Biography

BIOGRAPHY


Silja Leifsdottir. 15.03.84



EDUCATION

2005-2008 Ba (Hons) Degree in Fine Art
Photography, Glasgow school of Art
2004-2005 Fatamorgana,The Danish school of Art
Photography
2003-2004 Photocourse, Sund Folkehøgskole
2000-2003 A-levels, Bodo videregaaende


GROUPSHOWS


2008 Oktober. "artisit?" Galway, Ireland (www.artisit.org)
2008 August. Studio Warehouse, Glasgow.
2008 August. 'Dead end kids' Bodo, Norway
2008 June, Glasgow school of Art Degree Show,
Machintosh Gallery, Glasgow
2008 Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition,
The Mound, Edinburgh
2007 'Preserving Autumn' Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
2007 'All the ones I did’nt want, how I wish I had
them now', Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
2007 'Throb' The flying duck, Glasgow
2007 'Kjaerringraakken', Sinus, Bodo/Norway
2007 'NorskArt'.La Viande, London.
2007 'Expanded Photography", 3rd year FAP student
show, Pentagon Business Centre, Glasgow
2006 ’Shared Vernacular’, 2nd year FAP student
show, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow
2005 A-huset, Copenhagen
2005 Råhuset,Copenhagen
2004 Huset I Magstrœde, Fatamorganas wintershow,
Copenhagen.
2004 Inderøy kulturhus, Inderøya


SOLOSHOWS

2008 'It’s easier to let go if you forget about
gravity' The Vic Gallery, Glasgow


UPCOMING SHOWS

2009 February. "New Contemporaries" Edinburgh, Scotland


AWARDS

2008 “The Royal Scottish Academy Chalmers Bursary
prize.”


PUBLICATIONS

2008 Graduate photography online, Source Magazine.
Image picked out for poster by
John Duncan, Editor. Selected as one of the favourites by ‘Galerie Fotohof’
In Salzburg, Austria.
2008 Contributer in ‘Handmade 3D’.
Curated by JULAND
BARCELONAVIENNA, launched, published and ditributed by
INDEXBOOK BARCELONA, Oktober.
2008 Online Art Auction
2007 Launch at Bodø Kunstforening,
Bodø/Norway, 21 Desember
2007 Launch at 'Blå', Oslo.
Flickbook and poster published by 'Feil Forlag' 16 th November;
2005 Photograph Broadcasted at MTV Nordic, everyday for a month.


WORKING EXPERIENCE

2008 Currently working as an assistant for Enrico Centonze, Berlin
2007 Lecture at Sund Folkehøgskole, Norway
2006 3 days Workshop at Sund Folkhøgskole, Norway
2005 Jointly responsible for the start up of
‘SHOK’, Nordic Art Photography



Contact
siljadottir@gmail.com