Dóra Ísleifsdóttir

Solo exhibitions

		2007	ILC Retrospective 1996-2007 (or in my case 2001+). Hafnarhús, Reykjavik Art Museum.
		2005	Ongarden & We are Now. Icelandic National Museum. Reykjavik.
		2000	Ongarden & We are Now. i8 gallery. Reykjavik.
		1999	Hope. OneOOne Gallery. Reykjavik.
			Higher Beings. Gallery GUK, Garden, Udhus, Kitchen. Selfoss / Lejre. Hannover.
		1998	The Future is Beautiful. Gallery Sævar Karl. Reykjavik.
		1997	Freedom – Beauty – Freetime. Gerduberg, Cultural Center. Reykjavik.
		1996	Labratory L.O.V.E. Café Mokka. Reykjavik.

Group exhibitions

		2004	Where Do We Go From Here. Gallery Tanya Bonakdar. New York. (Work made in 2001)
			Where Do We Go From Here. Comment rester Zen. Museum am Ostwall. Dortmund. (Work made in 2001)
		2002	Women Good Enough to Eat. Roebling Hall. New York. (Work made in 1997; video performance & photos)
		2001	Disklo & Hotel Paradise. Anteprima Bovisa. Palazzo della Triennale. Milan.
		2000	White, Black, Grey – Independence Day. Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur Art Museum. Iceland.
			Hope. Centre d'Art Contemporain. Sete. France.
			Hope. Icelandic National Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Uppspretta / dilkur. @. Akureyri Art Museum (Listasafnið á Akureyri). Akureyri.
			Uppspretta / dilkur. @. Icelandic National Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Women Good Enough to Eat. Viva Scanland. Catalyst Arts. Belfast. N-Ireland.
			Ongarden & Hope. LKW. Kunst in der Stadt. Kunstverein Bregenz. Austria.
		1999	Women Good Enough to Eat. Get Together, Kunst als Teamwork. Kunsthalle Vienna.
			Higher Beings. An Icelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock. Gallery 54. Gothenburg.
			Higher Beings. Midnight Walkers and City Sleepers. Red Light District. Amsterdam.
		1998	Hotel Paradise. -30/60+. Kjarvalsstadir. Reykjavik Art Museum.
			A Fresh Start II. Momentum Biennial. Moss. Norway.
			A Fresh Start. In the Flesh. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavik.
		1997	Women Good Enough to Eat. Myndlist '97. Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum.
		1996	We Love Lamb (Gjörningaklúbburinn og litlu lömbin). Café Solon. Reykjavik.

Selected performances

		2001	Higer Beings Love Champagne. The Cargo Club, London Art Week. Lotta Hammer Gallery.
			Higher Beings Love Fireworks. Hoxton Square, London Art Week. Lotta Hammer Gallery.
			Pancakes for Everybody. Airstreams. Kunsthalle. Basel.
			Homemade World. Konfekt, Cultural Program, TV Skjar 1. Iceland.
			Poem. Y2K. Caen. France.
		2000	Higher Beings — We are the World, We are the Children & Blowjob. Kitchen Motors. Batofar. Paris.
			Global Bath & ILC Promo Video. Shoot Film Festival. Malmö. Sweden.
			Heart Attack. In collaboration with musician Megas. Kitchen Motors. Hotel Borg. Reykjavik.
			Blow Job. LKW. Kunst in der Stadt. Kunstverein. Bregenz. Austria.
		1999	Higher Beings. Odense Performance Festival. Denmark.
			Higher Beings. Wish Moment. Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Art on the Run. Montevideo. Amsterdam.
			Stand by Your Man. Gallery Asbæk. Copenhagen.
			Hope. OneOOne. Reykjavik.
		1998	Speach. -30/60+ Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik Art Museum.
			Wish Kit on the Beach. Axis Mundi, performance and rock festival. Kristiansand. Norway.
			Speach. Gallery F15. Moss. Norway.
			A Fresh Start II. Momentum. Moss. Norway.
			Blow Job II. Gekko. Munchenbryggeriet. Stockholm.
			Global Love & Teaset. Double Pleasure Gallery. New York.
			Revival II. Brooklyn Bridge. New York.
			A Fresh Start. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Global Bath. LHOOQ party. Hotel Borg. Reykjavik.
		1997	Ice–Fire–Desire. Oslo Band Stand. Gallery Struts. Oslo.
			Interactive Tenderness. Aircondition. Copenhagen.
			A Bookstore Captured in Love. Mal og Menning Bookstore. Cultural Night. Reykjavik.
			Blow Job. On Iceland. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Love Kit. BSI Bus Depot and the Domestic Airport. Reykjavik.
			Kiss Cards. Schmalzwald. Berlin.
			The Rescue of a Teaset. Tacheles. Berlin.
			Global Love. Roter Salon. Berlin.
			Skipping Rope. Ingolfstorg. Reykjavik.
			Faith–Hope–Charity. Vektor. Reykjavik.
		1996	Love Conquers All Without a Doubt. Gallery Gulp!
			The Revival. Nashville. Reykjavik.
			Labratory L.O.V.E. Multiple performances. Cafe Mokka. Reykjavik.

Public museums and collections

			Hotel Paradise. Icelandic National Museum.
			Where Do We Go From Here. (11 c-prints). Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Collection.
			We are Now. (c-print). Icelandair Art Collection.
			Women Good Enough to Eat. (4 photographs). Reykjavik Art Museum.
			Women Good Enough to Eat. (Videoinstallation). Reykjavik Art Museum.

Publications

			Gjörningaklubburinn - The Icelandic Love Corporation 1996-2007. ISBN 9979-769-31-9.
			Corporate Mentality. Aleksandra Mir, published by Lukas and Sternberg. ISBN 0-9711193-1-7
			The Icelandic Love Corporation - interview and short stories by Francis McKee. Published by Nifca and Diamond Hearts Projects. ISBN 951-8955-69-7, Glasgow.

Projects for magazines

		2001	Where Do We Go From Here? Morgenbladet. 6.-12. July. Norway.
			Where Do We Go From Here? Big magazine, nr. 35. New York.
			Hopefully this is all possible in reality. Make, the magazine of women's art. Issue 91. London.
			Blow Job. N-Paradoxa, international feminist art journal, Vol. 7. London.

Lectures

		2001	Helsinki Art Academy Finland.
		2000	ILC / Herzblut. University of Weimar. Germany.
			ILC. The Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Department of Fine Arts.
			ILC. The Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Department of Theatre.

Music composed for the ILC

		2000	Johann Johannsson. Music for the performance "We are the world" at Batofar, Paris 2000. France.
		1997	Viðar Hákon Gíslason. Music for the performance "Ice–Fire–Desire", Oslo Band Stand. Norway.

Bibliography

		2004	The Collaborative Performances of the Icelandic Love Corporation. Conference paper for the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Sponsored Panel "Collaboration: Aesthetics and Social Change." College Art Association, Seattle, WA, February 2004. Dr. Anna Sigridur Arnar. Minnesota State University Moorhead.
		2001	The End of the Century the Seeds of the Future. Cat., Anteprima Bovisa. Milan.
		2000	Kunstforum. "Höhere Wesen", bd 152 Oct-Dec. Germany.
			Art in America. "Art on Ice" no. 9, Sept. USA.
			The Icelandic Love Corporation — introductory video II. Narrator: Magnus Thor Thorbergsson. Written by the Icelandic Love Corporation.
			We are Now. Cat. i8 gallery, Reykjavik.
			Út úr kortinu / En dehores des cartes. Cat. Kopavogur, Iceland / Sété, France.
			SHOOT, moving pictures by artists. Cat. Malmö. Sweden.
			LKW Kunst in der Stadt. Cat. Kunstverein Bregenz. Austria.
		1999	Get Together, Kunst als Teamwork. Cat. Kunsthalle Wien.
			Performance Festival Odense. Cat. Odense. Denmark.
		1998	Siksi, the Nordic Art Review. Armed With Oblivion. Nr. 3-4, fall/winter. Finland.
			Pakkhus. Cat. Momentum Biennial. Moss. Norway.
			Flögd og fögur skinn. Cat. art.is. Reykjavik.
		1997	On Iceland. Cat. The Living Art Museum. Reykjavik.
			Freedom–Beauty–Freetime. Cat. The Icelandic Love Corporation. Reykjavik.
		1996	The Icelandic Love Corporation - introductory video. Narrator: Magnus Thor Thorbergsson, written by the Icelandic Love Corporation.

Awards

		2001	Disklo. Visitors choice, top ten. Anteprima Bovisa. Palazzo della Triennale. Milan.
		1997	Women Good Enough to Eat. Visitors choice. Art '97. Hafnarhusid, Reykjavik Art Museum.

Grants

		2001	Sleipnir, travel grant.
			Icelandic Ministry of Culture, travel grant.
		2000	Reykjavik Art Fund.
			Sleipnir, travel grant.
			Icelandic Government Art Fund.
			Icelandic Film Fund, production grant.
		1999	Reykjavik Art Fund.
			Sleipnir, travel grant, 2x.
		1998	Sleipnir, travel grant, 2x.
			Sleipnir, travel grant.