Threads of Art

Textile is an extensive art form with a long history, and a multitude of specialised techniques that generally demand great skill and expertise. Today textile art is a flourishing field both in Iceland and elsewhere, and younger generations of artists have taken a keen interest in the medium of fibre and yarn, partly reflecting the blurring of boundaries between different artistic media in recent decades. The work of many contemporary artists also displays experimental approaches and subverts the conventional methods of textile art, showing us how long-standing artistic tradition can attain new dimensions.

The National Gallery of Iceland collection includes a number of works which are made by working with fibre and yarn in a variety of ways. Works were also selected for the exhibition from other collections, both public and private.

The works on display reflect the artists‘ diverse methods: textile in its traditional form, alongside unexpected and innovative methods which highlight the thread as such.

Artists:

Anna Líndal
Anna Þóra Karlsdóttir
Arna Óttarsdóttir
Auður Vésteinsdóttir
Ása Ólafsdóttir
Ásgerður Búadóttir
G. Erla – Guðrún Erla Geirsdóttir
Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir
Guðrún Marinósdóttir
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson
Hildur Bjarnadóttir
Hildur Hákonardóttir
Hólmfríður Árnadóttir
Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir – Shoplifter
Hrafnhildur Sigurðardóttir
Ingibjörg Styrgerður Haraldsdóttir
Ingunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir
Ívar Valgarðsson
Jonna – Jónborg Sigurðardóttir
Kristinn G. Harðarson
Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir
Kristín Jónsdóttir frá Munkaþverá
Lilý Erla Adamsdóttir
Loji Höskuldsson
Nína Gautadóttir
Oddný E. Magnúsdóttir
Ólöf Einarsdóttir
Pétur Magnússon
Ragna Róbertsdóttir
Ragnheiður Björk Þórsdóttir
Rósa Sigrún Jónsdóttir
Sigrún Sverrisdóttir
Sigurlaug Jóhannesdóttir
Vigdís Kristjánsdóttir
Þorbjörg Þórðardóttir
Þór Vigfússon
Þórdís Alda Sigurðardóttir