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VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

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VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

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VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR (°1992. Reykjavik, Iceland. Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.), ‘Vala’ in short, received her master’s degree in Sculpture at KASK, Ghent, Belgium and studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, Antwerp, Belgium prior to that as an Erasmus exchange student from the Icelandic Academy of Arts where she finished her bachelor’s degree. In 2017 she co-founded ABC Klubhuis. Since 2013 she took part in numerous group exhibitions in Reykjavik, Oslo, Ghent, Antwerp, Romania, …

Contrary to the materials she uses, Vala’s works are very light-hearted. In a child-like, seemingly naive way she portrays the extremely quotidian and ordinary to the point of the absurd. Little scenes of people at the dinner table, a woman on the toilet reading a newspaper, someone entering the room… and nothing more. They almost feel like pages straight out of children’s book. Drawing is a crucial factor in Vala’s creative process. The direct, spontaneous gesture, done in materials she can’t erase (charcoal) are the ideal means to conjure up stories that were haunting her mind in the most intuitive way. Very personal memories, dreams and fantasies are the fuel for telling a quite universal story that leaves as much room as possible for the viewer’s own associations.

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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.

Lauren Wiggers, 2019.

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Valgerður Sigurðardóttir – Lady in the Shower – 2019

BIOGRAPHY

KETELEER 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, her work was already part of the group exhibition The Girls Next Door, curated by Nadia Bijl. She’s the co-founder of ABC Klubhuis: an Icelandic artist-run initiative that organises exhibitions and events with young and established artists.

As stated in the title, the works in this exhibition are a continuation on themes she’s been working on for some time and are in themselves, in life characterised by their recurring nature.

Contrary to the materials she uses, Vala’s works are very light-hearted. In a child-like, seemingly naive way she portrays the extremely quotidian and ordinary to the point of the absurd. Little scenes of people at the dinner table, a woman on the toilet reading a newspaper, someone entering the room… and nothing more. They almost feel like pages straight out of children’s book. Drawing is a crucial factor in Vala’s creative process. The direct, spontaneous gesture, done in materials she can’t erase (charcoal) are the ideal means to conjure up stories that were haunting her mind in the most intuitive way. Very personal memories, dreams and fantasies are the fuel for telling quite a universal story that leaves as much room as possible for the viewer’s own associations.

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. The 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.

Valgerður Sigurðardóttir received her master’s degree in Sculpture at KASK, Ghent, Belgium and studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, Antwerp, Belgium prior to that as an Erasmus exchange student from the Icelandic Academy of Arts where she finished her bachelor’s degree. In 2017 she co-founded ABC Klubhuis. Since 2013 she took part in numerous group exhibitions in Reykjavik, Oslo, Ghent, Antwerp, Romania, …

SELECTED WORKS

 at the back of the bus

at the back of the bus

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 laundry line

laundry line

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 fine ass

fine ass

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 goal!

goal!

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 next in line

next in line

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 bats

bats

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 ribbon dance drawing

ribbon dance drawing

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 sweating

sweating

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 heading downstairs

heading downstairs

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 shame on you

shame on you

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 meeting the emperor

meeting the emperor

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 waiting for an opponent

waiting for an opponent

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 BUILDING II

BUILDING II

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 Building I

Building I

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 YOU’VE GOT MAIL

YOU’VE GOT MAIL

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 Leaning Out the Window

Leaning Out the Window

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 Chair and handkerchief

Chair and handkerchief

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 Dolly Is in the Neighbourhood

Dolly Is in the Neighbourhood

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 Apartment

Apartment

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 SO LONG

SO LONG

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 Who Started This?

Who Started This?

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 Strange Message

Strange Message

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 Someone Is at the Door

Someone Is at the Door

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 HOUSE

HOUSE

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 Suburb

Suburb

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 City

City

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 Home

Home

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 Autumn

Autumn

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 Lady in the Shower

Lady in the Shower

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 Lady on the Toilet/Newspaper

Lady on the Toilet/Newspaper

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 Discussion at the Table

Discussion at the Table

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 Friday

Friday

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 Wednesday

Wednesday

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 Lights Out

Lights Out

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 Flashlight

Flashlight

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 The Corner

The Corner

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 Thursday

Thursday

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 Lady in the Mirror (Karólina)

Lady in the Mirror (Karólina)

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 Article

Article

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NEWS

 Valgerður Sigurðardóttir book launch & signing

Valgerður Sigurðardóttir book launch & signing

05/05/2021

KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to present a new book by Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, offering a beautiful overview of her oeuvre so far.

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 VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR at Hafnarborg museum (IS)

VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR at Hafnarborg museum (IS)

18/08/2019

Valgerður Sigurðardóttir is part of a new group exhibition 'Everything at the Same Time' at Hafnarborg Museum, Iceland.

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 Announcing Valgerður Sigurðardóttir joining the gallery

Announcing Valgerður Sigurðardóttir joining the gallery

26/05/2019

We are very pleased to announce that Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (1992, Reykjavik, Iceland), ‘Vala’ in short, has joined the gallery.

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EXHIBITIONS

 ART ANTWERP 2021

ART ANTWERP 2021


16.12 - 19.12.2021

Antwerp Expo, Belgium

Jan van Rijswijcklaan 191, 2020 Antwerp



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 VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

VALGERÐUR SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

« I Got Some Strange News Today »
12.12.2020 - 24.01.2021

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 Group Exhibition

Group Exhibition


13.06 - 30.08.2020

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 Valgerður Sigurðardóttir

Valgerður Sigurðardóttir

« Recurring Themes »
16.03 - 05.05.2019

NEXT DOOR |

Leopoldstraat 55 - 2000 Antwerp



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 THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR

THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR

« Elleke Frijters, Valgerður Sigurðardóttir & Charline Tyberghein »
14.01 - 17.02.2018

NEXT DOOR |

Leopoldstraat 55 - 2000 Antwerp



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