Orri Jónsson
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland.
orrianalog@gmail.com
Collaborates with i8 gallery, Reykjavík and Sage Paris
https://i8.is/
http://www.sageparis.com
Solo exhibitions:
2022 Mokka, Reykjavík. Oaxaca2018 i8 Gallery, Reykjavík. 48 p hotographs.
2013 Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. Interiors. 2011 Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Iceland. Interiors.
2002 Gallerí Skuggi, Reykjavík. Eyðibýli.
2001 Gallery Image, Arhus, Denmark.
1999 Projector. Japis, Reykjavík.
1998 Portraits. Café Mokka, Reykjavík.
Selected group exhibitions:
2022 Mengi, Reykjavík. MIRA!2016 Mengi: Berlin. Felleshus, Rauchstrasse 1, Berlin. Twelve silk-screened posters designed by Orri and Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir for the Mengi artspace.
2006 Changing Faces: Work. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany. Nine photographs from the series Without Work. 2005 Selections from series Forsaken Farms at Gallery of the Belgrade Cultural Center, National Museum Leskovac, Belgrade, Serbia. 2004-2010 Paysages Islandais, exhibition at Gallerie Fnac Saint-Lazare, Paris. Nineteen photographs from the series Forsaken Farms. 2003 Light-speed; Four contemporary Icelandic photographers. Reykjavik Photography Museum. Seven Photographs from the series Marietta.
2002 A retrospective of Icelandic Photographers at the Moskva Museum of Photography. Four photographs from the series Forsaken Farms
Books:
2022 Your Arms Are So Soft They Are Like Lamb Wool. Self published.
2011 Interiors. Steidl Verlag.
Film:
2011 Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigríður Níelsdóttir. Director, writer and editor along with Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir and Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir.
Film composing (as Slowblow, with Dagur Kári):
2014 Virgin Mountain (Fúsi).2010 Undercurrent (Brim).
2009 The Good Heart.
2005 Dark Horse (Voksne Mennesker).
2001 Noi Albinoi.
1998 Brandon Teena Story.
Music releases as Slowblow:
2006 Brothers in Arms, limited edition 7“ single.2004 Slowblow, CD/LP.
2004 Noi Albinoi, CD.
1996 Fousque, CD. Re-released in may 2004.
1994 Quicksilver Tuna, CD. Re-released in may 2004.
As producer/recording engineer:
2017 August EP by RuGl. 2011 The Box Tree by Skúli Sverrisson & Óskar Guðjónsson.
2008 All Over the Face by Skakkamanage.
2008 Murta St. Calunga by Benni Hemm Hemm.
2007 Ein í leyni by Benni Hemm Hemm.
2006 Royal Family: Divorce by Stórsveit Nix Noltes.
2006 Kajak by Benni Hemm Hemm.
2005 Orkídeur Hawaí by Stórsveit Nix Noltes.
2003 Summer Make Good by múm.
2002 The Curse of Singapore Sling by Singapor Sling.
Design work with Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir:
2014 Temperaments by Kippi Kaninus, LP.2014 After Silence by Skúli Sverrisson & Óskar Guðjónsson, LP. 2014 Fragility of Sense by Skúli Sverrisson & Anthony Burr.2013 They Hold It For Certain... by Skúli Sverrisson, Anthony Burr & Yungchen Lhamo, CD/LP. 2013 Makkvírakk by Benni Hemm Hemm, silk-screened poster-size music sheets. 2012 The Box Tree by Skúli Sverrisson & Óskar Guðjónsson, CD/LP.