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Emilie Dalum, b. 1989, Denmark.

Works and lives 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 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 


2020-23 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


2024 Interviewer, writer and photographer, Portfolio Reviews, project for SÍM (the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists), Iceland

2023-24 Curatorial assistant, Traineeship at Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal, Næstved, Denmark

2023 Art Curator, History Shapes / Sagan mótar, graduation exhibition MA Curatorial Practice, with artists Guðrún Vera Hjartardóttir, Michael Richardt, Listapúkinn, Vera Panitch, Jonna Jónborg Sigurðardóttir and Kolbeinn Jón Magnússon, Gamla sóttvarnarhúsið við Ánanaust, Reykjavík, Iceland

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

2023- Board member of Púkinn Childrens Festival, Westfjords, Iceland

2022- Board Member, Sequences Real Time Art Festival, 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

INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES  / PUBLICATIONS


2023 Eye Mama, book, by Karni Arieli, selected photograph Selma

2023 Visit Iceland online magazine, UNUSUAL ART VENUES - THE FACTORY ART EXHIBITION

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 curation 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 The Reykjavik Grapevine, Vulnerable Beings Emilie Dalum Explores Cancer and Healing in Photo Memoir

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 / INTERNSHIP / OTHER


2022 KUNO intensive course, Interaction Between Nature and Culture, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania

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 - CURATORIAL PROJECTS


2025 The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund / Myndlistarsjóður, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland  

2024 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland

2023 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland 

2022 Öll vötn til Dýrafjarðar, Byggðastofnun, for The Tub / Balinn, Iceland


2022 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland 


2022 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland

2021 Samfélagsstyrkir Orkubús Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2021 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2020 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn , Iceland

2020 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2019 Áfram Árneshreppur, Byggðastofnun, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2019 Náttúruverndarsjóður Pálma Jónssonar, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2019 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition and The Tub / Balinn, Iceland

2018 Uppbyggingarsjóður Vestfjarða, for The Factory Art Exhibition, Iceland