Selected bibliography


Valgeirsdóttir, Aðalheiðar. Ávextir / Fruits, 2000. In 140 Works from the Collection of the National Gallery of Iceland. Reykjavík: National Gallery of Iceland, 2024, 194–195.

Atherton, Kevin. Sara the Navigator. In Whispers from the Abyss, a Dark Tribute to Light. Exhibition catalogue. Reykjavík: The Icelandic Printmakers Association, September 2023.

Steinberg, S. Anne. “Chasing Beauty in London.” Review of Flâneur by Sara Björnsdóttir, Kópavogur Art Museum at Reykjavík Arts Festival, May–August 2016. Iceland Review, July 12, 2016.

Kurg, Regina-Nino. “Aesthetic Consciousness of Site-Specific Art.” South African Journal of Philosophy 32, no. 4 (2013): 349–353. (Writes about HA at Reykjavík Art Museum 2012, as an example of strongly site-specific art.)

Þóroddur Bjarnason. “Empty but Occupied Gallery.” Review of HA, Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús. Fréttablaðið, October 25, 2012. Reykjavík.

Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Jóa. “Corner Vision.” Review of HA, Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús. Morgunblaðið, November 5, 2012. Reykjavík.

Styrmisdóttir, Hanna. “Hanna and Sara.” Interview. In HA. Exhibition catalogue. Reykjavík: Reykjavík Art Museum, September 15, 2012.

Þórsdóttir, Harpa. “Performances, Time-Based Art and Video-Art.” In Icelandic Art History from the Late 19th Century till the Beginning of the 21st Century, vol. 5: New Painting, Performance and Installation Art, edited by Ólafur Kvaran. Reykjavík: Forlagið and the National Gallery of Iceland, 2011, 174, 176–177, 196–197.

Heisler, Eva. “Ideas, Objects and Space.” In Icelandic Art History from the Late 19th Century till the Beginning of the 21st Century, vol. 5: New Painting, Performance and Installation Art, edited by Ólafur Kvaran. Reykjavík: Forlagið and the National Gallery of Iceland, 2011, 267.

Jones, Shauna Laurel. “To Dare the Heat and the Heartbeat.” In New Icelandic Art from the 1960s to Today, 264. Berlin, 2009.

Andrésson, Markús Þór. “Artist of the Month.” The Icelandic Medical Journal 12. Reykjavík, 2007.

Sigurðardóttir, Ragna. “Searching in Darkness: The Cave Behind the Forehead.” Review of exhibition at Gallery Kling&Bang. Morgunblaðið, March 2006. Reykjavík.

Helgason, Hlynur. “Presence and Absence: Sara Björnsdóttir’s Exhibition And Then Came Spring.” Art review. Fugl.is, October 5, 2006. Reykjavík.

Heisler, Eva. “The Sadness of the Archive; The Enigma of the Broken Record.” Morgunblaðið, March 12, 2005. Reykjavík.

Motzkus, Heidi Tolles. “An Artist of Fire and Ice.” Phi Kappa Phi Forum 84, no. 1 (2004). Los Angeles.

Thorsteinsson, Thorvaldur. “The Art of Being Earnest.” In I Love Your Feelings. Exhibition catalogue. Reykjavík: ASÍ Art Museum, November 2004.

Sigurðardóttir, Ragna. “Art – ASÍ Art Museum.” Review of I Love Your Feelings. Morgunblaðið, November 26, 2004. Reykjavík.

Heiðdal, Dagný. “Confusing Space.” In Point of View. Reykjavík: National Gallery of Iceland, September–October 2003.

Björnsdóttir, Sara. “I’m Messing with the Space.” Interview about Confusing Space. Morgunblaðið, September 2003. Reykjavík.

Ransu, Jón B. K. “Silent Stimulus, No-Thing.” Review of Confusing Space. Morgunblaðið, October 2003. Reykjavík.

Hendriks, Jeroen. “Uitgesmeerde ingewanden nan vliegen.” Art review. Haarlem, Netherlands, October 2003.

Þórsdóttir, Harpa. “Sara Björnsdóttir: About Flying Saucers I–III and Fruits.” Exhibition text. The National Gallery of Iceland, October 2002. Reykjavík.

Anderson, Fred. “My Body Is Over the Ocean.” Art review. Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, 2002.

Jónsdóttir, Sonja B. “The Animal Is Always Creating Something.” Essay on Sara Björnsdóttir. Reykjavík, 2002.

Bjarnason, Þóroddur. “Good Art.” Review of Flying Saucers and Other Wondrous Things, Gallery Skuggi, Reykjavík. Morgunblaðið, November 17, 2001.

Runólfsson, Halldór B. “Pointing at the One You Like.” Review of The Part of Beauty, Café Mokka, Reykjavík. Morgunblaðið, September 1, 1999.

Runólfsson, Halldór B. “Mind Brings Me Half the Way.” Review of Meditation on Art. Morgunblaðið, November 1999. Reykjavík.

Thorlacius, Áslaug. “Roaming Versatile Objects.” Review of The Depression of the True Artist, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavík. DV, December 1999.

Engilbertsson, Ólafur J. “Sculpture.” Review of Sara Björnsdóttir, Café Mokka. DV, August 8, 1995. Reykjavík.

Þorláksson, Eiríkur. “Sterilised Chance.” Review of Sara Björnsdóttir, Café Mokka. Morgunblaðið, August 11, 1995. Reykjavík.