Úlfur Karlsson (born 13 October 1988) is an Icelandic artist and film director. His parents were Swedish immigrants.
Úlfur began his career making short films and documentaries. In the year of 2003 Úlfur screened the short film ''Pirovat'' at the
New York Independent Film and Video Festival. In the year of 2008 he graduated from the National film Institute of Iceland (Icelandic Film School). He has made two short films since ''Pirovat''; ''Tvísaga'', in the year of 2006, and ''Einskonar Alaska (Kind of Alaska)'', in the year of 2008, based on a famous radio play by
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...
. In 2009 he graduated from the art school at
Akureyri,
Myndlistarskólinn á Akureyri. After that he enrolled in
Valand School of Fine Arts
Valand Academy ( sv, Akademin Valand) is a school for film, photography, literary composition, and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
It was formed in 2012 through the merger of three formerly independent schools/de ...
and graduated with BA degree. At Valand he started painting in
Neo-expressionistic style. Úlfur has had many exhibitions around
Iceland, for example at
Listasafn ASÍ,
Slunkaríki in
Ísafjörður and
Sláturhúsið at
Egilsstaðir. In 2015 Úlfur, along with other young artists in Iceland, took part in an exhibition called ''Nýmálað (Just Painted)'' at
Listasafn Reykjavíkur. In the same year he had a private exhibition at
Listasafn Reykjavíkur, titled ''Við erum ekki hrædd (We are not afraid)'' and an exhibition titled ''Implant'' at Wind and Weather Gallery. In 2019 Úlfur had a private exhibithion at Galerie Hilger NEXT in Vienna titled ''Ominvores ''.
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Short films
* ''Pirovat'' 2003
* ''Tvísaga'' 2006
* ''Einskonar Alaska'' 2008
References
External links
Artist websiteErró um Úlf og Úlfur um Erró – VísirFrom Iceland — Artist Talk: Úlfur Karlsson
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1988 births
Ulfur Karlsson
Ulfur Karlsson
Swedish artists
Swedish film directors
Ulfur Karlsson
Living people