Valgerdur Hauksdottir is an Icelandic artist/printmaker. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois – Champaign/ Urbana in fine art printmaking and a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art and music from the University of New Mexico – Albuquerque.

Hauksdottir directs her own company VIA inc., focusing on art and culture related activities. Hauksdottir served over twenty years as faculty of the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, now the Visual Art Department at the Iceland Art Academy, e.g., as the Head of Printmaking, Vice Principle of the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and as the founder / co-ordinator of the experimental project, PA&R, Printmaking, Art and Research, i.e., a co-operative programme joining five European Art Institutions teaching fine art printmaking at masters level.

She has served as a guest faculty of art institutions in in Europe and the United States, for ecample the University of Texas, Austin, the Finnish Art Academy in Helsinki and the Swedish Art Academy in Stockholm. In addition she has been a guest artist/lecturer at several Universities in Europe, China and the United States. Hauksdottir has held positions of responsibility in artists associations and has, e.g., as the Chair of the Icelandic Printmakers Association been appointed as a representative to many of the committees within the Icelandic Society of Artists.

Hauksdottir has completed numerous solo and invitational group exhibitions. Her largest solo exhibitions have taken place in Iceland, Denmark, France, Holland and the United States. In addition her work has been selected in over forty exhibitions in most of the European countries as well as in Africa, China, India, Japan, Korea, Canada and the United States. Hauksdottir has received several awards, e.g., from the Masters of Graphic Arts in Hungary, The Egyptian International Print Triennial, the Fulbright Visiting Scholar positions, as artist in residence in the Nordic ateliers in Finland, the Scandinavian Foundation in Italy in Cité International des Arts in France, at several Universities in the United States and as a recipient of artists stipends from the Government of Iceland. Her works are found in public and private collections in Europe and the United States, e.g., the National Gallery of Iceland, The City Art Museum of Reykjavik, Iceland, Alvar Alto Museum, Finland, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden, Södertalje Konsthall, Sweden, Université de Caen, France, Intergrafik, Germany, The Art Museum of Grado and Catania, Italy and the University of Florida, University ofTexas and Colorado College.

Hauksdottir travels extensively in connection with her work. Her permanent residence is in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Represresented by: Peter Bartlow Gallery since 1984

For contact in Iceland: Contact artists directly by e-mail or telephone. Visits at studio welcome.