Exhibitions
Group
Aldarspegill. Islensk myndlist í eigu safnsins 1900–87
30 January — 15 May 1988
Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Mirror Images
13 November 2015 — 3 April 2016
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Berlin / Germany
Group
After Finitude, a Selection by Elena Damiani
21 September — 3 November 2018
Galerie Nordenhake
Mexico City / Mexico
Group
Image (of) Silence
20 September 2019 — 1 January 2020
National Gallery Prague
Prague / Czech Republic
Group
Nokkrir vinir / Several Friends
13 February — 3 May 2009
Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Andres verk / Interplay
17 June — 10 September 2000
The National Museum of Contemporary Art
Oslo / Norway
Solo
Touches and Catches
4 September — 23 October 1999
Galerie Alexandra von Scholz
Berlin / Germany
Group
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
7 May — 9 July 2011
Safnasafnið, The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
Svalbarðsströnd, Akureyri / Iceland
Solo
Midnight Jump
15 February — 4 April 2020
Rozenstraat - a rose is a rose is a rose
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
1999–2003
17 September — 19 October 2003
Galerie du Théâtre national de Bretagne
Rennes / France
Group
Mijn Galerietje
26 January — 6 February 1974
Sylvia van Berkel’s personal gallery space
Breda / The Netherlands
Group
Många, flera, nästan alla / Many. More. Most
12 February — 17 April 2017
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet / The Nordic Watercolour Museum
Skärhamn / Sweden
Group
Biennale de la critique / Biënnale van de kritiek
12 November — 23 December 1977
ICC – Internationaal Cultureel Centrum
Antwerp / Belgium
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson The National Gallery of Iceland
6 February — 21 March 1993
Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavík / Iceland
Solo
To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today
28 September 2019 — 5 January 2020
KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin
Berlin / Germany
Group
Europäische Werkstatt Ruhrgebiet ’91 / European Workshop Ruhrgebiet ’91
5 May — 17 July 1991
Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen; Ikonen Museum; Vestisches Museum
Recklinghausen / Germany
Group
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Kristján Guðmundsson, Sigurður Guðmundsson
5 February 2000
Galerie Nordenhake
Stockholm / Sweden
Group
Tími / Rými / Time / Space
19 April — 5 May 1998
Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
7 April — 2 June 2002
Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Centre d’art contemporain
Bignan / France
Group
æ ofaní æ / Time and Time and Again
5 April — 5 June 2014
The Living Art Museum (Nýlistasafnið)
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
A Portrait of a Sculptor As a Sculpture, With a Sculpture By the Sculptor
17 January — 22 March 2014
i8 Gallery
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Text. Selected Text-based Works from the Collection of Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir
15 September 2016 — 14 May 2017
Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Les mêmes et même quelques autres
29 April — 30 June 2004
Galerie Claudine Papillon
Paris / France
Group
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Recent Works
8 September — 2 October 2011
Galerie Anhava
Helsinki / Finland
Group
Ends of the Earth. Land Art to 1974
27 May — 3 September 2012
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Los Angeles / USA
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Nieuw werk
9 November — 18 December 1991
Galerie van Gelder
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
In Between
19 November 2006 — 4 February 2007
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet / The Nordic Watercolour Museum
Skärhamn / Sweden
Group
Í skuggsjá rúms og tíma / In the Mirror of Space and Time
21 May — 11 June 2000
Ásmundarsalur / ASÍ Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Salon Hang: The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
13 September — 2 November 2019
Kunstverein
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Solo
I collected personal secrets (1972–2015)
12 September — 7 November 2015
Kunstverein
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
Honey, I Rearranged the Collection
16 February 2018 — 13 January 2019
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg / Germany
Group
The Source. 1983-2023, Regard sur la collection du Frac des Pays de la Loire
22 March — 8 October 2023
Frac des Pays de la Loire
Carquefou and Nantes / France
Group
It is no longer possible to map any distance
25 May — 29 June 2025
Ausstellungsraum Klingental
Basel / Switzerland
Group
Objects Are like They Appear
9 September — 23 October 2010
Meessen De Clercq
Brussels / Belgium
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Rhythms in Space
10 October — 6 December 1992
ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
Solides fragiles
4 October 2014 — 8 February 2015
Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Luxembourg City / Luxembourg
Group
A.N.T.H.R.O.P.O.C.E.N.E
12 December 2015 — 6 February 2016
Meessen De Clercq
Brussels / Belgium
Group
Nýlistasafnið 10 ára
15 October — 13 November 1988
Listasafn Íslands / The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Galerie Claudine Papillon, 1990
20 October — 24 November 1990
Galerie Claudine Papillon
Paris / France
Group
IJsland – Island
4 September — 5 October 1992
Zeeuws Museum; Galerie van den Berge; Watertoren Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst
Middelburg; Goes; Vlissingen / The Netherlands
Group
Polyfoni
1 — 23 October 2005
Galleria Rantakasarmi, Galleri Strandkasernen, and Jetty Barracks Gallery
Helsinki / Finland
Group
Kristján Guðmundsson, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Hreinn Friðfinnsson
30 November 1974 — 3 January 1975
Galerie Waalkens
Finsterwolde (Groningen) / The Netherlands
Group
Gerður Leifsdóttir, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Ingileif Thorlacius, Níels Hafstein and Harald Níelsson
15 — 30 October 1994
Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Den Nordiske Ungdomsbiennale for Bildende Kunst
3 December 1966 — 15 January 1967
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebaek / Denmark
Group
Monta tapaa maalata / Many Ways of Painting
9 — 30 December 1999
Galerie Anhava
Helsinki / Finland
Group
A Family Story, Collection(s) Robelin
20 April — 10 July 2022
Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
Lyon / France
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Recent werk
28 March — 23 April 1987
Suzanne Biederberg Gallery
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
Un été dans la Sierra
28 June — 6 December 2015
Frac Île-de-France – Château de Rentilly
Bussy-Saint-Martin / France
Group
Rúllandi Snjóbolti 9 / Rolling Snowball 9
15 July — 20 August 2017
Bræðslan
Djúpivogur / Iceland
Group
10 gestir Listahátíðar '84 / 10 guests Reykjavík Art Festival 84
2 June 1984
Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
Something Black, Something White, Something Neither Black nor White
11 August — 3 September 2001
Ljósaklif / Lightcliff Art
Hafnarfjörður / Iceland
Solo
One Thing and Another, and Then Some More
27 February — 24 April 2021
Galería Elba Benítez
Madrid / Spain
Group
Skulpturlandskap Nordland / Artscape Nordland
21 August 1993
Hattfjelldal
Hattfjelldal / Norway
Group
That Time – CYCLE Musical and Art Festival
27 — 30 October 2016
Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson – Nieuw werk
9 January — 14 February 1980
Galerie Helen van der Meij
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
Norðanað. Peintures et sculptures contemporaines
25 March — 25 May 1986
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Paris / France
Group
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Suðsuðvestur
22 July — 20 August 2006
Keflavík (Reykjanesbaer)
Iceland / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Collection
3 November — 16 December 1998
Galerie van Gelder (Another Place)
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Solo
To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today
24 May — 25 August 2019
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
Geneva / Switzerland
Group
Volcano Lovers. From Iceland and Japan
13 November 2009 — 2 January 2010
ISE Cultural Foundation
New York City / USA
Group
Sleeping Beauty – Art Now: Scandinavia Today
14 September — 7 November 1982
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York / United States
Group
Ça va? Ça va. 4 constats islandais
31 January — 7 March 1977
Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris / France
Group
Una fornace a Marsiglia
9 April — 29 July 2018
CIRVA, Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques / LE STANZE DEL VETRO
Venice / Italy
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
1 — 31 May 1987
MAGASIN – Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble
Grenoble / France
Group
SÚM á Listahátíð í Reykjavík 1972 , SÚM Reykjavík Art Festival 1972
17 June — 2 July 1972
Gallerí SÚM
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
La Vie Mode d’Emploi / Life A User’s Manual
10 September — 15 October 2011
Meessen De Clercq
Brussels / Belgium
Group
Hús/ House
12 May — 19 August 2012
Hafnarfjörður Center of Culture and Fine Art
Hafnarfjörður / Iceland
Group
Where Do We Go from Here. Emerging Icelandic Artists
30 June — 27 August 2004
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
New York / USA
Solo
Kyrralíf, Academy Of The Senses, nr 4 Umhverfing/no 4 around
1 July — 30 September 2022
Academy of the Senses
Búðardalur / Iceland
Group
Hraðari og hægari línur. Úr einkasafni Péturs Arasonar og Rögnu Róbertsdóttur / Faster and Slower Lines. Works from the collection of Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir
22 September 2011 — 1 January 2012
Hafnarhús – Reykjavik Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Photos, dessins, installations
5 March — 16 April 1994
Galerie Camille von Scholz
Brussels / Belgium
Group
Rúllandi Snjóbolti 7 / Rolling Snowball 7
2 July — 21 August 2016
Bræðslan
Djúpivogur / Iceland
Group
Dularfulli garðurinn / Mystery Garden
30 October — 14 November 1999
Ásmundarsalur
Reykjavik / Iceland
Group
Hreinn Friðfinnsson-Galerie Balderich
20 — 26 November 1971
Galerie Balderich
München-Gladbach / Germany
Solo
Icelandic Pavilion, 45th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
14 June — 10 October 1993
Venice Biennale
Venice / Italy
Group
AZERTY. Un abécédaire autour des collections du FRAC Limousin
18 March — 14 May 2001
Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris / France
Group
A Novelistic Simulation of an Everyday Space. A Treatise on Style
17 — 21 May 2017
Kunstverein
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson. To Spin and Swing You Need a Beat
9 October — 20 November 2010
Galerie Claudine Papillon
Paris / France
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
2 November 2007 — 27 January 2008
Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús
Reykjavík / Iceland
Group
Forty Years of the Corridor
3 February — 4 June 2023
National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavík / Iceland
Solo
Light and Dark with Green (with Magnús Logi Kristinsson)
1 June — 31 August 2020
Safnasafnið, the Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
Svalbarðsströnd, Akureyri / Iceland
Solo
Hreinn Friðfinnsson Endrum og Sinnum
21 September 2024 — 23 February 2025
Hafnarhús Reykjavík Art Museum
Reykjavík / Iceland
Group
Galerie van Gelder
10 December 2005 — 14 January 2006
Galerie van Gelder
Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Group
Only To Melt, Trustingly, Without Reproach
19 December 2013 — 23 January 2014
Galerija Škuc
Ljubljana / Slovenia
Group
Début de siècle
22 October — 16 December 2007
Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart
Rochechouart / France
Group
Íslensk náttúrusýn / Views of Icelandic Nature
8 June — 1 September 1996
Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavik Art Museum
Reykjavik / Iceland