Hjörleifur Halldórsson was born in Reykjavik Iceland in 1972. He moved from Iceland to Sweden at the age of 7 with his parents. He has a strong connection with Sweden where he later studied engineering (M.Sc.) at one of the most prestigious Technical Universities in Europe (KTH Royal Institute of Technology).
Hjörleifur lived on and off in Sweden for 17 years. Both his children were born there.
Most of his adult life Hjörleifur has been working in the field of medical technology, in hospitals, medical imaging community, software engineering and governmental radiation safety.
As art has been a driving force in Hjörleifur’s life he decided in 2020 to change his course of life and dedicate it to arts. Hjörleifur is now currently living in Poznań with his wife, Anna, and studying at the department of Painting and Drawing at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań (UAP).
Selected exhibitions, artistic projects and social activities of Hjörleifur Halldórsson
2024: Synonimy. Joint exhibition about mental health, in collaboration with Poznań City Hall and Ombudsman for Children
2024: impermanence: Diploma Exhibition. Solo exhibition for Bachelor of Arts, at the Jesuit gallery in Poznań.
2024: fortíðarþrá / nostalgia. Solo exhibition at Gallery Refektarz in Krotoszyn with interview in TVProArt.
2024: söknuður: tęsknota. Solo exhibition at F6: Szewska 16 in Poznań.
2024: Glöggt er gests augað: Gość postrzega to czego my nie widzimy. Solo exhibition at Gallery Pod Arkadami in Poznań.
2024: Co wspólnego ma Chełmoński z Islandią: Article writing featuring my life and works at the website icelandnews.is
2024: union: on i ona. Solo exhibition at F9: Szewska 16 in Poznań.
2023: Cover design for a book written by Icelandic author Dagmar Vala Hjörleifsdóttir
2023: Participation in art market Targ Oliwa in Gdańsk
2023: Participation in art market at Rynek Jeżycki
2023: Prypeć: Exhibition at Galeria Rotunda – video from vernissage
2023: Permanent exhibition of 3 paintings at Walk in Barbershop in Gdańsk.
2023: Artistic interview in Moda w Polsce
2023: E-catalog of XII Painting Studio 2023
2023: Finalist in the “Economy in the Ambalages of Economics 2023” poster competition, The Poznan University of Economics and Business.
2023: Dziwny jestem świat: Participation in poster competition and exhibition at PragmatIQ law firm in Poznań.
2022: Participation in the project “24/02/2022: Against Russian Aggression in Ukraine”. Artists participating in this project include Gerhard Richter and Krzysztof Wodiczko.
2022: E-catalog of the XII Painting Studio 2022
2022: Participation in the group exhibition “Słowa i obrazy dla Ukrainy / Слова й образи для України / Words and images for Ukraine”. Exhibition in the framework of cooperation between the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw and the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznan, Refektarz Gallery KOK in Krotoszyn.
2022: Participation in an art auction organized by UAP for the benefit of artists from Ukraine.
2022: Participation in the realization of a reportage by Icelandic television about the assistance provided to
refugees from Ukraine.
2022: He and his wife Anna participated in the campaign to help refugees at the Polish-Ukrainian border and at the train station in Poznan and Warsaw. Anna and Hjörleifur provided an apartment for 4 refugee women from Ukraine. During Easter they were in Ukraine with humanitarian aid.
2021: Publication of the essay “Buddhism and Art” on the website of the XII UAP Painting Studio.