Born 1964 in Reykjavík, Iceland
Education
1990-93 Ecole d’Art de Luminy, Marseille, France.
1993 DNSEP, Diplome National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique.
1992 Four months at the stone department in Academia di Bologna, Italia.
1991 DNAP, Diplome National d’Art Plastique.
1987-90 The Art and Craft School of Iceland.
1986 French, Faculté de lettres Paul Valery, Montpellier, France.
1985 MA Grammar school of Akureyri, Iceland.
2021 Officer of Arts and Letters, l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
TEDxTALK Waseda University Tokyo 2017
Founder, CEO and Artistic Director of the International Art Biennale Fresh Winds since 2010. www.fresh-winds.com
Solo exhibitions and outdoor works
2022 Under influence, Mas d’Azil, France
2021 Tómið og rýmið, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2020 Baltasar & Mireya, Snæfellsnes, Iceland.
2019 Transcendence, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 Endless Source, Europos Parkos Vilnius, Lithuania.
2018 Vide et Plein, Los Angeles, USA.
2018 Intrinsic, Ubud, Bali.
2018 Lungi, Ísafjörður, Iceland.
2017 Emptiness is fullness, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Kjarni / Core, Strasbourg, France
2016 Sources, Uttersberg, Sweden
2016 Perpetuidad, Toluca, Mexico
2016 Eternity, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 A Bright Field, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Reflection, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
2015 North Consciousness, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2015 Sources-power lines, Marija and Jurgis Slapelis House-Museum,Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014 Vastness, Ano Ano Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2014 Flow, Art Museum of Kópavogur Gerðarsafn, Iceland.
2014 Agnir í víðáttunni, Akureyri, Iceland
2014 Lagrima- Gender Stones, Teatermaskinen, Riddarhyttan, Sweden.
2013 Infinity- Poetic Image of Infinity, National Museum of Art, Lithuania.
2013 Détail de l’immensité, Rodez, France.
2013 Treasure, Écomusee, Pont de Montvert, France.
2012 Morningmoon, Garður, Iceland.
2011 At the seaside, Akureyri, Iceland.
2010 Embraced by the winds, Garður, Iceland.
2010 Heaven and earth, Garður, Iceland.
2009 Vættir, Akureyri, Iceland.
2009 Amboð, Akureyri, Iceland.
2008 Prayer, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 Vestur/suður, Kópavogur, Iceland.
2006 Lagríma, Drangsnes, Iceland.
2006 Our Nature, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 Water-worlds, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2004 Hugarástand – Manasthiti, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2004 Silence of the Nature, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2003 Manasthiti, Mumbai, India.
1999 Samryskja – Fusion, Museum of Kópavogur, Iceland.
Group exhibitions
2024 Exploring the Beauty of Huadu, DaXin Art Museum, Guangzhou, China.
2023 Plain Air, Bulgaria.
2022 Umhverfing 4, Iceland.
2022 Cahors Juin Jardin, France.
2022 Address Earth Art Expo, NY, USA.
2020 June, Sept. & Oct., virtual exhibitions, Hammond Museum NY, USA.
2019 Tsukuba Biennale 19., Tsukuba, Japan.
2019 *folding cosmos, Alvar Alto´s Maison Luis Carré, Paris, France
2019 Janina Monkute-Marks museum-gallery, Lithuania.
2019 Tsukuba Art Museum, Tsukuba, Japan.
2019 Cahors Juin Jardin, France.
2019 iBiennale, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
2018 53 Museum, Guangzhou, China.
2018 Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival, Nagano, Japan.
2018 Marebito Artist in Residence, Omachi, Japan.
2018 International women artists, Hat Yai, Thailand.
2018 Wakimukudo atelier, Helsinki, Finnland.
2018 Glimpse, Pondicherry, India.
2017 Trolls in the Park, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Peace & Love, Seoul, Korea.
2017 Western China International Art Biennale, China.
2017 Vladimir Skoda et ses invités, Epinal, France.
2017 Cercle of elements, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2017 Janina Monkute-Marks museum-gallery, Lithuania.
2017 Esclauzels, Cahors Juin Jardin, France.
2017 4 Europeans, Paris, France.
2016 The project space, NYC, USA.
2016 Langkawi Art Biennale, Malaysia.
2016 Arte de la Tierra, Land Art Festival, Paricutín, Mexico.
2016 Cahors Juin Jardin, France.
2016 New Mythology, Naxos, Greece.
2016 Janina Monkute-Marks, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2016 A Bright Field, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Cahors Juin Jardin, France
2015 BunkART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan
2015 Tsukuba International Artist in Residence, Tsukuba Art Center, Japan
2015 Yalova Biennale, Istanbul & Yalova, Turkey.
2015 Save the world, Verksmiðjan Hjalteyri, Iceland.
2015 Nexus-Paper Works’ Exhibition paper it dwells form, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
2015 Nexus, Kurogawa INN Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
2015 Senses, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
2015 Paradigm shift Vol.65, collaboration with Higuma Haruo, Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
2014 The Way of Drawing, Gallery MoMo Projects, Tokyo, Japan.
2014 Creative 4, international art show in India, India.
2014 Yokohama Triennale’s participant in Michael Landy Art Bin, Yokohama, Japan.
2014 Art Islands in TOKYO, Oshima, Japan.
2014 Land art in Rebild, Denmark.
2014 Yalova group 2013, Vienna, Austria.
2014 Yalova group 2013, Budapest, Hungary.
2014 Fresh Winds in Garður, curator, Garður, Iceland.
2013 Intersection, Paris, France.
2013 Yalova Biennale, Turkey.
2013 Le Pont, Pont de Montvert, France.
2013 Undir berum himni, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2012 Equinox, Brazylija, Lithuania.
2012 Fresh Winds in Garður, curator, Garður, Iceland.
2010 Fresh Winds in Garður, curator, Garður, Iceland.
2009 Abiko International Open Air Exhibition, Japan.
2008 Times, Port Luis, Mauritius.
2008 Ebb and Daybreak: Representation of Being, Music and Fine Art,Salurinn, Kópavogur, Iceland.
2004 13001, Frioul, Marseille, France.
2003 International Mail Art Exhibition of Naxos, Naxos, Greece.
2002 Swarovski Crystal World, Innsbruck, Austria.
2001 M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum Kaunas, Lithuania.
2001 On the Edge, International Symposium, Nida, Lithuania.
2000 Myth of Modern Times, Museo de l’Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Chile.
2000 El Dia, Valparaiso, Chile.
2000 Abiko Open Air Exhibition, Abiko, Japan.
2000 International Kulturaustausch, Kameleon, Berlin, Germany.
1999 Portes Ouvertes, Genie de la Bastille, Paris, France.
1999 9/7, National Museum of Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
1998 Expidition, Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany.
1998 Am Paul Linker ufer, Berlin, Germany.
1997 Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany.
Work in public possession
Endless Source, Europos Parkos Vilnius, Lithuania
Source – Pluvial, Landsvirkjun National Power Company of Iceland.
Cosmos I, II, III, Pavlikeni Municipality, Bulgaria.
Gutta cavat lapidem, Northern Light inn, Iceland.
Powerlines, U-Forum Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Dawn, Tsukuba Art center, Tsukuba, Japan.
Lagrima – Gender Stones, Teatermaskinen, Sweden.
Treasure, Écomusee, Pont de Montvert, France.
Morningmoon, Garður, Iceland.
Capture the Light, Municipal offices, Garður, Iceland.
Embraced by the Winds, Garður, Iceland.
Lagríma, Drangsnes, Iceland.
Black vs Black and White vs White, M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum Kaunas, Lithuania.
Fusion, Swarovski Crystal World, Innsbruck, Austria.
The Silence in the Nature, Landsbanki Íslands, Iceland.
Glass Worlds, Grand Hótel Reykjavík, Iceland.
Residencies, symposiums and workshops
2023 Plain Air, Pavlikeni, Búlgaría.
2022 Mas d’Azil, Frakkland.
2022 Cahors Juin Jardin, Frakkland.
2019 Tsukuba Biennale, Tsukuba, Japan.
2018 53 Museum, Guangzhou, China.
2018 Marebito Artist in Residence, Omachi, Japan.
2017 Apollonia, Strasbourg, France
2016 Cahors Juin Jardin, France
2015 Tsukuba International Artist in Residence, Tsukuba Art Center, Japan
2015 Yalova Biennale, Yalova, Turkey.
2014 Art Islands in Tokyo, Oshima, Japan.
2013 Yalova Biennale, Turkey.
2013 Le Pont, Pont de Montvert, France.
2012 Equinox, Brazylija, Lithuania.
2009 Abiko Shi, Japan.
2008 Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
2004 Îles de Frioul, Hôspital Caroline, Marseille, France.
2001 Nida, Lithuania.
2000 Facultad de Arte Valparaiso, Chile.
2000 Abiko Shi, Japan.
1999 Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Curators work
Fresh Winds International Art Biennale 2010-2020, Iceland
2020 Lines, international exhibition at Akureyri Art Museum, Icealnd.
2020 Symparthy – ’20-2, Mjólkurbúðin Akureyri, Ísland.
2019 Tsukuba Art festival, Japan.
2016 5th. Land Art Festival Paricutín, Mexico
2016 Open Arts project in Busan, Kórea
2014 Klaus Phiffer solo exhibition, Gallery Mjólkurbúðin Akureyri, Ísland.
2014 Klaus Phiffer solo exhibition, rue Keller Gallery, París, Frakkland.
Honors
2021 Officer of Arts and Letters, l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
2010-2022 Uppbyggingarsjóður Suðurnesja, Iceland.
2020 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vesturlands, Iceland.
2020 Myndstef, Iceland.
2019 Myndlistarsjóður Íslands, Iceland.
2019 Sasakawa,Iceland/Sweden.
2019 Muggur, Iceland.
2018 Eyrarrósin 2018, cultural price for Fresh Winds International Art Biennale, Iceland.
2018 Muggur, Iceland.
2017 Myndlistarsjóður Íslands, Icealnd.
2017 Myndstef, Iceland.
2017 Sasakawa,Iceland/Sweden.
2017 Muggur, Icealnd.
2016 The Icelandic Department of Culture: National Artists Fellowship.
2015 Muggur, Iceland.
2015 Sasakawa, Iceland/Sweden.
2014 Muggur, Iceland.
2013 Muggur, Iceland.
2009 Fusa technico, Abiko, Japan.
2002 Cultural department of the town of Kópavogur, Iceland.
2002 The Icelandic Department of Culture: National Artists Fellowship.
2001 Cultural department of Búnaðarbanki Íslands hf.
2001 Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
2000 Fusa technico, Abiko, Japan.
2000 Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
1993 Scholarship from the city of Marseille, France.
FILMS & VIDEO
2017 Programmer and jury member at Dhaka International Film Festival.
2003 Programmer at Mumbay International Film Festival.
2002 – 2006 Programmer at Kolkata International Film Festival.
2017 Emptiness is Fullness; Shot in Japan (and Lithuania) 2017. Installation, script, direction and production manager Mireya Samper. Music Tomoo Nagai. Editing Miyuki Kido. Emptiness is Fullness is a type of a double video installation in a 90m2 room, made in Japan in 2017.
It is a video which is a 24 hour time-lapse composed in a natural space in Lithuania of a site specific installation which has been trimmed down to 8 minutes — referring to infinity. The piece is then projected on a wall which is 4×6 meters. Between that wall and the projector is another installation made of bronze and aluminium as well as specially composed music piece by the musician Tomoo Nagai which infuses the room.
Therefore the objects of the installation and their shadows along with the music play a role when the whole installation is then re-filmed; creating the outcome of this 8.12 minute video
Or on https://vimeo.com/manage/350483096/general
2009 “Sumarlandið” Fiction, production Blueeyes, with the help of Icelandic film centre. 90 mín. Shot in Iceland. Script and direction Grímur Hákonarsson. Production manager Mireya Samper.
2009 “Ushuaia” Iceland, starring and written by Nicolas Hulo, director Gilles Kabali. Line producer Mireya Samper.
2008 “Horeur Boréale” Iceland, writer Guillaume Lebeau director Laurent Bergers, assistant and traduction Mireya Samper.
2007 « SKRAPP ÚT » Fiction, production Zik Zak and Ex-Nihilo, with the help of Icelandic film centre. 90 mín. Shot in Iceland. Script and direction Sólveig Anspach. Casting, location manager and preparation in Iceland: Mireya Samper.
2006 « BEING BEAUTIFUL » Documentary film 52 mín. Locations: Iceland and the rest of the world. Director, Antoine Lassaigne, production Marathon and TV5. Manager, director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, research and preparation, production manager in Iceland Mireya Samper.
2006 « DIDDA », Documentary film 26 mín. Locations: Iceland. Director and script, Solveig Anspach. Producers Les filmes d’Ici og Arte, manager, director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, research and preparation, production manager in Iceland : Mireya Samper
2005 « Galdrabókin Jóladagatal » Producers, Ilm Film and Basecamp with the aid of the Icelandic Film Centre. 24 episodes for 365 Iceland. Director Inga Lísa Middleton, production manager Mireya Samper.
2004 “FAUX”, producers ; Vera-Liv Films, Iceland, Ex Nihilo, France, co-producer Arte France with the aid of the Icelandic Film Centre. Documentary film 56 min. Locations: Iceland and UK. Director, Solveig Anspach. Producer, manager, director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, research and preparation, Iceland Mireya Samper.
2003 « LA CHASSE A BALAINNES » LE VRAI JOURNAL, producer Canal +, France. Documentary film 15 min. location Iceland. Director Arneaut Muller. Manager Mireya Samper.
2003 « PEUGEOT » producer Pegasus Films, fiction 6 min. Location Iceland. Director, Gilles Lotthé, location manager Mireya Samper.
2003 « 2 JOURES 2 NUIT A REYKJAVIK AVEC VICTORIA ABRIL », producer Néria productions, France. Documentary 52 min. Location, Iceland. Director Benoit Finck. Director‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, research and preparation, production manager in Iceland Mireya Samper.
2001 – 2002 « STORMY WEATHER » , producer Agat Films, France, co production Blue eyes, Iceland and Les Freres Dardennes, Belgium. Feature film, 90 min. Location ; Iceland and Belgium. Director Sòlveig Anspach. Manager, casting director and preparation in Iceland Mireya Samper.
2001 « JIM LA NUIT », producer Pierre Javaux Productions, France, co production ARTE, France. Feature film, 90 min. Location ; France, Belgium and Iceland. Director, Bruno Nuyten. Director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, production manager in Iceland Mireya Samper.
2001 « TRANCHE DE VILLES », producer Gloria films, France co production ARTE France. Short feature film, 15 min. location; Iceland. Director, Damien Peyret. Director’s assistant, casting director, location manager, production manager in Iceland Mireya Samper
2000 « REYKJAVÍK 2001, ELFES DANS LA VILLE », producer Agat films, France, co production, ARTE, France and Icelandic broadcasting corporation, Iceland. Documentary film, 52 min. Location, Iceland. Director Sólveig Anspach. Director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, and productions manager in Iceland Mireya Samper.
2000 « IKÍNGUT », Icelandic Film Corporation, Iceland. Feature film, 90 min. Location ; Iceland. Director Gísli Snær. Production assistant : Mireya Samper.
1999-2000 « ENQUETE SUR LE MONDE INVISIBLE » (Investigation in to the Invisible World), producer Noé Productions, France. Documentary for Theater, 85 min. Location ; Iceland Director Jean Michel Roux. Director ‘s assistant, casting director, location manager, research and preparation, production manager in Iceland Mireya Samper.
