CV - Rakel McMahon

Artist. B. 1983, Iceland. Lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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EDUCATION

2012 – 2014M.Art.Ed. Iceland Academy of the Arts

2008 – 2009Diploma Applied Gender Studies, University of Iceland.

2005 – 2008BA Fine Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts.

2007Erasmus exchange student, Crawford school of Art. Cork, Ireland.

2006Kuno programme, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014VIEW OF MOTIVATION. NAU Gallery, Stockholm Sweden

2014STARING INTO THE NORM. Týs gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2014THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, ÞOKA, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011BREADWINNER. Torpedo18, Denmark

2009FEED ME. Kronkron. Reykjavik, Iceland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014IT´S THE MEDIA NOT YOU, Panoply Performance Laboratory, New York, USA

2014IT´S THE MEDIA NOT YOU, Eastern Edge Gallery, Newfoundland Canada

2012ALT_CPH with TORPEDO18, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2012ENDEMI. Höggmyndafélagið, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2012CONCLUSION OF SOLUTION. Gallerí Klósett, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011MY FRIEND THE FOREIGNER. The Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh, Scotland

2011MADE IN CHINA – I CREATED IT WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. Sequences Real Time Art Festival, Iceland.

2010BLOW ME (POTTI) – BLOODY BEAUTY OK. Gallery Crymo, Iceland.

2010CULTURAL APPEARANCES OF ICELAND. Political critique, Warsaw, Poland.

2010FLUSHED. Nordic house. Iceland.

2010IN SPACE , Alt_Cph Alternative Art Fair Copenhagen as a member of Callery Crymo. . Denmark.

2010SKRILLINN GEGN AKÆRUVALDINU. The Living Art Museum, Iceland.

2010BOOBYTUBES. Gallery Crymo. Iceland.

2010REPLACING THE VIEW – HVERFISGATA. Collaboration with Una B Sigurdardottir. Midsummer Festival, Iceland.

2009OPEN-THERE ARE CORPS. Kling & Bang gallery , Iceland.

2008SÝNING Í SUÐSUÐVESTUR GÆTI TAFIÐ FRAMKVÆMDIR Á SUÐURNESJUM. Southsouthwest gallery, Iceland.

2008 SILVER PIG. Epal, Iceland.

2008The Iceland Academy of the Arts, graduation exhibition. Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland.

PERFORMANCES

2013THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, Dimanche Rouge, Pluckhouse, Helsinki, Finland.

2013 HIÐ FULLKOMNA SÓLÓ, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2012 THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, Grüntaler9, Berlin, Germany.

2012ALREADY-MADE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, Leikhús Listamanna, Gamla Bíó, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2012PERVERT PROOF PERFORMANCE in context with Torpedo18 at Alt_Cph 2012. Cohpenhagen, Denmark.

2012THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2012THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER – Confessions of a child prodigy, ART IN TRANSLATION, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2012A 28 YEAR OLD ARTIST REVEALS A TRUE STORY. Kvöld hinna glötuðu verka. Artíma gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011PERVERT PROOF PERFORMANCE. RIFF, Reykjavík international film festival. Iðnó, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011BLOODY BEAUTY BALLET. Collaboration with Snorri Ásmundsson. Leikhúsi Listamanna, Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011PEOPLE PLEASER. Leikhús Listamanna. Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2007OFF WITH IT ALL. Collaboration with Steinunn Gunnlaugsdottir. Tjarnabio, Reykjvík, Iceland.

ART RELATED WORK AND OTHER PROJECTS

2013 – 2015THE LIVING ART MUSEUM, Member of the board.

2012 - 2013 SEQUENCES –real time art festival, member of the board.

2011 – 2012THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER. By Wunderkind Collective.

2011 – 2012GALLERÍ KLÓSETT. Founder and co director of Gallerí Klósett. Gallerí Klósett was a artist run exhibition space located at Hverfisgata 61, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2010 – 2011GALLERY CRYMO. Member of the board & member of participating artists.

2011Book cover and drawings for Daloon Dagagar. Author Bergthora Snæbjornsdottir.

2009Artwork/Album cover for EBERG.

PUBLISHING

2013STÍNA, magazine on literature and art. Cover.

2013Book. THE DAYS OF THE CHILD PRODIGY ARE OVER. By Wunderkind Collective. Published by Útúr book publishing, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2012KATALOG, 6th Issue, FETISH.Central Canadian Center for performance, 2012. Magazine. ENDEMI third issue, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2011Book. TRUST US WE ARE ARTIST. an archive on Gallery Crymo. Published by Crymogea, Reykjavik, Ísland.

2010Catalog. CULTURAL APPEARANCES OF ICELAND. Published, Political Critique. Warsaw, Poland.