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Ragnar Kjartansson

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Ragnar Kjartansson (1976, Iceland) is an Icelandic performance and visual artist working across every medium he can conceive, from large-scale video installation, performance, theatre, music, to ceramics and painting. His works explore endurance, clichés, irony, and romantic yearning, often unfolding repeatedly over extended durations.


Major projects, including The Visitors (2012), and other works of his have been widely exhibited in a number of solo shows in Europe and in the United States. Living and working in Reykjavík, Kjartansson represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale (2009) and received the Ars Fennica Award (2019). In 2016, he was honoured as the year's Reykjavík City Artist.

Upcoming events

  1. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  2. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  3. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  4. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  5. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  6. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  7. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  8. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  9. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  10. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  11. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  12. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  13. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  14. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  15. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  16. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  17. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West

  18. Your Eyes in My Head/Sunday Without Love

    Laurie Anderson, Ragnar Kjartansson
    Tickets
    From 12:00hours | multidisciplinary | Molen van West