ABOUT THE ARTIST

Thor Barddal studied fine arts at The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and later sculpture at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany. Thor has lived and worked in the USA, Portugal and Germany as well as in his native Iceland. He has held many private and collective exhibitions and has from the beginning had the aim to inspire people to allow their own spiritual realization to emerge through his sculptures.
Exhibitions:
1984 Gegenbach, Germany
1985 Sussen, Germany
1987 Lufkin, Texas, USA
1988 Seltjörn, Grindavik, Iceland
1989 Gallery Sævar Karl, Reykjavik, Iceland
1990 Gallery Stöðlakot, Reykjavik, Iceland
1990 Lanning Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1991 Westheimer Studio, Texas, USA
1992 Lanning Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1992 Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavaik, Iceland
1993 Gallery List, Reykjavik, Iceland
1994 Galeria Espiral, Oeiras, Portugal
2014 Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
Monuments
1988 Monument in memorial of Óli Barddal, Reykjavik Harbour, Iceland
1988 Award from the Ministry of Education, Iceland
1991 Monument in memorial of the poet Gestur Pálsson, Reykhólar, Iceland
1992 Monument at the Hamrahlíð College, Reykjavik, Iceland
1994 Monument in memorial of the Reverend Björn Halldórsson
