Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen Hinter der Kapelle 54 D - 55128 Mainz, Germany Tel.: +49 - (0)61 31 - 3 46 64 galerie@vanderkoelen.de · www.galerie.vanderkoelen.de
La Galleria - Venezia S. Marco 2566 (Calle Calegheri) I - 30124 Venezia, Italy Tel.: +39 - 041 - 52 07 415 info@galleria.vanderkoelen.de
CV, summary Born in Reykjavik 1951. Lives in Reykjavik Residencies in: Denmark, Canada, Finland, France, Sweden, Boznia Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Kroatia and China
Preview One Hundred Years of Icelandic Art, LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, IS, January 30th. - May 2nd. Safnasafnið - The Icelandic Folk Art Museum, Akureyri, IS, featuring Niels Hafstein, Thor Vigfusson, Ruri, May 2010 Safnasafnið - The Icelandic Folk Art Museum, Akureyri, IS, ArtFeast-1, 20 female artists, July 10th 2010 For more information see: the News-part of the page
Solo exhibitions, short: 2009 AQUA - Silence, Seven Screens, Osram Art Projects, Munich, Germany 2009 Aqua - Silence - II, Osram Art Gallery, Munich, Germany 2008 Water Story Vocal-V and Changing Waters, St. Lukas, Munich, Germany 2008 Flooding - Nature Lost, Reykjavik Art Festival, STARTART gallery 2007 Endangered Waters, Art On Armitage, Chicago, US 2007 Vocal III - Endangered, Castle Festival Frankfurt Hoecst, Germany 2007 Toefrafoss - Endangered, Eidar Culture Centre, Iceland 2007 Rúrí, Time - Relativity - Values, Visual Seminar and Retrospective Exhibition, GerdubergCultureCenterReykjavik, Iceland 2006 Dedication, Thingvellir National Park, Iceland 2006 Endangered, Galeria Liget, Budapest, Hungary 2005 Light of the World - Salt of the Earth, and Vocal, Hallgrimchurch, Reykjavik, Iceland 2005 Charmed, FUGL Project Space, Reykjavik, Iceland 2005Ruri, Archive – endangered waters, National Gallery of Iceland 2004Limpide II, Gallerie White Box - Colette-meets-Comme des Garcons, Tokyo, Japan 2004 Limpide, colette, Paris 2004Archive - endangered waters, Passage du Desir, Paris 2004Ruri - Archive - endangered waters, Museum Het Domein, The Netherlands 2003Archive - endangered waters, Iceland Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2002Timans ras II, Skaftfell – Art Centre, Seydisfjordur, Iceland 2002Passage of Time II, Galleria Becker, Jyvaskyla, Finland 2001Passage of Time, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China 2001Glassrain, the National Gallery of Iceland 2000Time Passing, Ketilhus, Akureyri, Iceland 2000"Four Powers – Four Islands", Skrudur, Hellisey, Flatey, Grimsey, Iceland 1999"That Day …", Gallery the Old Workshop, the Westman Islands, Iceland 1998Paradise?– When?, the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1997Galerie Van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany 1997Relativity, Galerie Bossky, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996Galerie Ingolfsstraeti 8, Reykjavik, Iceland 1994Values, Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki, Finland 1992Relativity, the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1992Slunkariki, Isafjordur, Iceland 1991Cosmos, the Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1989Fragments of Time, Konstakademien, Stockholm 1987Time, the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1984The Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1983"Rainbow I" Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavik 1982The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1979Galerie Loa, Amsterdam, Holland 1979Galerie 38 and Galerie Kanal 2, Copenhagen, Denmark 1978De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group exhibitions /activities, short:
2009 RETHINK Contemporary Art & Climate Change - Rethink Kakotopia, Nikolaj, CopenhagenContemporaryArtCenter 2009 When Ideas Become Form – 30 Years of Gallery, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen MainzGermany 2009 When Ideas Become Form - 30 Years of Gallery, La Galleria, Venice Italy, June
2009 Some Friends, National Gallery, Iceland 2009 Havanna Biennale - Integration and Resistence in the Global Age, Overtures, Villa Manuela/ Uneac, Cuba 2009Messe Karlsruhe, Van der Koelen, Karlsruhe, Germany, solo 2008 Solitude - Landscape Opening Up, Kuenstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany 2008 Sequences 2008, Honorary Artist, Reykjavik Art Museum-Hafnarhus, Iceland 2008 By By Iceland, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland 2008 One Hundred Years of Icelandic Art, Skaftfell Art Centre, Seydisfjordur, Iceland 2008 Pures Wasser - Kunstportal Pfalz, Landau, Germany 2007 Overtures - Water between Poetics and Politics,Proje 4L /Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 Bridge Art Fair Miami, US 2007 Ars Electronica - 2007, Second City, Linz, Austria 2007 Overtures 3, 52. Biennale di Venezia, collateral event, Venice International University, San Servolo 2007 Borderline Moving Images 2007, Beijing, China 2007 REYFI, Nordic House, Reykjavik 2007 Mini Vott, Gallery StartArt, Reykjavik 2007 Exhibition FOSS / Falling Water at Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, with artists Pat Steir, Olafur Eliasson, Ruri, Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir 2007 700IS 2007, Hreindyraland Experimental Film and Video Festival, Egilsstodum, Iceland 2007Waters of Plenty - Art and Awareness, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2006Central Exhibition - Stella Polaris, Paris Photo, Paris, France 2006 Video from the North, Spiegel/Lothringen 13, Munchen, Germany 2006 Overtures on Water, Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland 2006Mega vott, Hafnarborg – Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland 2006God’s Chosen People, Gallery Kling og Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland 2006Far-off Deceitful World, Saarijärvi Art Museum, Finland 2006 Clarities - Elina Brotherus, Thor Vigfusson, Ruri in Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland 2006 Mega Pop Gig, Laugardalur Sporthall, Reykjavik 2005 Creator Vesevo, Ercolano, Italy 2005 Geometrisk Abstraktion XXIV, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Colour-Tones, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany 2005 Collecting-Colecction, The Reykjavik Academie, Reykjavik, Iceland 2005 The Order of Nature, O.K Centrum for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria 2005 Mythos und Naturgewalt Wasser, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany 2005 Glampar/Blitz, Bluesky Artspace, Vienna, Austria 2005 But the Exciting Aspect is to Organize Matter – Female Positions Towards Sculpture, 55 international female positions toward sculpture Vienna AREA 53, Austria 2005Arte Fiera 2005 Bologna, Galerie Dorothe van der Koelen, Italy 2004Art Cologne, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Germany 2004Apriori, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany and La Galeria, Venice Italy 2004Eoropean Contemporary Artists, the Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China 2004Arte Fiera 2004 Bologna, Galerie Dorothe van der Koelen, Italy 2003Realism and Reality, the National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland 2003Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2003Eight Eoropean Contemporary Artists, CEAC, Chinese Eorepean Art Center, Xiamen, China 2003Zahlen – Zeit – Zeichen/ Numbers - Time -Symbols, Galerie Van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany 2003Ecca Femina, Reykjavik Art Museum – Hafnarhus, Iceland 2003Dreams and Conflicts, the Dictatorship of the viewer, Iceland Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy 2003La Galleria - Venezia, Venice, Italy 2003Iceland-China Film Week, Contemporary movies, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China 2002MHR-30, Hafnarhus, the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 2002Hypercraze 2002, the Living art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2001Socha A Objekt VI. Bratislava – Stare Mesto, Bratislava, Slovenia 1999Stockholms Art Fair 1999, the Special Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden 1999Dusseldorf Art Fair 1999, Dusseldorf, Germany 1998Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, U.S.A. 1998Peter Lindner Gallery, Vienna, Austria 1998The Coast Line, Reykjavik Art Festival, Iceland 1997Icelandic Art, Kjarvalsstadir the Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1997Art Cologne, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Colon, Germany 1996The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik 1995Visual Resonances II, Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, Den Haag, Holland 1995Fragments, Contemporary Icelandic Art, Ernst Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary 1995Altitudes, Artimisia Gallery, Chicago, USA 1994Sculpture-Sculpture-Sculpture, The Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1993Zeit-sichten, Frauen-Museum, Bonn, Germany 1992Thoughts, The Nordic Arts Centre, Sveaborg, Finland 1992Wanaas, outdoor sculptures, Knieslinge, Sweden 1990Stockholm Art Fair, the Central Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden 1987Art of Today II, Budapest, Hungary 1986Bone in a Cold Oven, The Nordic Arts Centre, Finland 1986Concrete, Helsinki Art Festival, Finland 1985Big Scale 85, Skaane Art Festival, Malmoe, Sweden 1984The Art Revealed, Franklin Furnace, New York, USA 1984Flying Concrete, Copenhagen, Denmark 1983Across the Meridian, Museum Fodor - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland 1983Biennale de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain 1982Biennale de Paris, Beaubourg, Paris, France 1981Trondheim Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway 1981Performances, the Henie-Onstad Art Center, Hovikodden, Norway 1980Experimental Environment II, Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland 1979Studio Levi, Madrid, Spain 1979Galerie Zona, Florence, Italy 1978Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland 1975SUM '75, Galerie SUM, Reykjavik, Iceland 1974Reykjavik Sculptors, the Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
BIBLIOGRAPHY selection:
2009 Elisabeth Delin Hansen, Rethink, Contemporary Art &Climate Change, Alexandra Institute, Denmark 2009 Lorella Scacco, Northwave, Silvana Editoriale, Italy 2009 Christian Schon, Icelandic Art Today, Hatje Kantz, Germany 2009 Gudbergur Bergsson, Interview with Ruri, Stina periodical, Iceland 2009 Antoanetta Ivanova, Impact by Degrees, FRAME, Finland 2009Rúrí Opens Art Project in Munich, Silence, a silent sequence, List- Icelandic Art News, Iceland 2009 Einar Falur, Ograndi og formraen askorun, Morgunbladid, Iceland 2009 Laura Fanti, Artisti Ruri, Espoarte 57, Italy 2008 Birgit Sonne, Der Entfesselte Fluss, Zuiddeutche Zeitung, Germany 2008 Jean-Noël Schifano, Creator Vesevo , Éditions Gallimard Loisirs, France 2008Beate Köhne, In Teufels Küche, Sonntag Aktuell, Germany 2008 Kristine Kern, Kunst og natur kan hjælpe Island gennem krisen, Politiken, Denmark 2008Rebecca Solnit, Harper's magazine, USA 2008Tom Haines, Creators of cool, The Boston Globe, USA 2008Andrea Holzherr, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2008Chrisitian Schoen, interview, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2008Henry Corning/Meadowsweet Dairy, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2008 Laufey Helgadóttir, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2008 Hafthor Yngvason, Museum Director, Reykjavik Art Museum, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2008 Halldor Bjorn Runolfsson, Museum Director, National Gallery of Icelan, Ruri - Endangered Waters 2006 Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Mega vott, Iceland 2006 Harpa Thorsdottir, Earth Conciousness, Mega vott, Iceland 2006Andrea Holzherr, Paris Photo catalogue, Reed Exhibitions, France 2006Entretiens, Andrea Holzherr / Asdis Olafsdottir, Foto Nordik, France 2006Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, France 2006ValérieDuponchelle, le Figaro, France 2006Agathe Hoffmann, Pixelcreation, France 2006 Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Elvis en Laponia, Leonardo en la Marisma, EXIT Express, Spain 2005Genoveva Ruckert/ Laufey Helgadottir, The Order of Nature, O.K Centrum for Contemporary Art, Austria 2005 Thora Thorisdottir, Magnificent, Inspired and Convincing, Morgunbladid, Iceland 2005Mythos und Naturgewalt Wasser, Kunsthalle der Hypo-kulturstiftung, Germany 2005Audur Adalsteinsdottir, Mannlif 7/22-Iceland 2005 Anders Beyer, Dancing in the Dark, Nordic Sound, the Nordic Music Committee 2005Birgitta Jonsdottir, Voices In the Waterfalls, The Reykjavik Grapevine, Iceland 2005Laufey Helgadottir,Ruri, Archive - endangered waters, The National Gallery of Art, Iceland 2005Manfred Eichel, Apriori - 25 Jahre Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Zeitraum Nr 32, Germany 2005Marianne Hoffmann, Kunst-Boom in Bologna, Die Welt, Germany 2004Anna Topaloff, Une symponie d’eau sonore et visuelle, Marianne en-ligne.fr, France 2004Annick Rivoire, Une installation au Passage du Désir de l’artiste islandais, France Ruri met les cascades en boite, Liberation, France 2004Apriori, Galerie Dorothea Van der Koelen, Germany 2004Asrun Kristjansdottir, Water in danger of extinction, AVS - Architecture and planning, Iceland 2004Bérénie Bailly, Ruri – Lyrisme écolo en terre d’Islane, BAM- Baux Art 244, France 2004Colette meets Comme des Garcons, madame Figaro Japon, Japan 2004De kunst van het woorbijgaan, Limburgs Dagblad, The Netherlands 2004Envoyé par: Colette, styledesignartfoodmusicbauténews, ClubSandwich.Com, France 2004Morison/ Midori Yamashita, colette meets Comme des Garcons, Japan 2004Murielle Bachelier, L’Islande sort de la brume, Le bruit de la ville, France 2004Richard Leydier, Un autre monde, découverte de l’art contemporain islandais, Art press, France 2004The Sankei Shimbun 9/26, Japan 200350. Biennale Venedig 2003, Island-Pavillon, InternetJournal Kultur-Punkt, Switzerland 2003Benjamin Genocchio, Stars shine at Venice Biennale, The Australian, Australia 2003Chiara Longari, Biennale 2003 - Padiglione Islanda, Rúrí - Archivo acque Minacciate, ExibART, Italy 2003Emanuele Scoppola, La Biennale sul serio, La Nuova Ecologia, Italy 2003Enrico Tantucci, Quarantamila in due giorni.E i primi "rumors" indicano un Leone danese, La Nuova Internet, di Venezia e Mestre, Italy 2003Edward Weinman, the Rainbow Woman, Iceland Review vol.41, Iceland 2003Frida Bjork Ingvarsdottir, Morgunbladid, Iceland 2003Giusy Caroppo, La Biennale dei piccolo, Exibart, Italy 2003Janet Bellotto, Exploring Dreams and Conflicts, Tandem, Canada 2003Jean-Marie Wynants, Ars - La Biennale de Venise a ouvert ses portes auc professionnels, Le Soir, Belgium 2003Katarzyna Bojarska, Dyktatura zblakanego widza i wszechmocnego kuratora, FotoTapeta, Poland 2003Laufey Helgadottir, Archive – endangered waters, Iceland/ Italy 2003Laufey Helgadottir, Dreams and Conflicts, Venice Biennale, Italy 2003Mariella Gonzales, Alter Ego, Spain 2003Mariella Gonzalez, Bienal de Venecia - La dictadura del sepectador, Bellas Artes, Chile 2003Michal Onfray, Archive – endangered waters, Iceland/ Italy 2003Michel Onfray, Archéologie du present Manifeste pour une esthétique cynique, France 2003Musei sul Waterfront Veneziano per la Biennale, Citta' d'Acqua News, Italy 2003Orith Youdovich, Ruri - Padiglione Islanda, 50esima Esposizione Internazione d'Arte Venezia, Cult Frame, Italy 2003Paul Carlos, Glass Magazine, New York, US 2003Rachel Campbell-Johnston,, Biennale? Don't you mean Banal?,, The Times, UK 2003Sue Williamson, The Venice Biennale Part 1: The pavilions of the Giardini, ArtThrob, Australia 2003Website of the Month, ArtThrob, Australia 2003A Series of Contemporary European Artists / vol. Ruri, CEAC - Chinese European Art Center, China 2002MHR-30, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 2001Margret Elisabet Olafsdottir, Glassrain, the National Gallery of Iceland 1999Elisabeth Haitto Connah, Stockholm Art Fair 1999, Stockholm, Sweden 1998The Coast Line, The Reykjavik Sculptors and Penninn, Reykjavik, Iceland 1998Dorothea Van der Koelen, Paradise? – When?, the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland 1997Elisabeth Claus, Islandische Positioinen Der Gegenwart, Galerie Van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany 1997Grethe Grathwol, Relativity, North Information, Denmark 1995Kaija Hannula, Experimental Environment 1995, - Kuopion Tienoo, Finland 1995Gunnar J. Arnason, Experimental Environment 1995, Kuopion Tienoo, Finland 1994Sculpture-Sculpture-Sculpture, Reykjavik Art Museum-Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland 1994Maricka Wachtmeister, - Wanaas, konsten, parken, slottet, Sweden 1993Dr. Ingrid H. Helmke, Zeit Zichten, Germany 1992Wif Stenger, Form Function, Finland 1992Halldor B. Runolfsson, Hugsanir-Ajatuksia-Tanker/Thoughts, Nordic Arts Centre, Finland 1990Marika Wachtmeister, "Kvinnorna i Centrum" the 10th. Art Fair in Stockholm, Femina, Sweden 1989Gunnar B. Kvaran, Tidsfragment, Sweden 1989Synnit, book publ. by Nyky Taiteen Museo/ Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland 1987Aldarspegill, the National Gallery of Iceland 1987Gunnar B. Kvaran, TIMI – TIME, Iceland 1986Kimmo Sarje, Oleminen ja aika, Taide Magazine 2/86, Finland 1986Taide Magazine 6/86, article about "Time Concrete" and the exhibition Concrete, Finland 1986Silja Rantanen, Concrete, Experimental Environment, Finland 1986Bone in a Cold Oven, Dieter Roth Verlag, Switzerland 1986Adalsteinn Ingolfsson, Northern Poles, Denmark 1985Saari-Vala, Experimental Environment, Finland 1982Hans Frode, New Work, New York, US 1980Experimental Environment II, the Experimental Environment group, Iceland/Denmark 1979Around Performance, Reykjavik, Iceland 1979Jan Zumbrink, Artzien, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
COLLECTIONS: The National Gallery of Iceland The Living Art Museum, Iceland The Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Iceland
Kopavogur Art Museum - Gerdarsafn, Iceland The Henie-Onstad Art Center, Hovikodden, Norway Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark The Museum of Modern Art, New York International Mail Art Archive, Pisa, Italy Artworks in private collections in:Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden and USA
ARTWORKS in Public Places: 2007 "Glacial" the Blue Lagoon, Iceland 2005 "Terra Vivax" outdoor installation, Creator Vesevo, Vesuvius National Parc, Ercolano, Italy 2003 “Gate” a memorial for the lost, outdoor installation, Reykjavik, Iceland 2002 "Dedication - To Sigridur i Brattholti" Hafnarfjordur Technical College, Iceland 2000 “Four Powers” an artwork in four parts located in four islands around Iceland 1998 “Light”, an altarpiece in the Arbaer Church, Reykjavik, Iceland 1995 “Kuopio Observatorium, an outdoor installation in Kuopio, Finland 1995 “Waterfall” (Fyssa) an outdoor installation in the Reykjavik Botanic Garden, Iceland 1992 "Observatorium" an outdoor sculpture in Waanas, Sweden 1991 "Rainbow" the International Air Terminal Building in Keflavik, Iceland 1990 "Monoliths" an outdoor installation at the University in Reykjavik, Iceland 1986 "Time Concrete" an outdoor installation in Hameenlinna, Finland 1985 "Time/Pavillion" an outdoor installation in Malmoe, Sweden, temporary 1985 "Rainbow II" an outdoor installation in Reykjavik, temporary 1984 "Desolation" an outdoor installation in Copenhagen, Denmark, temporary
Awards, short: 2008 the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Iceland 2006 Nominated for the Myndstef Art Award 2006 2005 The Reykjavik City Artist Award, 2005 2005 Nominated for the Myndstef Art Award 2005 2002 Appointed to represent Iceland at the 2003 Biennale di Venezia 2002 A postage stamp with the artwork “Waterfall” published in Iceland 2001 First prize in a competition for an outdoor installation, a memorial of the lost, Reykjavik 2000 One year grant from the Visual Art Fund in Iceland. 1998 Honorary Grant, from the SPRON Culture Fund, Iceland 1998 A Project Grant from the Reykjavik Culture Fund, for “Paradise? – When? 1998 A Project Grant from the Icelandic Ministry of Culture, for “Paradise? – When? 1997 Nine months grant from the Reykjavik Culture Fund 1994 First prize in a competition for an outdoor sculpture in the Botanic Garden in Reykjavik 1992 A three year grant from the Art Fund of the Ministry of Culture, Iceland 1989 The Swedish "Prince Eugen" medal for "visual art par excellence" 1989 "Certificate of excellence" for sculpture at The 7th International Art Competition, New York 1986 First prize in a competition for an outdoor sculpture in front of the International Air Terminal Building in Keflavik, Iceland
Cofounder of: Cofounder of the Living Art Museum in Iceland, 1978 Ignator and cofounder of the multinational artist cooperation "Experimental Environment" in Scandinavia, 1978-9 Cofounder of Galerie Loa in Holland 1976
Organizational Activities, short Active in numerous artist and public organizations, for instance: on the board of Galerie Loa in Holland, 1976-78 one of the three main leaders of the informal artist group Experimental Environment 1979-1995, director of the Living Art Museum in 1983-1984, president of the Association of Reykjavik Sculptors in 1987-88, vice-president of the Society of Icelandic Artists (all arts) 1987-89, on the board of the State Fund for Public Art Projects, 1990-92, member of the Scandinavian Cultural Committee of Art and Design, 1994-2000 on the board for CIA - Centre for Icelandic Art, 2007-2010.
Lecturing: at conferences in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Turkey and at art academies in Iceland, Canada, China, Finland, Norway, Sweden and USA.
