Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir as Icelandic writer and art historian.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born at Reykjavík in 1958. Her recorded nationality is Iceland. She trained at University of Paris and University of Iceland.
Twentieth-century art was international, heavily theorised and increasingly conceptual, with the market growing alongside it.
She worked as writer and art historian.
Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Recognition followed: Nordic Council Literature Prize (2018) and Icelandic Literary Prize.
That the work was made in Iceland shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is still working, and the shape of the body of work is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Nordic Council Literature Prize — 2018
- Icelandic Literary Prize
