Valgerður Sigurðardóttir Iceland, b. 1992
Memories often cling onto the smallest things, rather than to big narratives. As human beings we are necessarily bound to our daily routines: repetitive actions through which we develop a set of habits that create something permanent: quasi-stable anchors which allow us to face the transient and make us necessarily bound to a world of tangible things. Perhaps therefore in dreams it’s often the place, space or house which turns out to be the signifier of what goes on inside. We cannot think without context, nor think up anything that doesn’t have a context. The works of Vala zoom in on exactly this: the everyday scenery as a condition that makes our imagination, memories or dreams possible. A crucial world, more than a mere functional, random or banal necessity, but one that generates meaning.
Vala makes heavy, concrete (and tiled) pieces that beautifully emphasise the gravity of the everyday. She only works with materials which are used to build houses and which she made herself from scratch as a reference to the architectural, concrete design of our lives, a reference to our being-in-the-world. Her standing sculptures also interfere with the space, with the viewer’s movements. They become new walls we must walk around, like a room divider we have to peak behind to know the whole story which inevitably makes us part of the scene. You can’t avoid feeling like a peeping-tom and playing along with a smile.
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Valgerður Sigurðardóttir
Jan 13 - Mar 9, 2024KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (°1992. Reykjavik, IS. Lives and works in Antwerp, BE.) . Sigurðardóttir's third solo exhibition with the...Read more -
VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR
i got some strange news today Dec 12, 2020 - Jan 24, 2021KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to introduce I Got Some Strange News Today, the second solo exhibition by Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (°1992. Reykjavik, Iceland) with the gallery. The exhibition consists of...Read more -
group exhibition
Jun 13 - Aug 30, 2020KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to present a new Group Exhibition, showcasing new and recent works by all its artists. With this exhibition, the gallery wants to offer all its...Read more -
VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR
recurring themes Mar 16 - May 5, 2019KETELEER Gallery is very pleased to announce Valgerður Sigurðardóttir’s first solo exhibition Recurring Themes. Valgerður, ‘Vala’ in short, graduated in Sculpture at KASK, Ghent in 2018, but prior to that,...Read more
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ART ANTWERP 2023
antwerp expo Dec 14 - 17, 2023KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce its participation to Art Antwerp 2023. This year's presentation will consist of works by Joëlle Dubois, John Kørner,...Read more -
art cologne 2023
Nov 16 - 19, 2023KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce its participation in Art Cologne 2023. This year's presentation will consist of works by Stephan Balkenhol, Marc Bauer,...Read more -
art brussels 2023
Apr 20 - 23, 2023KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce its participation at Art Brussels 2023. This year’s group exhibition will consist of works by Stephan Balkenhol, Guillaume...Read more -
art antwerp 2022
Dec 15 - 18, 2022KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to present a new group exhibition for Art Antwerp 2022 at booth A.09. For this year’s edition, the show will...Read more -
art antwerp 2021
Dec 16 - 19, 2021Art Antwerp reflects the nature of our time by focusing on local engagement in a more intimate manner, with most exhibitors hailing from Belgium and...Read more
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VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING
May 5, 2021KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to present a new book by Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (°1992, Iceland), offering a beautiful overview of her oeuvre so far and...Read more -
VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR AT HAFNARBORG MUSEUM (IS)
Aug 18, 2019Valgerður Sigurðardóttir is part of a new group exhibition ‘Everything at the Same Time’ at Hafnarborg Museum, Iceland. The show looks at how young artists...Read more -
ANNOUNCING VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR JOINING THE GALLERY
May 26, 2019We are very pleased to announce that Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (1992, Reykjavik, Iceland) has joined the gallery. Valgerður, ‘Vala’ in short, received her Master’s degree in...Read more