Guðmunda S. Kristjánsdóttir Memorial Fund
Margrét H. Blöndal Wins Grant
The Guðmunda S. Kristjánsdóttir Memorial Fund was set up twelve years ago by the renowned Icelandic artist Erró, long based in Paris, in memory of his cousin Guðmunda. The prize is awarded to women artists and intended to encourage women in their participation in the visual arts. This year the grant goes to Margét H. Blöndal about whom we have often had the opportunity to write here in List.
Margrét is the tenth artist to receive a grant from the fund and to celebrate the decade an exihibition has been set up in the Reykjavík Art Museum of all ten recipients: Ólöf Nordal, Finna Birna Steinsson, Katrín Sigurðardóttir, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Sara Björnsdóttir, Þóra Þórisdóttir, Guðrún Vera Hjartardóttir, Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir and Hulda Stefánsdóttir. Images from the exhibition are included with this article.
Margrét is the tenth artist to receive a grant from the fund and to celebrate the decade an exihibition has been set up in the Reykjavík Art Museum of all ten recipients: Ólöf Nordal, Finna Birna Steinsson, Katrín Sigurðardóttir, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Sara Björnsdóttir, Þóra Þórisdóttir, Guðrún Vera Hjartardóttir, Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir and Hulda Stefánsdóttir. Images from the exhibition are included with this article.
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