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Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir is an Icelandic artist whose work blends her background in anthropology with lived experience. Using methods such as self-reflection, displacement, and defamiliarization, she creates poetic, research-based works that challenge familiar narratives and explore complex, historically contingent spaces—often framing the Sub-Arctic in relation to global imaginaries. Her transdisciplinary and collaborative practice spans video, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, and documentary. Known for her long-term, site-specific approach, Guðnadóttir engages with professionals and non-experts alike, working discursively across fields. Her projects evolve through sustained artistic and anthropological inquiry, with a focus on place, power, and perception.
Guðnadóttir has gained significant international recognition, with solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Berlinische Galerie, Reykjavik Art Museum, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien. She has shown work in over 50 group exhibitions and major events worldwide, and her presence extends to art fairs like Spark (Vienna) and Chart (Copenhagen). Her accolades include the 2019 Guðmundu Award and the 2016 Skjaldborg Award, alongside multiple nominations at international film festivals. She has held prestigious residencies, including at Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, 2018) and ISCP (New York, 2023). She holds an MA in Interactive Design from Middlesex University and a BA in Visual Art and Anthropology.
During her time at SODAS 2123, she proposes an open-ended, research-driven artistic exploration focusing on perception, place, and temporality. Drawing on her background in visual art and anthropology, she aims to engage with the space, community, and layered history of Vilnius through observation, defamiliarization, and informal exchanges. The work will evolve through various artistic mediums as well as site exploration and touch on themes like spatial memory and ecological fragility. The residency will serve as both site and method—an inquiry into slowness, attention, and interdependence.
The activities of SODAS 2123 are financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius city municipality.
The residency of Hulda Ros Gudnadottir is additionally funded by ‘Muggur’ travel grant from SIM (The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists) and is financed by Reykjavik City. Also, it is funded by The Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association.
