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Loji Höskuldsson
Loji Höskuldsson
Bio
Loji Höskuldsson’s (b. 1987 in Reykjavik, Iceland) practice unfolds through a slow and deliberate engagement with embroidery, where images gradually emerge stitch by stitch on burlap over days and months.
This meditative process allows time for sustained reflection, embedding contemplation directly into the finished works and inviting an intuitive, tactile response from the viewer. He lives and works in Reykjavík and his practice is rooted in craft tradition while addressing contemporary themes through narrative-driven compositions. His works weave together references to local landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday products, and cultural icons from Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland. Balancing intimacy and scale, Höskuldsson’s embroideries offer quietly empathetic observations of shared human experience, suggesting a restrained sense of hope in times of uncertainty.
Exhibitions
CV
Loji Höskuldsson
Born 1987, Reykjavík, Iceland
Lives and works in Reykjavík
EDUCATION
2010
Iceland Academy of The Arts, BFA
2007
Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti, Fine Art, Icelandic matriculation examinatio
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Neighbours, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2025
Fortune Teller, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
193 Days in Stockholm, Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Preservations Season at Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024
The End of the Road, duo
exhibition with Þorvaldur Jónsson, Listasafn
Samúels Jónssonar, Selárdalur, Iceland
Date in the Park, duo
exhibition with Helga Páley, Icelandic Embassy, Helsinki, Finland
Lost Track, group exhibition with Baldur
Helgason and Claire Paugam, Gallerí Port, Reykjavík, Iceland
2023
What I Gather, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022
V1 XX: Twenty Years of V1 Gallery, group exhibition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Interior Dialogues, group exhibition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tveir pottar mjólk / Two Pots of Milk, Alþýðuhúsið, Siglufjörður, Iceland
Við getum talað saman, group exhibition, Gerðasafn Kópavagur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
Stitches and Threads, group exhibition, The Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
Experiment: Eider and Farmer, group exhibition, Norræna Húsið, Reykjavík, Iceland
Toast, with Karolina Hellberg, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2021
Chronicles 3, fair booth, Galerie Droste, KPM, Berlin, Germany
Sveitin mín / My Countryside, The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum, Safnasafnið, Iceland
2020
Listþræðir, group exhibition,
Listasafn Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland
Open Art Gallery, group exhibition by Platform GÁTT at Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2019
Súper lókal, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
Varðað, with Helga Páley Friðjófsdóttir and Þorvaldur Jónsson, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Vorboðinn, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018
Á ferð, with Auður Lóa & Sara Gillies, Harbinger Reykjavík 2018 - Eftir kúnstarinnar reglum, Arion banki, Reykjavík, Iceland
List án Landamæra, with Kristján Ellert Arason, Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar, Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Garður meðalmennskunar, Gallerí Port, Reykjavík, Iceland
Norður & Niður, Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017
Normið er ný framúrstefna, group exhibiton, Gerðasafn Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
Ymur, group exhibition, Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri, Hjalteyri, Iceland
2016
Solo Exhibition, Safnasafn, Svalbarðsströnd, Akureyri, Iceland
2015
Tropicalia, group exhibition, Eiðistorg, Reykjavík, Iceland
Kyrralíf/Still life, The Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
Mucho Grandi, Hólmaslóð, Reykjavík
Lystisemdir, Efasemdir, Heimsendir, group exhibition, Kling & Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012
Minning, Listasafn Reykjavíkur-Hafnarhúsið,
Reykjavík, Iceland
Veflausnir, with Arna Óttarsdóttir, Artíma gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011
Sjónsuða, Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri, Hjalteyri, Iceland
The Confected Video Archive of Kling & Bang, DOROTHEA SCHLUETER GALERIE, Hamburg, Germany
2010
Útskriftarsýning (Graduation Exhibition), Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík, Iceland
Hand Traffic In The Box, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2009
Vesen, performance, Living
Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Pasta basta, Kaffistofa student gallery, Listaháskóli Íslands, Iceland
2008
Í kjallaranum, group exhibition, Ibiza bunker, Reykjavík
2005
Skúhúhúhúlptúr sýning, group exhibition, Gallerý Tukt, Reykjavík
Selected Works
