019-20

Consumption and Healing was on display at Freehold in Williamsburg, New York, from September 2019 - July 2020.

*Opening night at Freehold, September 27th 2019*

UN Women 2019

An exhibition of the series Consumption and Healing at Kex Hostel, September 2019 in celebration of the 30 year anniversary of UN Women in Iceland.

Reykjavík Fringe Festival 2018

Icelandic words in wild local flora. Exhibition at Hlemmur Square during Reykjavík Fringe Festival July 1st-8th 2018. The illustrations were sold as a set of postcards as well as framed A2 prints through custom orders.

I also did a live drawing mural of the word “Jæja” at the Hlemmur Square reception during the Reykjavík Fringe launch party. This led to my custom mural commission for the hostel.

*Live drawing of the word “Jæja” on the wall at Hlemmur during the Reykjavík Fringe Launch Party*

Reykjavík City Library 2018

Stafir is a colouring book corner and exhibition at the Reykjavík City Library of The Alphabet Colouring Book.

The exhibition is open between September 6th and October 29th at Borgarbókasafnið. Whether you are a Reykjavík City kid or wanting to zone out of your adult world we would love to see your version on the exhibition wall.

Library Solveig Eva — Photos by Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir.

Reykjavík Design March 2016-17

Design March is an annual design festival in Reykjavik. "The Hidden People" was a response to FÍT's (Icelandic Association of Illustrators and Graphic Designers) poster exhibition of Icelandic weights in 2016, and "Aliens" were a part of their extraterrestrial exhibition in 2017.