Darri Lorenzen
Born 1978 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Lives and works in Berlin
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In the process of working through concepts and experiences of space, Darri
Lorenzen does not aim for spectacular effects, nor does he set up experiments
with the goal of explaining how vision or space in and of itself, functions.
Rather, his minimal interventions and subtle shifts emphasize and play with the
fact that space is constructed processually, through a series of changes, out of
small fragments, which - through memory and the experience of time - eventually
appear as the basic elements constituting any idea of space. The artist works
with elements of the spatial situation at hand, while the visitor himself sets
the work in motion.
(taken from: Kathrin Meyer
'Fragmentations of Sapce or: to Seperate and shift, to Reflect, to Play - An
Essay on Darri Lorenzen's Work' in In Point of Fact,
Krome Gallery, 2009)
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EDUCATION
2005-2006
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee
2002-2003
Interfaculty Iamge and Sound, Royal Aca-demy of Art and Royal Conservatoire Den
Haag, The Netherlands
1997-2000
BFA, Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Iceland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Vanishing; Galeria Stereo, Poznan, Poland
2009
In Point of Fact; Krome Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008
Converge; Galerie Air Garten, Berlin, Germany
Passing By, Seydisfjordur; Skaftfell, Seydisfjordur, Iceland (Curated by Ingólfur
Arnarsson and Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir)
2007
MID; Menningarnótt, Reykjavik, Iceland
Round Here; New General Catalog 224, New York City, USA
Contours of Site; Project Gentili, Prato, Italy
This Time Any Time; Dandruf Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006
Through Out; Kunsthalle Loppem, Bruge/Loppem, Belgium
2005
Peer In (kíkt inn); Gallery Bananananas, Reykjavik, Iceland
In Place (stad sett); Gallery Box, Akureyri
Altostratus Suite; MAA-TILA, Helsinki, Finland (with Örn Helgason, Egill
Kaalevi Karlsson & Thor Si-gurthorsson)
Untitled (Nafnlaust); Material Time/ Work Time/ Life Time, Rey-kjavik Arts
Festival, Iceland (with Elin Hansdóttir)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Sang Bleu; Skopia Art contemporain, Geneva
2012
POSITIONING OSMOTIC IMPULSES; SAVVY Contemporary, former prision
Berlin-Neukölln
2011
a painting show; Autocenter, Berlin, Germany (curated by Aaron Moulton)
2010
ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW; SATELLITES, Ausstellung in drei Teilen, Freies Museum
Berlin, Germany
Enchanted; School of development, Berlin, Germany (Curated by Juliette
Bonneviot)
Villa Reykjavik; Háskólabíó (cinema), við Hagatorg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009
Zeigen, an adiotour; Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany (a project by Karin
Sander)
Momentum 2009; 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2008
Dark Science; Curators Without Borders, Berlin, Germany
Experiment Marathon; RAM, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (Curated by
Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist)
Pole Shift (Prato); Project Gentili, Prato, Italy
Open; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland (curated by Darri Lorenzen)
Le Chamois ee Messidor; PROGRAM initiative for art + architecture
collaborations, Berlin, Germany
UOVO OPEN OFFICE, Basel, Switzerland
Pole Shift (Berlin); Project Gentili, Berlin, Germany
2007
Stadtfinden Moderne, Berlin, Germany
2006
Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland
Show; Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
4th International Students Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
The Other Side of Things; Gallery BUS, Melborne, Australia
What We Discussed Yesterday; Gallery Danziger, Berlin, Germany
2005
New Icelandic Art II; National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Purgatory III: The Holy Ghost; Gallery Boreas, New York City, USA
Strange Attractor; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Deliberate Disguises; (Reykjavik Arts Festival sub-event)
2004
Nordur& Nindur; The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Draumar Dystopiu; Klink & Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland
Vetrarmessa; The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001
Grassroot: Sustainable Development; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Polyphony; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000
Tilfinning, Áhrif; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Shopping and Fucking; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
House Takeover; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2009
Void Doupt Echo; The Office, Berlin, Germany
2008
Out of Here; Project Gentili, Berlin, Germany
Vocal Map; Uovo Open Office, Basel, Switzerland
2006
Right Here Right Now; 4th International Student Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
GRANTS
2009
Center for Icelandic Art, Publication Grant
2008
Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
Visual Artists’ Stipend Fond, Iceland
2007
Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
The annual Dungal Prize for Young Artists in Iceland
2006
Center for Icelandic Art, Spontaneous Support
2005
Mugger Travel Fund, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists Iceland
2001
Grassroot: Sustainable Development; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Polyphony; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000
Tilfinning, Áhrif; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Shopping and Fucking; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
House Takeover; The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland
In Point of Fact
2009
Lambda print
120 x 160 cm
CONVERGE
installation with light, sound, autolocked door
dimensions variable
Galerie Air Garten, Berlin, 2008
Passing Four (left)
2007
offset print combining four different images, one for each color channel
Collaboration with Elin Hansdottir for issue 27 of Cabinet Magazine, featured in the project CMYK, curated by Walead Beshty
Contours of Site
2007
video installation
large wooden platform, suspended/tilted screen, and looping hd video (63 min)
dimensions variable
ROUND HERE
2007
Site specifi c photographs, glass & circling light-bulb
dimensions variable
New General Catalog, New York, USA
Altostratus Suite
TelepathicWorkshop
MAA-TILA (Helsinki, Finnland), 2006
collaboration with Orn Helgason
Egill Kalevi Karlsson, Thor Sigurthorsson
Untitled
Material Time/ Work Time/ Life Time
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Isafjordur/Iceland, 2005
collaboration with Elin Hansdottir
90 MINUTES FROM WHERE YOU ARE NOW
2008
Cinema Auditorium / Digital video (HD) and Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1) - 20 minute loop