Ég er með sýningu á veitingastaðnum Hannerarholti í Reykjavík, það gaman að sýna þar sem andrúmsloftið er afslappaðara heldur en í söfnum eða galleríum og alveg óhætt að lofa málverkunum að spóka sig þar og hvíla sig á vinnustofuni. Ég hef aldrei áður verið með landslagið í forgrunni eins og á þessari sýningu, landslagið þótti púkó þegar ég var ungur en núna má allt skilst mér og ég hef verið mikið að vinna í þetta mótíf sem var þó mest áberandi á fyrstu árum íslenskrar myndlistar.
I have an exhibition at the restaurant Hannerarholt in Reykjavík, it’s nice to exhibit in more relaxed space, than in museums or galleries and quite nice to give the paintings somme rest from the studio. I have never before had the landscape in the foreground as in this exhibition, the landscape was considered old fachion when I was kind og young artist but now everything can be tolerated now even in Iceland and I have been working a lot in landscape which was most prominent in the early years of Icelandic art.
Jökulskalli. Olía á striga 40x35cm 2020……….Glacier-skull.Oil on canvas, 40x35cm 2020
Lives and work as an artist in Reykjavik.
Alter ego DADILISTO
I was born in Reykjavik: May 12, 1954. Grow up Kópavogur close to Reykavik, which was mostly built by refugees, who were not allocated land in Reykjavík for political reasons. Good time for children to play in half builded houses, or go to a small shelter and listen to the communist.
When I was 12 y.o. I decided to become a painter and, as my father resisted, it would not turn back.
After I have learnd Carpentry to make my father happy, I went to The school of Arts and Crafts, and ended up learning experimental art and new art media, I could take all the risks, I had lernd very practical profession to be able to make a living. I did not get started with creating so called “New media”, but began do painting with the good old oil colours. I was a part of movement in the eighties called “New Painting”. I then studied in Amsterdam for a year, mostly of graphic printing, but that time was a great gift for me, since I started working as a professional and have done so mostly since 1983.
I’ve been very lucky! I was one of the first to do, so called “New Panting” in Iceland, this promotion drew attention and I started selling my art works and could make a living in a decent life, all the time until the lucky famous “collapse” of the banks in Ieland, but at that time people mostly have to use their money in pay-as-you-go debt created by our economic system in Iceland, probably one of the worst in the world.
After that crash, I have been doing some extra work: teaching, city walk with tourist and so on, I have alsow been having pepole visiting my studio with some home-made food. But also received a grants.gov support for big exhibition in Art museum: Kjarvalsadir in 2011. This period has been nice, always good to get new challenges especially if one manages to take advantage of them. I recently had an exhibition of Mokka Kaffi in Reykjavik hat was successful.
I have been doing Sahajayoga for many years and have volunteered to teach and introduce.
Daði Guðbjörnsson
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