Eggert Pétursson

Eggert Pétursson

Eggert Pétursson (b. 1956) lives and works in Reykjavik. He studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik, and the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Eggert has exhibited at the Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Kópavogur Art Museum – Gerdarsafn, Hafnarborg - The Hafnarfjördur Center of Culture and Fine Art. Eggert received the second prize of the Carnegie Art Award 2006 (touring exhibition to Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Reykjavik, Nice and Copenhagen). In 2016 the Pori Art Museum in Finland presented a major show of his works, encompassing his career from early childhood to the present day.