i8 Gallery

About the Gallery
Over its thirty-one-year history, i8 Gallery has fostered an influential group of artists from its Reykjavík base. The foundation of i8 Gallery is the conceptual rigor and intellectual spirit of its artists’ practices, which subtly unites the diverse roster. The twenty-four artists of the gallery work in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting, drawing, video, textile, installation, and performance.

i8 Gallery, founded in 1995 by Edda Jónsdóttir and her son Börkur Arnarson, draws its name from its original address at Ingólfstræti 8. The gallery moved to its current location near Reykjavík Harbor in 2010, across from the Reykjavík Art Museum.

About the Presentation
i8 Gallery will present work by Ragna Robertsdottir in a solo presentation at Independent 20th Century. Ragna Róbertsdóttir is based in Reykjavík, 81 years old, and has been working with great dedication for decades. Independent 20th Century will be the first solo exhibition of Róbertsdóttir’s work in the United States. Throughout her practice, Róbertsdóttir explores concepts of time, place, and materiality, with a focus on natural environments. As Berin Golonu wrote in Artforum reviewing her 2021 exhibition at i8 Gallery: "The abstraction in Róbertsdóttir’s work aptly evokes the infinitude of the sublime.”