Thorbjorg Jonsdottir
Born in Iceland, lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2009 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Program in Film and Video.
2004 BA, Iceland Academy of Arts, Department of Visual Arts.
2003 ERASMUS exchange, École des Beaux Arts de Marseille.
2003 KUNO exhange, Oslo Art Academy, Norway.
2002 KUNO exhange, Gothenburg Art Academy, Sweden.
Screenings and exhibitions
2011 Guðrún Northern Wave Film Festival, Iceland
2010 Ocean Ocean, Papay Gyri Nights 2011 Art Festival, Orkneyjar
2010 Ocean Ocean, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
2010 Ocean Ocean Art Happens, Sweden
2010 Ocean Ocean Reindeerland film festival, Egilsstaðir, Iceland
2010 Thoka included in the 17th edition of Journal of Short Film
2009 Ocean Ocean screened at the CalArts Showcase, Redcat, Los Angeles
2009 Ocean Ocean screened at the Hinterland Film Festival
2009 Ocean Ocean NO SOUL FOR SALE – A Festival of Independents
presented by Kling & Bang at X Initiative, New York
2008 The Emperor, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
2008 Thoka and Over, Hungarian Dances and Romanticism; Concert and
film at the Art Museum of Sigurjón Ólafsson, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2008 Thoka screened at Fallbrook International Film Festival, California
2008 The Emperor screened at The Player Piano Project, USC Thornton Music
MastersSeries, Los Angeles
2007 Buffalo screened at Surreal Cinematic Work LACMA, Los Angeles
2007 The Emperor screened at Confronting Paradise, New York
2007 The Emperor screened at RedCat Theatre, Los Angeles
2006 Buffalo screened at Experimental and Politique, France
2006 Buffalo screened at 26th Munchen international Festival of Film Schools,
Germany
2004 Dagskrá (group exhibition), Gallery Publik, Paris, France
2004 Cuts from Reykjavík (group exhibition), Frisor Beige, Berlin,
Germany
2004 Listaháskóli Íslands Graduation Show (group exhibition) Reykjavik
Art Museum, Iceland.
2003 Fjarskanistan (group exhibition). Gallery Nema Hvað, Reykjavík,
Iceland
2003 Co-Curator of the exhibition Fame, I wanna live forever with Audur Jorundsdottir, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2002 Art conferance “Real Presence 2002”, Belgrad, Serbia
2002 The Death dance of the Electron and the Anti-Electron (solo exhibition), Gallery Nema Hvad, Reykjavik, Iceland
Professional
Visting Filmmaker series co-ordinator, CalArts, Valencia, CA 2009-2012
Structuring Strategies. Weekly visiting filmmaker series, co-ordinator and presenter.
Associate Teacher, CalArts, Valencia, CA 2009-2011
Film Production Workshop. A foundation class in 16mm filmmaking, attended by all incoming MFA and BFA students in the Program of Film and Video at CalArts.
Instructor, Venice Arts, Venice, CA 2010
Youth filmmaking classes. Weekly classes, free of charge for underprivileged youth.
Instructor, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-2009
Youth filmmaking classes. Weekly classes free of charge for underprivileged youth.
Wilderness Guide, Icelandic Mountain Guides and Icelandic Travel Company, Iceland, 2004-2011
Backpacking guide. Leading and daily planning in backpacking and hiking trips in the
Icelandic highlands. Spoken languages: French, Spanish, English.
