gudrun nielsen
Mediums Used
Gudrun Nielsen born in Iceland trained as a sculptor in Reykjavík and London.
“She has been working professionally since 1989 and has made good as an artist in the world of British environmental sculpture, which boasts of a long tradition encompassing everything from figurative bronzes for public gardens to permanent site specific installations”
Sculptures by gudrun nielsen
Credentials
Qualifications
1994 - 1995 University of East London. MA ART IN ARCHITECTURE
1990 - 1992 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. MURAL DESIGN
1985 - 1989 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík. SCULPTURE,1994 - 1995 University of East London. MA ART IN ARCHITECTURE
1990 - 1992 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. MURAL DESIGN
1985 - 1989 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík. SCULPTUREExhibitions
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Awards
FELLOW
Royal British Society of Sculptors, London http://www.rbs.org.ukMEMBER
SÍM The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavík http://www.sim.is
MHR - Reykjavík Sculptors Society http://mhr.is
Sculpture Network, Pöcking, Germany http://www.sculpture-network.orgAWARDS - NOMINATIONS - GRANTS - SELECTED FOR
2014 Selected to exhibit my sculpture Labyrinth in Prince´s Gardens South Kensington London in the RBS Nordic Exhibition SKULPTUR 2015 in an open call, nearly 170 applications came from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. one of 17 selected artists, two from Iceland
2013 One of 10 artists selected to present their works to an audience of art professionals, mediators, artists, buyers & friends of the arts, during sculpture network`s XII International Forum, "Sculpture lives on: from modernism to globalization" in the Netherlands
2013 One of 99 artists selected to participate in the AUTUMN EXHIBITION in Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna a renound art gallery in the areas of contemporary art..........participants from all over Scandinavia ……is one of Swedens largest jury based exhibitions for artists. http://www.edsvik.com/?p=6017
2012 One of 47 selected artists to participate in the exhibition “European Sculpture - methods, materials, poetry”, at Edsvik Art Gallery in Sweden.
2011 One of 15 International Artists selected for Drawing Symposium UK 2011 "Technologies of Drawing"
sculpture network in cooperation with the University of Huddersfield.
2010 Artist of the month, The Icelandic Medical Journal, October.
2009 Artist´s State Grant, Ministry of Culture, Iceland. Six months grant.
2004 The Artist Award from Kopavogur city, Iceland.
2001-2003 Committee Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
2001 The Royal British Society of Sculptors Fellowship
2001 Sculpture for Wingfielld Arts College Yard, Suffolk. Finalist.
2000 Solo Sculpture Exhiibition in the Millennium Dome, London, supported by Egils sjodur Skallagrimssonar.
2000 Monument Metro Public Art Commission Newcastle City Centr. Invited. Finalist.
1999 Winner of the Westwood High School Clock-face Competition.
1999 Art Exhibition and Cultural event at the Royal College of Art London, supported by Egils sjodur Skallagrimssonar.
1998 Invited to represent the UK at “Fabriq’Art”, Mereville, France, supported by the EU.
1998 1st prize winner of the International Greenham Common Sculpture Competition, UK. With 150 participants.
1997 1st winner of the Wybo Haas award and commissioned by Wybo Haas to design an award trophy, which will be given annually to artists and writers from a wide range of disciplines.
1997 Nominated for the Wybo Haas award for young British sculptors.
1997 A winner of a Membership Bursary of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Two year grant