The need to do what brings me JOY was the driving force behind this exhibition.

On my journey of self-improvement, I've realised how important it is to make time for the things that bring you joy. Our society today is moving at an absolutely breakneck pace, and so many of us are dealing with the consequences. In all our roles and the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's often forgotten to pause and really consider whether we are nourishing ourselves with things that bring us joy and happiness. How about slowing down a bit and thus preventing ourselves from getting these penalties? We must not forget to pause, take a deep breath, look around us and look closer to home.

I found inspiration for this exhibition in nature and creation. For me, creation is a form of meditation, and it brings me great joy. Colours have a great effect on me, but BLACK is my favourite colour. Black and White is not just black and white. I see different shades in black and white, just as I do in other colours. Flowers of all the colours of the rainbow bring me great joy, whether they are in a vase in the living room or out in nature. My interest in flowers comes partly from my grandmother, Jóa, who was a great aesthete and had many beautiful flowers, both in the living room and in the garden.

For this exhibition, I wanted to work with flowers because they have exceptionally beautiful organic forms and lines. In the works, I take the flowers from their natural environment, transfer them onto the canvas and interpret them as I see fit. I play with lines, colours and organic forms. To make the composition comfortable and visually interesting, I try to achieve a certain balance in the arrangement and colour combination. The works are created using mixed media, acrylic and pen.

Margrét Jóna Þórhallsdóttir was born in 1976 and grew up in Njarðvík. She graduated from the Visual and Practical Arts programme at the Vocational School of Akureyri in 1998. Margrét Jóna qualified as an art teacher from the University of Education in 2005 and from the Design Programme at the Hafnarfjörður College of Arts and Crafts in 2015. She has worked as an art teacher in both nursery and primary schools. Margrét has attended many courses in visual arts, several courses in oil painting, including with Þuríður Sigurðardóttir, and also in mixed media and paper pulp with Sara Vilbergsdóttir.

In 2021, she held her first solo exhibition right here at the Little Gallery, and then shortly after at Gallery 16. The exhibition, ”Black/White – Colourful', is her second solo exhibition.

The exhibition opening is on 30 November from 18:00-20:00 and everyone is welcome!

Other opening times:
Friday 1 December 15:00 – 20:00
Saturday 2 December 13:00 – 18:00
Sunday 3 December 14:00 – 18:00

The need to do what brings me JOY was the driving force behind this exhibition. On my self-healing journey, I have realised how important it is to make time for what brings you joy. Our society today is going at a very illegal pace and so many of us are dealing with speeding tickets. In all our roles in the hustle and bustle of the day, we often forget to stop and really think about whether we are nourishing ourselves by doing what brings us joy and satisfaction. How about slowing down a bit and, by doing so, preventing these speeding tickets. We must remember to stop, take a deep breath and look both inwards and around us.

For this exhibition, I drew my inspiration from nature and creation. For me, creating is a form of meditation and it gives me a great feeling of joy. Colours affect me deeply, but BLACK is my favourite colour. Black and White are not just black and white. I see different nuances in black and white, just as I do in other colours. Flowers of all the colours of the rainbow make me very happy, whether they are in a vase, in my living room or out in nature. My love for flowers, among other things, comes from my grandmother Jóa, who had a great appreciation for beauty and had many beautiful flowers, both in the living room and the garden. For this exhibition, I wanted to work with flowers because they have exceptionally beautiful organic shapes and lines. In these paintings

I take them from their natural environment, put them on the canvas and work them according to my own style. I play with lines, colours and organic shapes. In order for the image composition to be comfortable and exciting for the eye, I try to achieve a certain balance in arrangement and colour combination. The paintings are made with mixed media, acrylic and pen.

Margrét Jóna Þórhallsdóttir was born in 1976 and grew up in Njarðvík. She graduated from the Arts College at Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1998. She graduated as an art teacher from the Iceland College of Education in 2005 and from the Design Course at Iðnskólinn í Hafnarfirði in 2015. She has worked as an art teacher in both nurseries and primary schools. Margrét Jóna has attended many courses in art, several courses in oil painting with Þuríður Sigurðardóttir and also in mixed media and papier-mâché with Sara Vilbergsdóttir. In 2021 she held her first solo exhibition at Litla Gallerý and Gallerí 16. This is her second solo exhibition.

The exhibition opening is on 30th November from 18:00-20:00 and everyone is welcome!

Other opening hours:
Friday 1st of December 15:00 – 20:00
Saturday 2nd of December 13:00 – 18:00
Sunday 3rd of December 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm