Exhibitions
Solo
- 2023 "Digital Resurrection" - Þula, Reykjavík
- 2020 "Possible Futures" - Cocoo's Nest, Reykjavík
- 2019 "Liminal Space" - Gallery Grásteinn, Reykjavík
- 2018 "The Taxi Dialogues" - BerlinBlue Art, Berlin
Group
- 2024 "Kuldakast" - Reykjavík, Iceland.
- 2023 "Beyond Basil by Trippy labs" - Art Basil Miami, Florida.
- 2023 "Technical Images" - DesignMarch, Reykjavik.
- 2023 "Artizen Fund Winners" - Persona, NYC.
- 2023 "Future Plus" - Samsung Immersive venue, NYC.
- 2023 "Uncanny Virtuality" - Hafnarborg, Iceland.
- 2023 "Project 22" - Art In Space gallery, Dubai, UAE.
- 2022 "Alpha" - :iidrr Gallery, NYC.
- 2022 "Lonely.Rocks" - Untitled Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami.
- 2022 "iidrr: Body, Embodiment, Digital Self" - The Evac, NYC.
- 2022 "FEED hits the STREET!" - Feed, Erie PA.
- 2022 "Portion NFT.NYC - LUME studios, NYC.
- 2022 "Spextrum" - Nesco Center, Bombay.
- 2022 "Art & NFT: The Digital Roots" - NeueHouse, Frieze, LA.
- 2022 "Art & NFT: The Digital Roots" - Arium, Web.
- 2022 "Digital Futures" - Decentraland, Web.
- 2021 "Do the Liminal Space!" - SVA Flatiron Gallery, NYC.
- 2021 "Communication Design B.A. Graduate Show" - Berlin.
- 2020 "VNYE Hi-Resolution" - Times Square, NY.
- 2020 "Samsýning" - Núllið, Reykjavík.
- 2020 "List í ljósi" - Seyðisfjörður.
- 2020 "Vetrarhátíð" - Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík.
- 2020 "Four Generations" - Gallerí Grásteinn, Reykjavík.
- 2019 "Rask #2" - Ingólfsstræti 6, Reykjavík.
- 2019 "Fluid" - Night Embassy, Berlin.
- 2019 "Adidas Future Studios" - Berlin.
- 2019 "Interactive Identities" - GlogauAir, Berlin.
- 2018 "Kronach Leuchtet" - Kronach.
Lectures & Talks
- 2024 “Steina Vasulka: Já Ok Podcast”
- 2024 “Mograph.com Podcast”
- 2023 "Adding the Pizazz Factor: Making 3D Look Cool" - Maxon NAB, NYC.
- 2023 "MAXON: DAT Tour" - Nashville, US.
- 2023 "MAXON: DAT Tour" - Philadelphia, US.
- 2022 “XR Motion Podcast”
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2022 “Skaparinn Podcast”
- 2019 "Speculative World-Building" - Iceland Academy of Arts.
- 2017 "Jägermeister Night Embassy" - Berlin, Germany.
Awards & Jury
- A∗DCE 2024, Design, Jury member.
- FÍT Awards 2023,
Digital Design,
Jury Member.
- Northern lights film festival, 2023 - Official selection.
- NYC Fashion film festival, 2023 - Official selection.
- New York Cinematography Awards 2023 - Official selection.
- Cine Paris Film festival, 2023 - Best animation.
- Berlin Indie Film festival, 2023 - Best Animation.
- FÍT 2023, Motion Graphics - Silver award.
About
María Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic New Media Artist / 3D generalist based in New York City. She has a MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
She has exhibited all over the world with work that experiments with different mediums to explore the potentials of reality and virtuality.
The artist’s works depict utopian speculations of potential realities, inspired by the future, Sci-fi, and computer graphics.
Commercially, she has worked with brands including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas, Palace Skateboards, Jagermeister, LN-CC, One Times Square and more.
Featured in I-D Magazine, It's Nice That, etc.
Press
Vísir, 2024
Kúnst, 2024
Vísir, 2024
Vísir, 2024
Rúv, 2023
Artizen, 2023
Vísir, 2022
Red-Eye, 2022
RÚV, 2022
LD-CC, 2022
Palm.io, 2022
Kastljósið, 2022
Vísir, 2022
Portion, 2022
Portion, 2022
ItsNiceThat, 2021
Fréttablaðið, 2020
RÚV, 2020
Stundin, 2020
i-D Magazine, 2019
i-D Magazine, 2019
Fréttablaðið, 2019
RÚV, 2019
Morgunblaðið, 2019
Sneakers Mag., 2019
Girls are Awesome, 2019
Fizzy Mag, 2019