Þórdís Erla Zoëga (IS)
Þórdís Erla Zoëga works across installations, sculpture, painting, and video. Zoëga’s practice investigates post-humanism, science fiction, and the effects of man-made materials on human perception and behaviour within capitalist and technologically mediated environments. Through an ongoing engagement with inorganic materials, most notably dichroic film, her work dissects the visual language of digital culture, revealing systems of interaction, repetition, and intimacy embedded in everyday life.
Þórdís Erla Zoëga (b.1988, Iceland) studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Her work has been prominently featured in exhibitions worldwide, as well as domestically, with exhibitions at the EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, the National Gallery of Iceland and the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Þordis Erla Zoega at CHART 2024
Installation view
2024
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Jan Søndergaard
Sun Cycle
Billboard
2026
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Leifur Vilberg
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Þordis Erla Zoega at CHART 2024
Installation view, 2024
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Portrait of Þórdís Erla Zoëga
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Sunna Ben
Páll Haukur (IS)
Páll Haukur reflects on the ideological relationships between nature, culture and the human experience. He continuously interrogates any given notions of meaning, often asking what constitutes an object. His work often represents flux, resulting in an aesthetic experience that constantly demands its viewers of re-evaluation of themselves in relation to the space and objects around them.
Páll Haukur (b. 1981, Iceland) studied at the California Institute of the Arts and is a professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. He is active in exhibitions and research both domestically and internationally, with notable exhibitions at the Reykjavík Art Museum and the National Gallery of Iceland, among others.
Skybox 05
Acrylic glass, glass, film, mdf
2025
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary
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Installation view
2025
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Skybox 05
Acrylic glass, glass, film, mdf, 2025
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Installation view, 2025
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Portrait of Páll Haukur
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Gulli Mar
Bjarni H. Þórarinsson & Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur) (IS)
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur) was an artist and a graphic designer. His long-running collaboration with artist Bjarni H. Þórarinsson features a distinct design language alongside Þórarinsson’s complex system of concepts. An avid photographer, many of Goddur's designs are based on photography, often with overlaid, handwritten text, though some feature set type.The complex but strangely compelling Visi-Roses by the Bjarni H. Þórarinsson are part of a vast undertaking that began in 1987. In his distinct drawings, language is merged into a formal, visual presentation – language and image become one. These works are based on long lists of words where Bjarni explored the possibilities for compounding words and ideas to achieve a general overview of a particular realm of human thought.
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur, b. 1955 - d. 2026, Iceland) was an artist, graphic designer and expert in the use of visual language and history of graphic design. For the last two decades, he was a professor at the Design Department of the Iceland Academy of the Arts, which he founded.
Bjarni H. Þórarinsson (b. 1947- d. 2025, Iceland): studied at The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, and was one of the founders of The Living Art Museum. His work has been exhibited in all major museums in Iceland, and is on permanent display at The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Museum.
Untitled
2009
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary
Works from the series Such a Collection
Digital prints
2021
Image courtesy of the artists' estates and BERG Contemporary
Works from the series Such a Collection
Digital prints
2021
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Works from the series Such a Collection
Digital prints, 2021
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Works from the series Such a Collection
Digital prints, 2021
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Portrait of Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur)
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Jonatan Gretarsson
Portrait of Bjarni H. Þórarinsson
Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary. Photo by Einar Falur
