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Name: Kristín Gudrún Gunnlaugsdóttir
Birthplace: Akureyri, Iceland
Birthdate: April 15, 1963
Sign: Aries
Education: Akureyri School of Art;
Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavík;
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
Materials: egg tempera and gilt on wood, oil on canvas
Where you can find her work in Iceland: Akureyri Art Museum, Stykkishólmur Church, The National Gallery,
The Reykjavík Art Museum, the University of Iceland Art Collection, and the Hallgrímskirkja Art Collection
Where you can find her: 101 Reykjavík
What she’ll tell you: “Some people call it a fantasy world. Fantasy implies that you can easily get lost
in a dreamworld. For me, what I paint is totally solid. I visit it, and I discover more and more of it
every time.”
Think: God, man, vision quest
N u m b e r o f C a r n e g i e A r t A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s : three
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