Education
2020 - 2023
MA in Creative Writing, The University of Iceland, Iceland
2016 - 2019
BA in Fine Arts, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018
Exchange in Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 - 2016
Diploma in Painting, Idun Lovén School of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 - 2015
Fine Arts, Wik Folk High School, Uppsala, Sweden
Solo and duo exhibitions
2020
From the Earth, Gallery Klaustur, Fljótsdalur, Iceland
2019
„Óþreyju barn, kom innst í lundinn” (with Hjördís G. G.), Mosfellsbær Art Space, Iceland
Balance piece (with Oskari Ruuska), Titanik Galleria, Turku, Finland
2018
Farsæl, fróð og frjáls, Rýmd Exhibition Space (with Hjördís G. G.), Reykjavík, Iceland
Cavity, Hulduland, Iceland University of the Arts, Iceland
Successful, Knowledgeable and Free (with Hjördís G. G.), Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway
2017
Algjör steypa (Total kaos), Gallery Tukt, Hitt húsið, Reykjavík, Iceland
I am your Venus (with Hedvig Schroeder), Rýmd Exhibition Space, Reykjavík, Icelan
Group exhibitions
2022
Field Station 21/22, Ifö Center, Bromölla, Svíþjóð
2021
Turning Point, Hugarflug, Reykjavík, Icleand
2020
Marry Christmas, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019
Shining lights of Memory, Reykjavík Sculpture Garden, Reykjavík, Iceland
First time ever, Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018
Massage Piece, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam
2017
Wouldn't Sell it Short, Rýmd Exhibition Space, Reykjavík, Iceland
Total Gump show, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland
Auðmýkt, Creative & Experimental venue, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland
Ljóð á stiga, Poem Days, Kópavogur Library, Iceland
Útgefið efni
2022
Life with BRCA, radio program, Rás 1, Icelandic National Radio
2016
Vegvísirinn, choral work (with Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson), Iceland
2011
Fangarnir í trénu (The Prisoners in the trees), Salka Publishing, Reykjavík, Iceland
2009
Galdrasteinninn (The Magic Stone), Salka Publishing, Reykjavík, Iceland
Styrkir
2020
Úr jörðu, verkefnastyrkur, Samfélagssjóður Landsvirkjunnar
2019
Farsæl, fróð og frjáls, Nýsköpunarsjóður Námsmanna, Reykjavík (6 mánuðir)
Farsæl, fróð og frjáls, ferðastyrkur, Menningarsjóður Norðurþings
Gestavinnustofur og starfsnám
2021
Artist Residency, Ifö Center, Bromölla, Sweden
2020
Internship, Studio Haris Epaminonda, Berlin, Germany
2019
Writers Residency, Skriðuklaustur, Centre of Culture & History, Iceland
2016
Writers Residency, Västra Götlands Literature Organization, Sweden
Félagsaðild
2019 –
SÍM – Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna
Myndhöggvarafélag Reykjavíkur
Harpa Dís Hákonardóttir (b.1993) obtained a BA degree in fine arts from Iceland University of the Arts in 2019 and MA in Creative Writing from The University of Iceland in 2023. She works between writing and sculpting and has participated in both duo and group exhibitions in galleries and project spaces in Iceland and Europe as well as published two children books. Harpa Dís now lives and works in Kópavogur, Iceland.