Hildur Hermannsdottir
(She/her)
Address: Hausmannsgate 6, Hausmanns gate 6, 0186 Oslo
Floor: 6
The studio is open Saturday 18 April from 12-17
I am a multimedia artist working with video art, acrylic, and oil painting. My practice is rooted in autobiographical and performative strategies, using my own body and lived experience as primary material. Through self-representation across moving image and painting, I explore identity, emotional states, and the construction of subjectivity. The work is characterized by a bold, colorful, and experimental visual language that shifts between humor, vulnerability, and confrontation. By positioning my life as a framework for artistic inquiry, I create works that operate at the intersection of art, performance, and personal narrative, inviting viewers to engage with intimacy, intensity, and transformation.
Multiple media, including painting, video art, and installation
Slím (Slime) 2021, Hildur Hermannsdottir, Still from art video, from a multi-media solo exhibition 11.-21. November 2021 Gallery Schaeffers gate 5 Oslo Norway, "Divulge / Afhjúpun / Røpe".
Five pictures from the exhibition. Hildur Hermannsdottir. Acrylic on wooden plates, 41x 41 cm each, Solo exhibition "Guð minn cuður! / OMG!" 2022 Gallery Núllið Reykjavík, ICELAND.
Magic Pills, Hildur Hermannsdottir, Acrylic on wooden board, 41 x 41 cm, Solo exhibition 2022 Gallery Núllið Reykjavík Island.
"Eye Candy", Hildur Hermannsdottir, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 81 cm, 2022, Pop Up Group exhibition "Dirrrty Pretty" Galleri Schaeffers gate 5 Oslo Norway.
https://youtu.be/GNQVKVkMYkw?si=UV5sgZgQ8kBL4bQb
https://youtu.be/NMRYmC8toZU?si=CI6xXn8ylVDUj-C4
https://youtube.com/shorts/sO2uYtCpdtc?si=pQa4jj9o4PzW8R5I
In my studio
You can expect warm drinks, warm smiles, video art being exhibited along side old and new paintings.
Planned projects and exhibitions
My current focus is on developing my oil painting practice, with particular attention to realism and technical precision, which represents a new direction in my work. I am working through a period of material and formal exploration, refining my skills through sustained studio practice and experimentation. This phase is research-driven rather than exhibition-oriented, allowing space for learning, depth, and long-term development. Alongside this, I continue to develop video-based work that engages with self-representation and performative strategies. I view this period as foundational, with the intention of shaping future exhibition projects once the work has matured.
CV
2016-2018 Kristiania University College, Oslo.
2 years of vocational education – Illustration.
- Nominated for the Gullspiren award 2018 for
illustration.
2007-2010 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík -
Design and architecture department.
Bachelor of Art – Graphic design / Visual
communication
2003-2005 Tækniskólinn (Technical University College),
Reykjavík – Art and design.
multimedia artist.
Graduated as a graphic designer from Iceland Academy of the Arts (2010).
where the graduation project received great attention. This
project was the design of cuddly toys for sick children.
A TV news episode was made about the project on the
Icelandic national channel RÚV.
Also had an article written about the project in the NYC
online magazine Cool Hunting.
Graduated as an illustrator from Kristiania University College (2018).
There my graduation project (a stop motion music video)
got a lot of attention and not least my cultivation of independence
in my studies, where hard work, courage and challenging
qualities resulted in me winning the “Gullspiren” award at the
graduation ceremony, where I was chosen as the best in
illustration.
Has participated in exhibitions in Iceland and Norway.
Selected projects:
2017- 2019
Vocalist, songwriter, costume designer in the band Sinnep (Iceland/Oslo)
Concerts:
16. June 2018 – Smelteverket.
02. June 2018 – Schous Plass, Oslo Music Festival.
12. April 2018 – MIR
23, December 2017 – Photogallery, Christmas Concert.
20. November 2017 – John Dee
07. October 2017 – Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5,
music performance at art exhibition.
25. May 2017 – Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, music performance and
art performance with Edie Fuchs.
29. April 2017 – MIR, Debut concert.
2010- dd
Freelance graphic designer, artist, illustrator. (Reykjavik/Oslo)
2017 – Bilder Nordic – Logo for Red Listed, upgrade exhibition.
2017 – T-shirt design/ Merchandise for Sinnep.
2016 – Logo for Baby Bones, online children’s vintage shop.
2016 – Wrote script for Icelandic short film and made storyboard.
2016 – Poster for musician Jenny Augusta.
2015 – Logo for Ugler i Mosen. Vintage Shop at
Grünerløkka in Oslo.
2013 – Logo for Paradiso Eiendom.
2012 – Art video (What’s cooking), Group exhibition
“Your A Vision” Gallery Schaeffers Gate 5.
2012-2016 – Main Library in Reykjavik.
Annual posters for slam poetry evening.
2011 – Reykjavik Municipality -
Multicultural Day. Posters and web banners.
2011 – Jón Gnarr Mayor of Reykjavik. Commercial poster.
2010 – Reykjavik Municipality – Calendar for youth.
2010 – Reykjavik Municipality – Visual campaign. Designer of
main campaign design. Character design, posters,
postcards and T-shirt design.
2010 – Artfart international contemporary art festival,
commercial poster.
2010 – Crymo Gallery, Reykjavik. Group exhibition “Star wars two”
2021 – GALLERY SCHAEFFERS GATE 5, Schäffers gate 5, Sofienberg, 0558 Oslo NORWAY – Multi-media solo exhibition. 11.-21. November 2021 “Divulge / Afhjúpun / Røpe”
2022 – GALLERY SCHAEFFERS GATE 5, Schäffers gate 5, Sofienberg, 0558 Oslo NORWAY – Group Pop up exhibition. 10-13 March 2022 “Dirrrty Pretty” together with three other female artists: Berglind Rögnvaldsdóttir, Erna Einarsdottir and Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir.
2022 – Gallery Núllið Bankastræti 0 101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland, Solo exhibition 19-22 May 2022 “Guð minn cuððin! / OMG!”
2023 – GALLERY SCHAEFFERS GATE 5, Schæffers gate 5, Sofienberg, 0558 Oslo NORWAY – International group exhibition “The World We Made”
3.-14. May 2023 together with other artists: Irene Christensen (USA/Norway)
Grete Marstein (Norway)
Vebjørg Hagene Thoe (Norway)
Hildur Hermannsdóttir (Iceland/Norway)
Linn de Lange (Norway)
Vernita Nemec (USA)
Ted Sonnenschein (USA/Germany)
Aleksandra Stasiak (Poland/Norway)
Links:
Article about the exhibition project Veikyndi 2010 in Cool Hunting -
https://coolhunting.com/design/veikyndi/