* solo exhibitions

** permanent installations

—2024 

*Klettur, Ásmundasalur, Reykjavík, Iceland

—2023 

* Artist in the Air, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 

In its Own Shadow, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey Curated by Emre Baykal and Gizem Uslu Tümer

Forms of Ruin, Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon, Lyon, France

—2022 

Kyrralíf, Academy Of The Senses, nr 4 Umhverfing/no 4 around, Búðardalur, Dalasýsla, Iceland

* About The Day And The Ray, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

* By the Waterfall, EENWERK, Amsterdam Netherlands

* Conduct 10, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

A family story, Collection(s) Robelin, Musée dárt contemporain de Lyon, France 

To Light Shadow and Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

This Play, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey Curated by Emre Baykal 

The Source. 1983-2023, look at the FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nanter, France

—2021

* One Thing and Another, and Then Some More, Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain

* For the Time Being, MOAD - Museum of Art and Design, Miami, Florida, curated by Rina Carvajar

ThisPlay, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated by Emre Baykal

—2020

* A Group Of Pieces, Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden

* Midnight Jump, Rozenstraat - a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, Holland

—2019

* To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève

and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

– 2018

* By the Ocean, EenWerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Una fornace a Marsiglia. CIRVA, Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques, LE STANZE DEL VETRO and Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy, curated by Chiara Bertola and Isabelle Reiher.

Honey, I Rearranged the Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, curated by Brigitte Kölle.

Speak of Money and Love, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France

– 2017

Många, flera, nästan alla / Many. More. Most, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet / The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden

Skulptur Projekte 2017, various venues, Münster, Germany, directed by Kasper König, curated by Britta Peters and Marianne Wagner. 

Happy People, Nýlistasafnið /The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 

* Hulduklettur, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

– 2016

* Gangurinn / The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland,

198920072016, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France

After Gerolamo Cardano’s Suspense, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Frequent Long Walks, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK, curated by Christopher Green.

Ljósmálun / Lightpaint. The Photo and the Painting in Our Times, Listasafn Islands / The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Birta Gudjónsdóttir.

* Once We Were Next-door Neighbors (with John Zurier), ASÍ Listasafn / ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 

Rúllandi Snjóbolti 7 / Rolling Snowball 7, Bræðslan, Djúpivogur, Iceland, curated by Annelie Musters, Ineke Gudmundsson and May Lee.

Propos d’Europe 15. Expanding Frontiers, Fondation Hippocrène, Paris, France, curated by Rolf Hoff.

That Time – CYCLE Musical and Art Festival, Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Eva Wilson.

– 2015

* Between What and What Not, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

All Over, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 

Gathered Fates, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany, curated by Ignasi Aballí.

Still Life, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 

Homecomings: Projective Space, Kurfurstenstrasse 13, Berlin, Germany, curated by Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch and Annabelle von Girsewald.

Un été dans la Sierra. Œuvres du Centre national des arts plastiques /My First Summer in the Sierra. Works from the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Frac Île-de-France – Château de Rentilly, Bussy-Saint-Martin, France, curated by Sébastien Faucon and Xavier Franceschi.

TOWER. An Expansive Group Show of Works on Paper, Ibid. London, London, UK,

* I Collected Personal Secrets (1972-2015), Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen. 

A.N.T.H.R.O.P.O.C.E.N.E, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

– 2014

* A Portrait of a Sculptor As a Sculpture, with a Sculpture by the Sculptor (with Kristinn E. Hrafnsson), i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland 

* time and time and again, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Markús Þór Andrésson and Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson & Bruce McLean, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen.

DRAWN, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany 

Solides fragiles, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy and Clément Minighetti.

– 2013

* Untitled, Meessen De Clercq (Wunderkammer), Brussels, Belgium

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

Invitation à l’imaginaire, L’imagerie, Lannion (Brittany)

Oltremare, Gallery Vistamare, Pescara, curated by Luca Cerizza.

La Maison des artistes, Musée des Beaux Arts de Limoges, Limoges, France

Homecomings, Horse, Berlin, Germany, curated by Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch and Annabelle von Girsewald.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Around and About, Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, Spain. 

Only To Melt, Trustingly, Without Reproach, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovania

– 2012

Dissecting Nature, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, (CA), USA, À ciel ouvert. Le nouveau pleinairisme, Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec, Canada, curated by Kitty Scott. 

Particles, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium 

* Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Arion Banka, Reykjavik, Iceland 

Performances da Abstraçao / Performing Abstraction, Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Rita Carvajal.

* Hus / House, Menningar – og listamiðstöð Hafnarfjarðar / The Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarborg, Iceland

Ends of the Earth. Land Art to 1974, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles (CA), USA, curated by Philipp Kaiser and Miwon Kwon.

Search for the Fountain, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, June 6 – September 16, 

La tentation du verre. Un choix d’œuvres de la collection du Cirva, Château de Villeneuve – Fondation Émile Hugues, Vence, France

Ouverture, poétique du divers. Œuvres de la collection du Frac Bretagne, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France

Explorateurs. Œuvres du Centre National des Arts Plastiques / Explorers. Works from the Collection of France’s Centre national des arts plastiques, Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix des Sables-d’Olonne, Les Sables-d’Olonne, Pays de la Loire, France, curated by Sébastien Faucon and Gaëlle Rageot. 

A iminência das poéticas / The Imminence of Poetics, 30th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas. 

Nature, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet / The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden

Frasq, Le Générateur, Gentilly, France

LtA… A Subtitle, Maria Stenfors, London, UK, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak.

– 2011

Fragmentations. Trajectoires contre-nature, Domaine départemental de la Garenne Lemot, Gétigné-Clisson, France, curated by Sébastien Pluot.

Glimmer, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecatepec (Mexico City), Mexico, curated by Osvaldo Sánchez.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Safnasafnið, the Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum, Svalbarðsströnd, Akureyri, Iceland

Perspectives: On the Borders of Art and Philosophy, Hafnarhús – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik

Is History Gallery Story?, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Recent Works, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

La Vie Mode d’Emploi / Life A User’s Manual, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

– 2010

In the Face of Spatial Grandeur, Circuit – Centre d’art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland, curated by Frédéric Chapon.

The Ephemeral, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Cornered Rooms. Facing In – Facing Out, Waterside Project Space, London, UK

Objects Are like They Appear, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium 

Exhibition, Exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Turin), Italy, curated by Adam Carr.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. To Spin and Swing You Need a Beat, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

– 2009

Avoir 20 ans à voir, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France 

La boucle et la spirale, École des Beaux-Arts, Beaune, France

Nokkrir vinir / Several Friends, Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, February 13 – May 3, curated by Björn Roth and Halldór Björn Runólfsson.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 

* The Fall, Meessen De Clercq (Wunderkammer), Brussels, Belgium 

* Untitled, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

L’exposition rayonnante. Portraits, photographies d’espaces et d’objets après Man Ray, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France

Quiet Revolution, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 

curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak. 

Three Decades of Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts, Escondido (CA), USA

Espellos, Espejos, Mirrors, MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, Spain

– 2008

Le bruissement des images, Centre Photographique d’Île de France, Pontault-Combault, France, curated by Stéphane Carrayrou.

Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere in Contemporary Icelandic Art, Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium

Chassé le naturel, Ecomusée du Marais Vendéen, le Daviaud, La Barre-de-Monts, France

Absens, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Hafnarhús – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Dalir og hólar, Kaupfélagi, Króksfjarðarnesi, Iceland

Pleinairism, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Kitty Scott.

L’espace de l’œuvre, Galeries du Cloître, École régionale des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France

Zweimal hat ihn niemand gesehen, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Winter Show, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 2007

** Le parc de sculptures du Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’art contemporain, Bignan, France, 

Permanent installation: House Project (Second House), 

Ao Mynda oro, Hoffmannsgallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Serpentine Gallery, London, U.K, curated by Kitty Scott.

Drawing A Tiger, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

Début de siècle, Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France

De l’atelier à la chapelle, Chapelle de Vieille Charité, CIRVA, Marseille, France

– 2006

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Suðsuðvestur, Keflavík (Reykjanesbaer), Iceland

Works from Saastamoinen Foundation’s Art Collection, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland

Chers amis, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France

In Between, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet / The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden

** Secondary School Ísafjörður, Iceland

Permanent installation: Light, 

– 2005 

Water Event, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Gallerí Slunkaríki, Ísafjördur, Iceland

Listasafn Íslands. Úrval verka fra 20. öld / National Gallery of Iceland. A Selection of 20th Century Works, Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik 

DO IT, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, June 30, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York.

Double vue, Eglise Saint-Joseph, Pontivy, France

Où sommes-nous? Paysages avec (ou sans) personnage(s), FRAC-Artothèque du Limousin, Limoges, France

Tivoli, Listasafn Árnesinga / LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Aspects, La Verrière-Hermès, Bruxelles, Belgium

Polyfoni, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Galleri Strandkasernen and Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

– 2004

De quelques manières. Peintures de la collection du FRAC Bretagne, Galerie du Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes, France, 

Les mêmes et même quelques autres, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

** Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavik power distributor, Reykjavik, Iceland, from May 6,

Permanent installation: Foucault Pendulum (Sveifla), brass, steel wire, electromagnetic coil, wood, 2500 cm (in collaboration with physicist Ari Ólafsson). 

Out of Place, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

Éblouissement, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, curated by Régis Durand.

Handlungsanweisung / Instructions for actions, Kunsthalle Wien project space (Karlsplatz), Vienna, Austria, curated by Gerald Matt. 

Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure. Œuvres de la collection du FRAC Bretagne, Le Triangle, Rennes, France, 

Ars Fennica 1991-2003. Ars Fennica Laureates in the Russian Museum, The State Russian Museum, The Marble Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

– 2003

Récentes acquisitions pour la collection du Frac Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’art contemporain, Bignan, France

Ateliers, Galerie du Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes, France

* Hreinn Fridfinsson, Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris, France 

» 1999-2003 «. Un choix dans les acquisitions récentes du Fonds régional d’art contemporain Bretagne, Galerie du

Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Safn Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Markús Thór Andrésson.

– 2002

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art contemporain, Bignan, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan

– 2001

E541 Art Space, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland,.

AZERTY. Un abécédaire autour des collections du FRAC Limousin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, curated by Alison M. Gingeras and Frédéric Paul.

Erfarenhet – Upplösning
/ Experience – Dissolution, Göteborg International Biennial 2001, various venues, Gothenburg, Sweden, curated by Ewa Brodin, Britt Ignell and Lasse Lindkvist.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France

La Bretagne collectionne l’art de notre temps, les vingt ans du Frac Bretagne. Mélanges, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’art contemporain, Bignan, France 

* Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Eitthvað hvítt eitthvað svart og eitthvað hvorki hvítt né svart / Something Black, Something White, Something Neither Black Nor White, Ljósaklif / Lightcliff Art, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland

– 2000

Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Kristján Gudmundsson, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden

Le Frac Bourgogne (Extraits). Sous l’écran pur de la peinture, la mémoire joue son théâtre d’ombre, Centre d’art contemporain de Meymac,  Meymac,  France

Amateur / Eldsjäl, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden, curated by Charles Esche, Mark Kremer, Adam Szymczyk. 

Í skuggsjá rúms og tíma / In the Mirror of Space and Time, Ásmundarsalur /ASÍ Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Norden / North, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, curated by Sabine Folie and Brigitte Kölle.

Árátta, Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland

Andres verk. Utvalgte verk fra Museet og privat samlinger / Interplay. Selected Works from the Museum and Private Collections, Museet for samtidskunst / The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway curated by Steinar Gjessing and Jarle Strømodden.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris, France

Pejzaże Semiotyczne/ Semiotic Landscapes, Muzeum Ziemi / Museum of Earth, Warsaw, Poland

* Ars Fennica 2000, Waïnö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland

Carnegie Art Award 2000, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland, curated b Ulrika Levén.
Taking Over, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden, curated by Andreas Gedin.

– 1999

Tekeningen, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 

Natures Mortes, Galerie Papillon - Fiat, Paris, France, 

* Recent Works by Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

Art and Spirituality, Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Lettony

Dularfulli garðurinn / Mystery Garden, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland

00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Monta tapaa maalata / Many Ways of Painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

– 1998

Tími / Rými / Time / Space, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Gallery 20m2, Reykjavik, Iceland

* Gallery Fiskurinn, Reykjavik, Iceland

Look Me in the Eyes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1997

Tekeningen, Gallery Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

De Verbouwing, de Verhuizing & de Verandering, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Gangurinn / The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland

20 Ára Afmæli Gallerís Suðurgötu 7 / 20th Anniversary Of Gallery Suðurgata 7, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, organised by Halldór Ásgeirsson and Steingrímur Eyfjörð Kristmundsson.

– 1996

* Gallery Solón Islandus, Reykjavik, Iceland, 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden

John M. Armleder, Sylvie Fleury, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Remontrances. Marc Couturier. Eric Dietmant. Robert Filliou. Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Dieter Roth, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

Íslensk náttúrusýn / Views of Icelandic Nature, Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran. 


The Schyl Collection. New Acquisitions, Malmö Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden

Cirva – le verre, 10 ans de création à Marseille, Chapelle de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France

– 1995 

17 ÁR: FÉLAGAR / 17 YEARS: MEMBERS, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Group exhibition bringing together works by The Living Art Museum’s members.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. New Works, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

Nouvelles acquisitions, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Maisons-Cerveaux, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, and La Ferme du Buisson, Centre d’art contemporain, Noisiel, France 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Ingólfsstraeti 8 [i8], Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1994

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Photos, dessins, installations, Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels, Belgium

Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931-1989), Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, organised by Kristinn E. Hrafnsson. 

Memorial exhibition dedicated to Jón Gunnar Árnason.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

Wanås 1994, Wanås Konst, Knislinge, Sweden

* Ultima Thule, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Islandske Kunstnere 1944-1994, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gerdun Leifsdóttir, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Ingileif Thorlacius, Níels Hafstein and Harald Níelsson, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Tekeningen & tekeningen / Drawings & Drawings, Gallery van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1993

** Skulpturlandskap Nordland /Artscape Nordland, Hattfjelldal, Norway, 

Icelandic Pavilion, XLV Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, curated by Bera Nordal.

– 1992

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden

IJsland – Island, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, and Watertoren Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Vlissingen, The Netherlands

La collection du FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Musée des Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France

Il paesaggio culturale. Aspetti dell’esperienza nordica nell’arte 1890-1990, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, curated by Bo Nilsson. 

The exhibition was organised on the occasion of the second edition of the Festival Nordico / Nordic Festival, Rome.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Rhythms in Space, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

– 1991

Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France, 

Six Logos Around a Carpet, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Europäische Werkstatt Ruhrgebiet ’91 / European Workshop Ruhrgebiet ’91, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Ikonen Museum, Vestisches Museum, Recklinghausen, Germany

Kunst, Europa 1991: Island, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

They See the Light, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

La relation mimétique de la photographie à la sculpture, Centre d’art contemporain du Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Nieuw werk, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1990

Nordiskt 60-tal. Uppbrott och konfrontation / Pohjolan 60-luku. Murros ja vastus /The Nordic ‘60s. Upheaval and Confrontation,  Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Europäische Werkstatt Ruhrgebiet ’90 / European Workshop Ruhrgebiet ’90, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany

New Nordic Art, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Listahátíd í Reykjavík / Reykjavik Arts Festival, Gallery 11, Reykjavik, Iceland, curated by Hannes Lárusson.

The End of the Century, The Arts and Crafts Museum, Moscow, Russia, curated by Olga Sviblova. 

Dieter Roth, Douwe Jan Bakker, Franz Graf, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Jón Gunnar Árnason, Kristján Guðmundsson, Magnús Pálsson, Níels Hafstein, Peter Angermann, Robert Filliou, Sigurður Guðmundsson & Svava Björnsdóttir,

Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Achilles de kwetsbare plek, Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn, The Netherlands

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France 

– 1989

Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 

Inédits/1, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France

* Gallerí Slunkaríki, Isafjördur, Iceland

SÚM 1965-1972, Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

Galerie Claude Papillon, Paris, France

Vele parels voor een lijn / Many Pearls for a Line, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Borealis 4, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden

Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Klaas Kloosterboer, Gerard Kodde, Vinh Phúóng Hulya Yilmaz, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

L’Europe des créateurs. Utopies 89, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France,

– 1988

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galleria Augusta, Helsinki, Finland, curated by Maaretta Jaukkuri, organised by the Nordiskt Konstcentrum / Nordic Arts Center, Helsinki. 

– 1987

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Recent werk, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, MAGASIN – Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, May, curated by Jacques Guillot and Franz Kaiser.

– 1986

Norðanað. Peintures et sculptures contemporaines, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Bama, Paris, France

Images Fabriquées. Collections du Fonds Régional d’art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers

– 1985

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson. Recent werk, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1984

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Bama, Paris, France, March 7 – April 11, 

10 gestir Listahátídar ‘84 á Kjarvalsstödum / 10 guests Reykjavík Art Festival 84, Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1983

ARS 83, Ateneumin Taidemuseo / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

– 1982

Sleeping Beauty – Art Now: Scandinavia Today, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

– 1981

Les Genevois collectionnent: aspects de l’art d’aujourd’hui 1970-1980, MAH – Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

– 1980

Exposition internationale des arts plastiques Belgrade, Muzej savremene umetnosti / Museum of contemporary art, Belgrade, Serbia

– 1979

* Galerie Bama, Paris, France

* New Works, Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Gangurinn / The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland

Beelden van de eigen… werkelijkheid, Gemeentelijke van Reekum Galerij, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands –1978 

Elva moderna isländska konstnärer / Eleven Contemporary Icelandic Artists, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden 

Persönliche Welten. Die Wirklichkeit als Metapher / Personal Worlds. Reality as Metaphor, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1977 

Ça va? Ça va. 4 constats islandais, Musée national d’art moderne – centre national d’art et the culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, curated by Jean Hubert Martin.

* Gallerí Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1976

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Elsa von Honolulu-Loringhoven Galerie, Ghent, Belgium

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Seriaal bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1975

Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Kristján Gudmundsson, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland, curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann.

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Galerie Gaëtan, Geneva, Switzerland

– 1974

Mijn galerietje, (Sylvia van Berkel) Breda, The Netherlands

Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Douwe Jan Bakker, Kristján Gudmundsson, De Hallen Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands

H₂O, St. Nikolaj Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark 

eén jaar mijn galerietje, In-Out Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Handscapes, In-Out Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1973

* Galerie Fignal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 

Groupshow, In-Out Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Hreinn Fridfinnsson, In-Out Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

8ème Biennale de Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Ísland Úr NATÓ Herinn Burt, Gallerí SÚM, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1972

Communications, Galerie Inhibodress, Sydney, Australia, 

SÚM á Listahátíd í Reykjavík 1972, Gallerí SÚM, Reykjavik, Iceland

Opening show of the In-Out Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1971

* Galerie Fignal, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 

SÚM IV, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– 1969

SÚM III, Gallerí SÚM, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1967

UM’67, Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland

– 1966

Den Nordiske Ungdomsbiennale for Bildende Kunst, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

– 1965

SÚM I, Ásmundarsalur and Café Mokka, Reykjavik, Iceland

Works in Public Collections

Fonds Régional d ‘Art Contemporain (FRAC),

BourgogneFonds Régional d ‘Art Contemporain (FRAC),

Clisson Fonds Régional d ‘Art Contemporain (FRAC),

Limoges Fonds National d ‘Art Contemporain (FNAC),

Paris Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung,

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Listasafn ASÍ, Reykjavik,

Listasafn Reykjavíkur,

Kjarvalsstadir,Reykjavik

Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö

Malmö Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

Malmö Moderna Museet, Malmö

Stockholm Museum of Contemporary Art, Stockholm

Kiasma, Helsinki

Musée National d ‘Art Moderne, Paris

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Paris National Gallery, Paris

Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN),

Amsterdam Netherlands Government Collections,

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul