AWARDS – HONOURS

2011 “Indriði Award” Icelandic Fashion Council, first-time recipient

2009 Reykjavík City Artist 2009, Reykjavik City, Iceland

2008 Söderberg Prize, Gothenburg, Sweden

2008 Myndstef Award, Nomination, Reykjavík, Iceland

2008 FKA – Association of Women Entrepreneurs, Reykjavík.

2007 Winner of “Ginen 2007”, Nordic fashion awards.

2007 Awarded by the President of Iceland the “Knight´s Cross”

2006 Icelandic Visual Art Award, Nomination

2006 Saga Fur Workshop, Copenhagen

2003 Designer of the Year award in Iceland, “Menningarverðlaun”

2000 Finalist in Enkamania Design Talent

1986 Adri Gold Thimble Award

1986 Norman Norell Scholarship

1985 Norman Norell Scholarship

1985 Carmelo Pomodoro Silver Thimble Award

1985 Designer of the Future, Knitted Textiles Association

LECTURES

2016 “Rhythm Knitting" Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" Aberdeen, Scotland

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" Royal Library Copenhagen, Denmark

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" Boras School of Textiles, Sweden

2014 STEiNUNN, Boras School of Textiles, Sweden

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" Nordic House, Faroe Islands.

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" Frankfurt Design Museum, Germany

2014 Women in Parliament, Harpa Music Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 STEiNUNN, Alaska Art Museum, Anchorage, Alaska

2014 “Rhythm Knitting" National Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

2014 STEiNUNN, Juneau City Hall, Alaska

2014 STEiNUNN, Fairbanks Museum, Alaska

2013 University of Reykjavík, MBA Business program, Reykjavík Iceland

2013 HDK Gothenburg Design School, Sweden

2013 Private Design School, Gothenburg, Sweden

2013 FISOS, Association of Icelandic Museums, National Heritage Museum

2013 “Rhythm Knitting ” Nordic House Nuuk, Greenland

2013 “Rhythm Knitting ” Kennedy Art Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC, USA

2012 Fashion gowns and corselet, National Museum of Iceland.

2011 Íslandsstofa, Icelandic Trade Council,

2011 “Looking Back to find our Future,” Nordic Fashion Biennale, Nordic Museum, Seattle, USA.

2011 “Thinking Hands” National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík Art School

2010 Bejing Fashion Institue of Technology, Bejing, China

2009 University of Iceland, Reykjavík Iceland

2009 Nordic Council of Ministers, Kultur Forum, Felleshus - Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

2009 CCP, Reykjavík Art Museum

2009 Lava 2009, Seminar, Iðnó, Reykjavík, Iceland

2009 Confederation of the Icelandic Employment (Santök Atvinnulífsins), Reykjavík, Iceland

2009 Innovation Conference, Nýsköpunarþing, Reykjavík, Iceland

2009 Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri, Ísland

2009 “Nordic Fashion Biennale” Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland

2009 Iðnskólinn í Hafnarfirði, Ísland

2009 Art teachers in Iceland, Listmenntakennarar á Íslandi

2008 Rhösska Design Museum Gothenborg, Söderberg Priz, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2008 National Museum of Iceland, Norrænir safnverðir, Reykjavík

2008 FIT, New York Panel Discussion, New York, USA

2008 FIT, New York Fashion Design Students, New York, USA

2007 Skt. Petersburg Fashion Students, Nordic House, Iceland

2007 FIT, New York, Fashion Design Gallery, New York, USA

2007 Design Center, Klaus K., Helsinki Finland,

2007 “Icelandic Fashion & Design", Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany.

2006 Design students, Reykjavík Art School, Reykjavík, Iceland

2006 “Scandinavian House” Aalands Island, Finland

2006 "Retrospective", Nordatlantesbrygge Copenhagen

2006 “Fortíð – Nútíð” Textile Museum,  Blöndósi, 

2006 “Sjónþing - a retrospective”, Gallery Gerðuberg, Reykjavik

2005 Fashion Students, LHI, Icelandic Academy of Art, Reykjavík, Iceland

2004 “Nordic cool”, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA.

2004 WorkshopmNational Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA.

2004 “Nordic design” The Scandinavian House, Reykjavík, Iceland 

WORKS IN PUBLIC MUSEUMS

2009 Hönnunarsafn Íslands, Design Museum of Iceland.

2009 Rhösska Design Museum, Söderberg Priz, Göthenborg.

2009 Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, Norway