Emilie Dalum, b. 1989, Denmark.
Living in Reykjavík, Iceland.
ARTIST-CURATOR STATEMENT
Emilie Dalum is an independent curator and visual artist who combines cultural, personal and intimate subjects to manifest her hybrid practice. Not dedicated to one medium, her work moves across curation, project management, photography, drawing, poetry and installations. Her practice explores the human conditions, revolving around the themes of body, truth and private-public dichotomies. As a whole, her practice investigates the power of coexisting exhibition formats and the experience of the audience.
She is the founder, art curator and project manager of the exhibition projects The Factory in Djúpavík and The Tub in Þingeyri. Her latest curatorial addition was an art installation, Garden of Eyes, situated in her private garden as part of The Winter Lights Festival in Reykjavík, 2023. Her own works of art have been exhibited in institutions and galleries in Iceland. She is a board member of Sequences Real Time Art Festival.
Photo Maresa Jung
// Contact, inquries & collaborations //
emiliedalum5@gmail.com / emilie@thefactory.is
EDUCATION
2020 - MA in Curatorial Practice, the Iceland University of the Arts, Iceland
2014 One-year programme, Photography, Fatamorgana The Danish School of Art Photography, Denmark
2013 BA in European Ethnology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Tub / Balinn, Húsið sem talaði upp úr svefni / The House That Talked in its Sleep, exhibition with Guðbjörg Lind Jónsdóttir, Egill Sæbjörnsson and Ágústa Oddsdóttir, as part of Umhverfing nr. 4, Þingeyri, Iceland (group)
2021 The Nordic House, Emilie / Michael, in collaboration with Michael Richardt, as a part of Nature in Transtion - Shifting Identities - an exhibition project presented under the auspice of the Iceland University of the Arts in connection with the conference of UArctic, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021 Hugarflug Conference 2021, Emilie / Michael, in collaboration with Michael Richardt, Hlöðuloftið Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland (duo)
2020 The Factory, I Am Calling For Colours / Jeg hidkalder farverne, Djúpavík, Iceland (group)
2019 Iðno, Listastofan Goodbye Party, Reykjavík, Iceland (group)
2018 Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Emilie, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
2018 Gallery Ekkisens, Sex Self, with Kristín Morthens, Therese Precht Vadum, Þröstur Dosty Valgarðsson, Claire Paugam and Katla Katla, Reykjavík, Iceland (group)
2017 Listastofan, Emilie, Reykjavík, Iceland (solo)
2017 Bókasafnið í Hveragerði, Emilie, Hveragerði, Iceland (solo)
2016 Steypa Photography Exhibition, Emilie, Ólafsvík, Iceland (group)
2015 Pólar Festival, Michael, Stödvarfjördur, Iceland (solo)
2015 Steypa Photography Exhibition, Benni, Djúpavík, Iceland (group)
2015 Fatamorgana’s Winter Exhibition, Galleri Krebsen, Denmark (group)
2014 Fatamorgana’s Summer Exhibition, Galleri Krebsen, Denmark (group)
2014 Steypa Photography Exhibition, Fragments of You, Djúpavík, Iceland (group)
CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2023 Art Curator & Facilitator, Garden of Eyes / Garður augnanna, with artists Alda Ægisdóttir, Þorvaldur Garðar Kvaran and Ronja Jóhannsdóttir. Winter Lights Festival / Vetrarhátíð, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Art Curator in collaboration with Amanda Poorvu, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Björk Hrafnsdóttir and Vala Pálsdóttir, Berskjölduð / Unarmed, Listasafn Reykjanesbæjar, Keflavík, Iceland
2021 Hugarflug Conference 2021, Emilie / Michael, in collaboration with Michael Richardt, Hlöðuloftið Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland (duo)
2020 Art Curator, Objection An Exhibition of Mine without Me in It And Hands Not On it, in collaboration with performance artist Michael Richardt, at the Iceland University of the Arts, Iceland
2019 - Art curator & Project Manager, The Tub Art Space / Balinn listarými, Þingeyri, Iceland
2017 - Art Curator & Project Manager, The Factory Art Exhibition, Djúpavík, Iceland
2017 Volunteer, Listastofan, Reykjavik, Iceland
2015-16 Assistant STEYPA Photography Exhibition, Iceland
ARTICLES / MEDIA / PUBLICATIONS
2022 Ós Pressan, selection of poems and visuals, 2022, Iceland
2021 The Reykjavik Grapevine, Artist/Curator/Friend: The Undefinable Relationship Of Emilie Dalum And Michael Richardt
2019 Úr Vör vefrit, Kannski hafa þeir fengið nóg af náttúrunni, interview about the curating of The Factory Art Exhibition
2018 Cancer Today Magazine, In The Moment - Survivers Share Snapshots Of Their Lives Today
2018 Journeys, Images, Belonging: An Interview with Emilie Dalum by Gabriel Dunsmith
2017 doc! photo magazine vol. Q4 #, Emilie
2017 Artzine, Ljósmyndir og lyfseðlar í Listastofunni við Hringbraut
2017 RÚV, The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Listastýning í sildverksmiðju, The Factory Art Exhibition
2016 The Reykjavik Grapevine, The Djúpavík Effect: Peace & Superheroes In Strandir
COURSES / WORKSHOPS / INTERNSHIP / OTHERS
2022 KUNO intensive course, Interaction Between Nature and Culture, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
2022 - Board Member, Sequences Real Time Art Festival, Iceland
2021 Two months’ internship at The Reykjavik Art Museum, Department of Education and Mediation, Iceland
2018 Drawing course, Portrait and Shaping, Myndlistaskólinn in Reykjavik
2017 One-year programme, Design and Innovation, The Technical College, Iceland
2014 Filmisk fortællerform, The National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
2012 5-days’ workshop with photographer Carolyn Drake, Fatamorgana The Danish School of Art Photography, Denmark
GRANTS
2022 Öll vötn til Dýrafjarðar, Byggðastofnun, for The Tub / Balinn in Þingeyri, Iceland
2022 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík, Iceland
2022 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík, Iceland
2021 Samfélagsstyrkir Orkubús Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & Þingeyri, Iceland
2021 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & Þingeyri, Iceland
2020 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & The Tub in Þingeyri, Iceland
2020 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & The Tub in Þingeyri, Iceland
2019 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & The Tub in Þingeyri, Iceland
2019 Náttúruverndarsjóður Pálma Jónssonar, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & The Tub in Þingeyri, Iceland
2019 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík & The Tub in Þingeyri, Iceland
2018 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition in Djúpavík, Iceland
Emilie Dalum