Born 1958 in Reykjavik, Iceland  

Lives and works in Reykjavík

Painting studio at

 Hólmgarður 34, Reykjavík.

Thorsteinn is co-owner of the architectural

firm ASK Architects in Reykjavik. As such he

has won various awards and recognitions.

Website: www.formnatura.com

Education:

- 1988 Graduated from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts - School of Architecture, Copenhagen Denmark.

-1993-1996 Reykjavik Art School

- 1996-1997 Guest Student at the Art Institute of Iceland/

Icelandic Academy of the Art 

Exhibitions:

- Café Milano 1998

- Gallery Borg 1998 (I)

- Gallery Borg 1998 (II)

- Art Museum Hveragerði,

group exhibition 1998

- Gallery Fold 2000

- Winsor & Newton London 2000

- Winsor & Newton Stockholm 2000

- Winsor & Newton Nwe York 2000

- Gallerí Fold 2002

- Gallery Fold, Smákorn,

group exhibition  2003

- Linsan 2003

- Health Care Centre, Efstaleiti  2004

- Landsbanki, Lágmúli branch,

 artist group exhibition 2004

- Galleri Sct. Gertrud,  Copenhagen: 2005

-Art Herning, Denmark: 2005

-Gallery Fold: 2005

- Landsbanki, Lágmúli branch,

artist group exhibition 2005

-Gallery Fold: 2007

  Examples of works in public places

- The Ministry of   Environment

-Skýrr

- The Association of Local Authorities in Iceland

Examples of works in private ownership             

-Kaupthing Bank

-Baugur Group

-Samskip

-Skeljungur

A member of:

The Association of Visual Artists-SIA

Association of Icelandic Architects –FAI

Reviews on Thorsteinn‘s paintings:

In 2000 one of Thorsteinn‘s paintings was among five Icelandic paintings sent to the Winsor & Newton Millenium Painting Competition following a preliminary competition in Iceland.  Thorsteinn‘s works entered the finals in Winsor & Newton‘s exhibition in London, Stockholm and New York.

Winsor & Newton is one of the world‘s major providers of art materials.

„This is an abstract expressionist painting, influenced by nature, especially in relation to the sharp borderlines between heat, cold and the clear, bright Icelandic nature.  The painting has no title, opening up the opportunity for each and everyone to make their own interpretation.“

From the Winsor & Newton 2000 Book of the Millennium Painting Competition.

Review from Thorsteinn‘s exhibition at Gallery Fold 2002

„He not only draws from his own world of experience as an architect, but also from the world of painting from the last decades.  The extrovert intuition, the poetic and unformal painting.“

„In his work Thorsteinn approaches these inner arteries of painting, utilising the transparency of colour, his advanced use of colour processing and his rhythmic formalism.“

Bragi Ásgeirsson, Morgunblaðið May 2000.