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Painter + Illustrator, Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir (Iceland)


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We discussed: Artist Salaries in Iceland, The Icelandic art scene, how she made international connections, the freedom of working on paper, sales not being the point of artwork, the difficulty of editing your artwork, artist statements, the benefits of using cheap materials, finding the right materials, artist fees, artist being paid to install exhibitions, artist salaries in Iceland, becoming bitter is the death of an artist.

 

People + Places mentioned:

The Glasgow School of Art – https://www.gsa.ac.uk
The Zoo Art fair – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_Art_Fair
Nordic Watercolor Museum – https://www.akvarellmuseet.org

 

3 creative people she admires:

David Lynch
Kate Bush
Ray Harryhausen
Jan Švankmajer

 

https://siggabjorg.net

 

 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

 

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript available: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-175-painter-illustrator-sigga-bjorg-sigurdardottir-iceland/

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