Alda  Mohr Eyðunardóttir


Through a variety of media Alda Mohr Eyðunardóttir (b. 1997, Faroe Islands) explores themes of language, silence, and cultural heritage, weaving them together with recognisable materials such as wool, bronze, and film, relocating these objects in new contexts. She engages with the fluidity of meaning and history, recognizing how they continuously shape the present. As she always creates in Faroese, a minority language in most contexts, she works actively with the layered ways in which her work is interpreted, often through subtitles and translation. Drawing from feminist theory, craft traditions, and language, Eyðunardóttir examines how to create broader meanings through a personal lens.

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Education:

2023:     The Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program - New York City, United States of America.
2022-2025:     Master of Fine Arts, The School of Media Arts at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022:     Room To Bloom Mentorship Program on postcolonial ecofeminism by Studio Rizoma and European Alternatives - Palermo, Italy.
2021:     Erasmus student at Iceland University of Arts - Reykjavík, Iceland.
2019-2022:     Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - Copenhagen, Denmark.



Selected Exhibitions and Screenings:

2025:    Afgang, MFA Degree Show: Kunsthal Charlottenborg - Copenhagen, Denmark.

2024:    Fog Swept Cargo: Group exhibition at the Scandinavia House - New York City, United States of America.
2024:    Threads: Group exhibition at The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

2023:    Conscious Threads: Duo exhibition at the North Atlantic House - Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023:    Young Arctic Artists: Group exhibition in Gallery Napa - Rovaniemi, Finland.

2022:    Faroese Minority Film Festival: Screening at The Nordic House of the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
2022:    Faroese Contemporary: Group exhibition at The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
2022:    Low Tide - High Tide: Group exhibition at Hafnarborg Center of Art - Hafnarfjørður, Iceland.
2022:    The Danish Artists’ Autumn Exhibition at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art - Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022:    Video 2: Screening at The Nordic House of the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

2021:    I miss everything all the time: Solo exhibition at The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.



Awards, Grants, and Residencies:

2024:    Ruth Smith’s Memorial Award.

2022:    Faroese Cultural Prizes: awarded young artist of the year.

2022:    Artist-in-residency at the Icelandic Textile Center.

2022:    Birgit Vibeke Tofts Mindefond

2021:    Grunnur Thorvalds Poulsen av Steinum: awarded young artist of the year.



Work in public collection:

The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - Acquired by The New Carlsberg Foundation.



Own writing:

(upcoming) Text contribution to the book Kinship and Coloniality - belonging between people, nature and cultures in the Faroe Islands. 

Essay An attempt not to write in brackets - Specialization in artistic research and writing, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, 2024



Texts:

(upcoming) Transformative Feminisms: Nordic Art in the Global Present - Anna Maria Dam Ziska, De Gruyter.



Curatorial Work:

2024:    St. Olaf's Exhibition at the National Gallery: In collaboration with the The Faroe Islands Art Association - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

2023:    Heysahorn: Assembly for artists from the Indigenous-Arctic, Celtic and Nordic regions - Tóshavn, Faroe Islands.

2022:    Dear, my dear: Group exhibition at the project space of the Council of Faroese Artists - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

2021:    Always Coming Home: OCEANIC CONNECTEDNESS - Group exhibition at the G! Festival 2021 in collabortion with the publicerhouse Eksil - Gøta, Faroe Islands.