About
Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir is a performance/theatre maker and painter living and working in Reykjavík, Iceland.
She graduated with a BA in Theatre and Performance Making from the Iceland Academy of Arts and as well as studying Theatre Design in Madrid.
She enjoys collaboration and other people’s company, and is one of four founding members of multi-art group CGFC, with whom she is active. Her solo work mainly involving classical oil painting.
https://postprent.is/artists/hallveig-eiriksdottir/
CV (English)
THEATR/PERFORMANCE
2020 – “Hunden bakom mannen” – Collaboration with Selma Reynisdóttir – Coming up 2020
2019 – “KARTÖFLUR” Collaboration with CGFC. Premiere in Reykjavík City Theatre on October 25th 2019.
2019 – “Harlequin” Collaboration with Blaue Frau and ÖFA kollektivet. Premiere in Hängö Teaterträff june 2019.
2019 – “FRENAR/BRAKE” Collaboration with David Orrico. Sonoric/scenic work at Festival 10 Sentidos, Valencia in May 2019.
2018 – “Brugðið til beggja vona” Graduation piece from Theatre and Performance making at Iceland Academy of Art. Performed in Tjarnarbíó May 2018.
2017 – “CGFC: HEADLINER” Performance with CGFC group
2016 – “LUFTTANZER” Site-specific performance at the Reykjavík Airport Hangers – Performance and Visuals
2016 – “Sælir eru einfaldir” with Sviðsverkur in Skriðuklaustur – Theatre Design
2016 – “STOP CGFC 2016”, installation and performance with CGFC in LungA Art Festival – Performance and Visuals
2016 – “”I thought it was brilliant – a fantastic performance”-Henrik Vibskov” with CGFC in Kaktus, Akureyri and Molinn at Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival – Performance and Theatre Design
2015 – “Radio Activity” audience participation radio drama with CGFC at Platform Nord, Kristianssand 2015 – Theatre Design, Script and Direction
2015-2016 – “Sælir eru einfaldir”, site-specific theatre piece at Skriðuklaustur, East Iceland, premiere 26. july 2016 – Theatre Design and Script Writing
2015 – “Carroll:Berserkur” – with Spindrift Theatre – Theatre Design and Stage Management
INTERNSHIPS
2017-18 – Reykjavík City Theatre, Reykjavík – Assistant Scenographer with Egill Ingibergsson on Himnaríki og Helvíti, premiere January 11th 2018.
2017 – Stockholms Stadsteater, Stockholm – January-March – Assistant Scenographer with Alex Tarraguel and Stefan Metz on Hemsöborna, premiere March 22th 2017.
2015 – Punchdrunk, London, April – Internship in Prop Making for Immersive Theatre
2014 – Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, April-June – Internship in Costume Design with Goya-Award winner Felype de Lima
2013 – Mick Perrin International, July-August – Production Intern at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013
EDUCATION
2015-2018 – Iceland Academy of the Arts – Performance and Theatre Making
2012-2014 – Escuela Universitaria de Artes y Espectáculos TAI – Design for Performance
2011-2012 – University of Iceland – Film studies and Spanish
2010-2011 – Georgia Southern University, Betty Foy Sanders Dpt. of Art í Georgia, USA – Fine Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2016 – “TÆR” Solo exhibition in Listastofan Art Gallery – 03.09.2016 – 16.09.2016
2015 – “Rokk og rokk” Exhibition with Ýr Jóhannsdóttir in the carpark at Hamraborg, Iceland
2015 – “Vessar í þér?” Exhibition with Ýr Jóhannsdóttir in Hamraborg, Iceland
2014 – “Flottur Veggur” Exhibition with Magnús Andersen and Jófríður Ákadóttir – LungA Arts Festival
2013 – Solo exhibition in Hveragerði, Iceland
2013 – “Út í buskann” Exhibition with Magnús Andersen in Edinborgarhúsið, Ísafjörður, Iceland
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKSHOPS
2015 – National Theatre of Iceland – Stage Technician
2015 – Workshop leading in devised scenography with Spindrift at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Gaitey School of Acting in Dublin
2015 – Photographic Editor for Vélstjórafélag Íslands (Iceland Marine Engineer Society)
2014 – 2016 National Museum of Iceland – Curator and researcher of exhibition “Theatre Design in Iceland from 1857-2017”
2008-9 – Municipal Theatre of Reykjavík – Stage Technician
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2015 – Platform Nord – Special Invite from Platform Nord – “Radio Activity” with CGFC in October 2015.
2015 – Gunnar Gunnarsson Cultural Fund – Grant for Writing and Production of “Sælir eru Einfaldir” by Gunnar Gunnarsson
2010 – Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP) Full scholarship for studies in Fine Arts at Georgia Southern University, Georgia