GUDNY ROSA INGIMARSDOTTIR | DRAWING NOW 2025
Irène Laub Gallery is pleased to announce its participation at Drawing Now 2025 with works by Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir, Marija Rinkevičiūtė, Bernard Villers and Tatiana Wolska.
Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir was born in 1969 in Reykjavik, Iceland. She studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts in Reykjavik, in the early 90s and then at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, from 1994 to 1997. She finished her education at the HISK – Hoger Institute of Fine Arts in Flanders, from 2001 to 2004. Today, she lives and works in Brussels, while still being active in the Icelandic art scene.
The artist has been invited by numerous institutions in Iceland and in Europe, including solo shows at the National Gallery of Iceland in 2008, the Hafnarborg Art Center (IS) in 2019, the Iselp Art Center in Brussels (BE) in 2020 and a large-scale retrospective at the Reykjavík Art Museum (IS) in 2021.
Her works are included in the public collections of the Frac Picardie of Amiens, the Centre national des arts plastiques, in Paris (FR), the Djurhuus Collection in Copenhagen (DK), the National Gallery of Iceland (IS), the Fédération Wallonie- Bruxelles (BE), as well as the Ixelles Museum (BE), among others.
Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir a étudié à l’Icelandic College of Art de Reykjavik puis à l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre à Bruxelles et a terminé sa formation à l’HISK – Hoger Institute of Fine Arts en Flandre. Aujourd’hui, elle vit et travaille à Bruxelles, tout en restant active sur la scène artistique islandaise.
Parmi de nombreuses expositions institutionnelles, on peut mentionner des expositions personnelles à la National Gallery of Iceland en 2008, au Hafnarborg Art Center (IS) en 2019, à l’Iselp Art Center à Bruxelles (BE) en 2020 et une exposition rétrospective majeure au Reykjavík Art Museum (IS) en 2021.
Ses œuvres sont présentes dans la collection du FRAC Picardie d’Amiens et dans celle du Centre national des arts plastiques à Paris (FR), ainsi que dans une série de collections publiques internationales, notamment la Djurhuus Collection à Copenhague (DK), la National Gallery of Iceland de Reykjavík (IS), la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE), ou le musée d’Ixelles (BE).
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bil vængja
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facts (grey matters)
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kátust
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limits
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op
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untitled – morgunsár
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untitled – flowerheads
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untitled – squares
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corners hanging
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untitled – fálmar
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birtuskil
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chosen fragments
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Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir works with paper, thread and various water dissolvable materials. The artist produces drawings and paintings made up of several layers, which she cuts, peels or carves, before or after assembling them, aiming to get closer to the essence of creation. Each of these unique pieces has its own geometric structure and exists on the border between abstract and figurative. The work builds itself slowly, sometimes taking years; each line traced or erased has equal value, the remaining elements have the same strength as those removed. Her compositions convey rhythm and silence. Her methodical and meditative work process that takes place inside her studio extends into the exhibition areas, transforming them into breathing spaces.
Silence, présision, retenue et économie de moyens composent l’univers de Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir. Son atelier est à la fois un cabinet de curiosités et un laboratoire d’expérimentation méditative où l’artiste retravaille les matériaux qui s’offrent à elle. Chutes de papier, découpes d’oeuvres précédentes précieusement conservées, mots découpés ou dactylographiés, traces, souvenirs… Autant de fragments épars qui se métamorphosent et s’assemblent par une alchimie subtile. Chaque pièce se construit doucement, parfois pendant des années, et possède sa propre structure entre formes géométriques et organiques, entre figuration et abstraction.
Les oeuvres sur papier et les installations de Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir expriment le rythme et le silence. Ce processus de travail en atelier, à la fois méthodique et méditatif, se prolonge dans les différents espaces d’exposition qui acceuillent les productions de l’artiste et les transforme en lieux de respiration.