After graduating from the MFA program of the Iceland Academy of the Art, I exhibited at the 5th International Biennale for Young Art, Deep Inside, curated by Nadim Samman. I have recently traveled to another volcanic island, Reunion Island (East coast of Africa) where I was a teacher assistant at the Art Academy for a semester, teaching to both BA and MA students. Among others I was a guest editor for the first issue of THE ICEVIEW art and literature magazine (Iceland) and the article "Forgotten rituals of yearning", by the theorist A. Wolodzko in Capacious Journal (USA) is based on my art practice.
I recently became a member of the board of Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík.
upcoming
- The Factory #5, group exhibition, collaboration with Raphaël Alexandre, Djúpavík, Iceland
- assistant of curator Becky Forsythe for the exhibition Soft Landing, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
ongoing
+ ou - SEXE, group exhibition at Galerie B+, Lyon, France. 22/03 - 27/04
education
2016 - Master of Fine Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik
2014 - DNAP (National Diploma of Fine Arts, BA degree), School of Fine Arts of Nantes Métropole, France
2012 - BTS (two year technical degree) of Graphic Design, Duperré School of Design, Fashion and Creation, Paris, France
group exhibitions
2019 - The Factory #5, group exhibition, collaboration with Raphaël Alexandre, Djúpavík, Iceland
01/06 - 31/08
2019 - + ou - SEXE, Galerie B+, Lyon, France. Curated by Gilles Maignaud, 22/03 - 27/04
2018 - SEX SELF, Ekkisens art space, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Curated by Maria-Carmela Rasso, Katerina Blahutova & myself
2018 - 16e Biennale d'arts actuels - 16th Biennale of contemporary arts - CRAC Champigny-sur-Marne, France
2018 - Líkamleiki, Icelandic Photography Festival, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland.
Curated by Brynja Sveinsdóttir
2017 - Salon Parcours d'Artistes 2017, Art Festival, Les Passerelles, Pontault-Combault, France.
Curated by Marcus Philippe
2017 - PLAN-B, International Art Festival, Borganes, Iceland
2016 - Deep Inside, 5th International Biennale for Young Art, Trekhogornaya Manufactory, Moscow.
Curated by Nadim Samman
2016 - Fine Art/Design Degree Show MA 2016, Gerðarsafn Art museum of Kópavogur, Iceland.
Curated by Daníel Björnsson
2016 - …[BÆNG]…, old Kling og Bang gallery, Reykjavik
2015 - Lets the Flavour Flow, old Kling og Bang gallery, Reykjavik
2015 - Ahh now it all makes sense, Listaháskóli Íslands, Reykjavik
2015 - CLAIRE MATHILDE ZUZANA, Kaffistofa gallery, Reykjavik
2014 - Première tentative, Collectif Nu(L), Nantes, France
2013 - Rattrapage, Dulcie Gallery, Nantes, France
2013 - Archiculture, festival of Art and Architecture, Ecole Supérieure Nationale d'Architecture de Nantes, France
solo exhibitions
2019 - Versatile Uprising, a collaboration with Raphaël Alexandre, Wind and Weather Window Gallery,
Winter Light Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
2018 - Slippery Edges, Listastofan Art Space, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - Entre des formes incertaines, residency restitution, L'Attrape-couleurs contemporary art center, Lyon France
2017 - MIDSCAPE, Listastofan Art Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
video screening
2018 - Attempting the Embrace n°27, Skotleyfi á skynfærin: Videotek #2, Húrra, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Curated by Birkir Karlsson
artist residencies
2018 - Röstin Residency, Þórshöfn, Iceland
2018 - L'Attrape-couleurs, Contemporary Art Center, Lyon, France
2017 - SASSO Artist Residency, Vairano, Switzerland
2016 - NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
press
2019 - Artzine, "Versatile Uprising: Lifandi Formleysa" by Sólveig Eir Stewart http://artzine.is/versatile-uprising-lifandi-formleysa/
2019 - The Reykjavík Grapevine, #2 - 2019, "Versatile Uprising" by Tara Njála Ingvarsdóttir, Iceland
2018 - RÚV radio, Vidsja show, "Tilraun að faðmlagi í janúar" by Starkaður Sigurðarson, Iceland (on air 29/01/2018)
2017 - UMBIGO art and design magazine, issue #63, "Claire Paugam - Attempting the Embrace" by Barabara Valentina, Portugal
2017 - Capacious Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, "Forgotten rituals of yearning" by Agnieszka Anna Wolodzko, USA
http://capaciousjournal.com
2017 - THE ICEVIEW TI online, Icelandic art and literature magazine https://www.theiceview.com/tionline/
2017 - JIR - Femmes magazine, "L'analogie visuelle comme processus créatif" by Laïla Bapoo, article based on a conference I gave about my art practice, Reunion Island, France
2016 - Interview for RÚV (Icelandic TV channel) Kastljós program "https://www.clairepaugam.com/Attempting-the-Embrace-n-26"
publication
2018 - Exhibition catalogue 16e Biennnale d'Arts Actuels CRAC of Champigny-sur-Marne, France
2018 - poem published in Murder Magazine vol II "Erotic/ System", Reykjavik - Los Angeles
2018 - Exhibition booktlet Líkamleiki, Icelandic Photography Festival, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum
2017 - Exhibition catalogue Salon Parcours d'Artistes 2017, Les Passerelles, Pontault-Combault, France
2016 - Third issue "Surprise Edition" of Pseudoscienza art magazine, Vienna, Austria
2017 - Guest editor for the first issue THE ICEVIEW art and literature magazine, Iceland
2016 - Exhibition catalogue, Deep inside, 5th International Biennale for Young Art
2016 - Exhibition catalogue, Fine Art/Design Degree Show MA 2016, published by the Iceland Academy of the Arts
2016 - L'Enseignement de San Francisco by Colin Thil, published by Martian's Parlor Entertainment
talks
2019 - Embodying Experiences talk with curator Brynja Sveinsdóttir for HugarFlug, the Iceland University of the Arts annual conference
2018 - Meeting Claire Paugam, talk about my art practice to the MA and 3rd year BA fine arts students of the Iceland Academy of the Arts
2018 - Artist talk for the exhibition Líkamleiki / Embody, Icelandic Photography Festival, Gerðarsafn art museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
2017 - Rencontre avec Claire Paugam, Ecole Supérieure des Arts de la Réunion, Reunion Island, France
2017 - Rencontre avec Claire Paugam, lycée Victor Duruy, Paris, France
2016 - Exhibiting at the Young Art Biennale for the MA students of Fine Arts of the Iceland Academy of the Arts, with María Dalberg and Veronika Geiger
performances
2016 - Attempting the Embrace n°28, collaborative performance with Canadian dancer Lydia Zimmer, Borginn restaurant, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2016 - Zuzana Kleinerová's graduation show, Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno, Czech Republic
2015 - Yodel, group performance lead by Doreen Kutzke and Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Einar Jónsson Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
videoclips
2018 - SEX SELF a song by MSEA, co-directed with Katerina Blahutova href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4W4SZKE_zE&frags=pl%2Cwn" target="_blank">
2017 - CHANGES first song released from the debut album of Eceteraband named HERBERGI, on youtube href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=magFCvRp2dY">
curator
2019 - assistant of Becky Forsythe for the group exhibition Soft Landing, Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
2018 - SEX SELF group exhibition I co-curated with Maria-Carmela Raso & Katherina Blahutova, Ekkisens Art Space, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 - Chapter One - Water (The Spirit of Man) Aishling Muller's solo exhibition, Listastofan Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 - Collective curation …[BÆNG]…, a collaboration between students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Media Art School of Cologne, old Kling og Bang gallery, Reykjavik
2015 - Collective curation Lets the Flavour Flow, old Kling og Bang gallery, Reykjavik
2015 - Collective curation Ahh now it all makes sense, Listaháskóli Íslands, Reykjavik
2015 - assistant of Hulda Stefansdóttir for Dynamics of Darkness in the North, The Nordic House, Reykjavik