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Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason

Magic of the Ordinary

Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason is born in Hafnarfjöður in 1944.

Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason studied art at the Icelandic Art and Craft School (MHÍ). He has taught at MHÍ at the Reykjavík Art School for almost two decades. Gunnlaugur has also held numerous seminars at his art-studio in Móberg 4 in Hafnarfjörður.

Gunnlaugur is touched by fun and mystical atmospheric conditions and the special Icelandic weather with scattered rain and wind blowing from the sea. Lighting conditions are especially interesting in February and March forming long shadows and spectacular cloud formations that Gunnlaugur finds amazing.

He searches for old houses that have been deserted. Also old tools and machines that once served useful purposes but in today's fast pace have long since become obsolete.

Frá Borgarfirði
From Borgarfjörður ( 37X57 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
105.000 ISK

Haustslæður
Autumn sash ( 47X67,5 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
150.000 ISK

Hraunglæður
Lava lighting ( 46X67 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
150.000 ISK

Kæling að hausti
Autumn cooling ( 45X65 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
105.000 ISK

Vetur
Winter
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
Privately owned

Fjara
Beach ( 31X53 cm ) (SOLD)
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason

Úti á túni
Out on the field ( 31X51 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
120.000 ISK

Endalok
The End ( 36X54 cm ) (SOLD)
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason

Vélin
The Machine ( 44X57 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
105.000 ISK

Ljós í norðri
Light in the north ( 34X54 cm ) (SOLD)
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason

Glugginn
The Window ( 36X53 cm )
Watercolor
Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason
105.000 ISK

Solo Exhibitions:

1977 Nordic house, Reykjavík.
1980 Gallery FÍM. Reykjavík.
1981 Gallery Landlist, Vestmannaeytjar.
1982 Smiðjan Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands.
1983 House of Bjarni Sívertsen, Hafnarfjörður.
1984 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
1986 Gallery Borg, Reykjavík.
1989 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
1993 Gallery Fold, Reykjavík.
1996 Gallery Fold, Reykjavík.
1998 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
1998 Gallery Fold, Reykjavík.
2001 Hotel Hérað Egilsstaðir.

Group Exhibitons:

1968 Nordic Youth Biennale, Finland.
1970 Reykjavík Art Festival.
1970-1971 Four generations of Icelandic Art in the Nordic countries.
1977 Uppsala-Hafnarfjörður in Sweden.
1977-1993 Group Exhibitons with FÍM.
1978 Gallery Plaiserene Hasselby, Sweden.
1979 Foreningen Norden, Finland.
1983 Gallery Plaiserene Hasselby, Sweden.
1985 2nd Internatjonal Biennal, Taivan.
1991 Hafnarfjörður Art Festival.
1992 Aquarelle and glass, Höganes, Sweden.
1993 Artists from Hafnarfjörður, Cuxhafen, Germany.
1994 Seven in a hall, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
1994 Conversation over the ocean, Janköbing, Karlstadt, Sweden.
1996 Icelandic Aquarelle, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður.
1998 Nordic Aquarelle, Jusholmer, Sweden.

Gunnlaugur Stefán Gíslason has works at many public institutions:

Icelandic Art Gallery - Listasafn Íslands
Kópavogur Art Gallery - Listasafn Kópavogs
Hafnarborg Art and Culture Center Hafnarfjörður
Town of Vestmannaeyjar
Stockholm Amnt Sweden

Works owned by private collections:

Switzerland
England
Nordic countries
United States