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Jón Reykdal (January 14, 1945 - January 30, 2013) was an Icelandic painter and printmaker. He studied art at Iceland's School of Art and Handicrafts 1962-1966 and graduated from there as a drawing teacher. He studied graphics at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam 1968-1969 and at the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm 1969-1971 and Teckningslärarskolan 1971-1972. After studying, Jón taught at Iceland's School of Art and Crafts for about twenty years, first as a supervising teacher of the drawing department and later as a teacher and head of the graphics department for several years. He took a break from teaching in 1988 and devoted himself to art for several years. In 1993, he became a part-time teacher at the University of Iceland and then took up the position of lecturer in visual arts in 2003 at the same school, which is now the Faculty of Education at the University of Iceland, and held that position until his sick leave in 2012.

It can be said that the first part of Jón's career was devoted to graphics and he was a major driving force in Icelandic graphic art in the 80s and 90s. The last thirty years were mostly devoted to painting, photography and teaching. Jón worked diligently on social issues related to art. He was chairman of the association Íslensk grafík 1975-1978 and sat on the board of FÍM 1977-1982. He was on the board of the Nordic Art Center in Sveaborg, Helsinki 1980-1982, and on the board of the same institution 1982-1984. He was on the board of Kjarvalsstaðir 1978-1984, was chairman of the committee of the Icelandic Literature Prize in the category of fiction in 1999 and on the board of Listvinafélag Hallgrímskirkja from 1999-2009.

Jón held a number of solo exhibitions and took part in group exhibitions at home and abroad from 1969. He also illustrated and made book covers for dozens of books. His works of art are owned by individuals and public museums here at home and abroad.

Graphics

Jón Reykdal studied graphics with Braga Ásgeirsson at the Art and Handicraft School in the early 1970s and then went on to further study the art form in Amsterdam and Stockholm. He re-established the company Íslenzk grafík in 1969 together with painter Einar Hákonarsyn. The association was first founded in 1954 by the artists Jón Engilberts and Veturliða Guðnason but was largely dormant until it was re-established in 1969. The first board of the re-established association consisted of chairman Einar Hákonarson, treasurer Björg Þorsteinsdóttir and secretary Valgerður Bergsdóttir. "The goal of the association is to promote, through presentations and exhibitions, interest and knowledge in graphic art." It can be said with truth that the association has achieved its goals since graphics became popular in the homes of the people and that led to a misunderstanding that graphics would not be full-fledged fine art but the same as a reprint, corrected.

Jón Reykdal was chairman of the association Íslensk grafík 1975-1978. The association hosted numerous group exhibitions of members in Iceland and abroad, graphic portfolios were published, graphic artists from various countries were invited to exhibit with the group and hold workshops. The pioneers in Icelandic graphics were honored with honorary society titles and an exhibition.

Icelandic graphics pioneered innovations such as borrowing the artworks for fitting, discount terms and split payments. The association, together with the Alliance of Nordic Graphic Artists with a grant from the Nordic Culture Fund, was responsible for the foundation donation of 180 graphic artworks by 75 graphic artists from all the Nordic countries to the Nordic House in Reykjavík, which became the art loan department of the Nordic House. That art loan department is still operating.

Education

• 1962-1966 Iceland Art and Handicraft School Teacher training
• 1968-1969 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam Graphics
• 1969-1971 Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden Painting
• 1971-1972 Teckningslärarinstitutet, Konstfack. Stockholm, Sweden Teacher training

Private exhibitions

• 1978 Ísafjörður Library, Ísafjörður
• 1979 On the next grass Reykjavík
• 1979 Snerru-Loft Mosfellsbær
• 1980 The Nordic House, Reykjavík
• 1985 Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavik Art Museum
• 1986 Gallery Borg, Reykjavík
• 1989 S.C.A.G. Scandinavian Contemporary Art Gallery Copenhagen
• 1991 Nordic House, Reykjavik
• 1992 Art gallery in Laugardal, Reykjavík
• 1993 Church Art Festival, Reykjavík
• 1993 SPRON-Sparisjóður Reykjavík and its surroundings, Reykjavík
• 1993 Staðlakot Reykjavík
• 1996 Iceland Teachers College, Reykjavík
• 1997 The Museum of Modern Art, Reykjavík
• 1998 New paintings. Studio show
• 2001 The Labor Union's Art Gallery
• 2002 Arthús Ófeigs, Reykjavík
• 2003 Local artist in Skálholt together with Jóhanna Þórðardóttir
• 2004 New works. Hallgrímskirkja

Group exhibitions

• 1969 Nordisk grafikunion Copenhagen Denmark
• 1969 Autumn Exhibition. FÍM, The Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1970-1971 4 nålevende generationer fra Islands billedkunst - traveling exhibition in Norway and Sweden
• 1975 Icelandic graphics on Ísafjörður, Siglufjörður and Keflavík
• 1975 Nordisk grafik Union in Bergen, Norway
• 1975 Nordic Art Week Haderslev, Denmark
• 1975 Nordic Art Week in Tänder, Jótlan, Denmark
• 1975 Autumn exhibition 1975 Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1975 Icelandic graphics Gallery F15, Moss, Norway
• 1975 Icelandic graphics. The Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1976 City Hospital, Reykjavík
• 1976 FÍM autumn exhibition, Reykjavík
• 1976 Nordic Autumn Exhibition Fredrikshavn, Denmark
• 1976 Nordic graphics in Hobro, Denmark
• 1976 Nordic culture week in Kópavogur
• 1976 Nordic Culture Week in Odense Denmark
• 1976 Intergrafik International Triennial of Committed Graphic Arts Berlin
• 1976 Icelandic graphics on Spring Eve '76 Spring Eve in Akureyri
• 1976 Icelandic pop art, Art Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
• 1976 Overview exhibition of Icelandic graphics, Art Festival in Reykjavík
• 1977 Icelandic graphics in Hamar, Norway
• 1977 Icelandic graphics in Nörrköping, Sweden
• 1977 Icelandic graphics in Stavanger, Norway
• 1977 Kulturuge Lemvig, Denmark
• 1977 Lions House Stykkishólmi
• 1977 Nordisk grafik in Täby, Sweden
• 1977 Snorribúd Borgarnesi
• 1977 Autumn exhibition FÍM Kjarvalsstaðir Reykjavík Iceland [exhibition catalogue]
• 1977 Icelandic graphics, Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1977 Icelandic graphics, Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway
• 1977 Nordisk Grafik Union 40 years jubilee exhibition Helsingin Taidehalli Helsingfors Konsthall, Helsinki, Finland
• 1977 Summer exhibition of Icelandic graphics, Jónshús Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1978 Flight routes, Reykjavík
• 1978 Icelandic graphics, Crakow, Poland
• 1978 Nordic graphics in Aalborg, Denmark
• 1978 FÍM autumn exhibition, FÍM hall, Laugarnesi, Reykjavík
• 1979 Biennale der Ostseeländer, Rostock, Germany
• 1979 Icelandic graphics 1979, traveling exhibition around the Nordic countries
• 1979 Kemi in Finland
• 1979 Ölfusborgir Hveragerði
• 1979 Icelandic graphics The Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1979 Cultural Days of Military Base Opponents, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík
• 1979 Six in the Deep, Deep, Reykjavík
• 1980 Breiðfjörður store, Reykjavík
• 1980 Grafiktriennalen '80 Stockholm, Sweden
• 1980 Cultural vigil Stórutjarnarskóli S-Þingeyjarsýslú
• 1980 2nd Biennale Europäische Minderkeitenkulturen Das neue Staatsbibliothek Berlin Germany
• 1980 Grafik från Island Nordiskt Konstcentrum Sveaborg, Helsinki
• 1980 Icelandic graphics Egilsbúð, Neskaupstað
• 1980 Environment 80 Breiðfjörðingabúd, Reykjavík
• 1981 Icelandic graphics Södermanlands Museum, Sweden
• 1981 Icelandic graphics The Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1982 Nordic graphic art exhibition Sunderland City Art Center and Library Sunderland, United Kingdom
• 1982 Nordisk grafik Gallery F15 Moss, Norway
• 1983 Kunst aus Island. Literatur, Musik, Grafik Galleri Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin, Germany
• 1983 Kunst aus Island. Literature, Music, Graphics. Galleri Kulturcentrum, Bonn Germany
• 1983 Group exhibition of Icelandic graphic artists, Nordic House in the Faroes Tórshavn Faroe Islands
• 1988 Landskrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden
• 1991 Nordisk kunst Århus 1991, Kunstnernes Hus Århus Denmark Also shown in Bogie Hallen in Århus.
• 1991 Falunbiennalen 91.Dalarnas museum.Falun. Sweden
• 1994 Icelandic graphics The Nordic House in Reykjavík
• 1994 12 artists. Bankside gallery London
• 1995 Book work. Various artists. Nordic House. Reykjavík
• 1996 Painting and graphics. Jón Reykdal and Þórður Hall in Munadárnes
• 1997 Ode to the sheep. Micro work exhibition FÍM Art Gallery ASÍ
• 1999 Neorealism in art the 1980s. Iceland Art Museum, Reykjavík
• 1999 Frost and fun. Gallery Fold
• 1999 Samstaða - 61 artists The Art Gallery in Hveragerði
• 2003 Akvarell Ísland Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður Cultural and Art Institute
• 2003 Icelandic graphics The Art Museum in Þórshavn in the Faroe Islands
• 2003 Single print Grafíksafn Íslands
• 2003 Realism and Reality. Icelandic art 1960-1980. Iceland Art Museum
• 2004 The sea and sea attack. Seltjarna church

Career

• 1966-1967 Study groups Reykjavík
• 1966-1967 Art School in Reykjavík
• 1967-1968 Mýrarhúsaskóli, Seltarnarnesi
• 1972-1973 Melaskóli, Reykjavík
• 1972-1988 Iceland Art and Handicraft School Head of the teaching department and graphics department
• 1983-1985 Nordic Art school Karleby, Finland. Guest speaker
• 1988-1991 Took a break from teaching and worked exclusively on art painting
• 1991-1999 Iceland School of Art and Crafts, Department of Graphics
• 1999-2000 Iceland University of the Arts, Graphics Department
• 1993-1999 Teachers College of Iceland Part-time teacher
• 1999-2003 Iceland Teachers College Adjunct
• 2003-2012 University of Iceland, Faculty of Education, Lecturer

Design, book cover and illustrations

• 1963 Spark. Ed. The Youth Front, Union of Young Socialists, illustration
• 1964 Sunndagsblaðir Þjóðwillinn cover photo
• 1972 National Will 30.11. cover photo
• 1974 Sunndagsblað Þjóðwillinn, cover photo
• 1976 Jólablað Þjóðwillinn's Christmas magazine Cover image
• 1976 Sunndagsblað Þjóðviljann 15.02 cover photo
• 1977 The fall over me by Snorra Hjartarson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1977 Höstmörkret över mig by Snorra Hjartarson. Book cover ed. Walter Ekstrand Bokfärlag. Sweden.
• 1977 A collection of poems for teenagers, Námsgagnastofnun, illustrations.
• 1977 Poetry 1940 - 1966. Snorri Hjartarson. Book cover and illustrations. ed. Mál og menning
• 1977 Poetry. Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir. Book cover and design, ed. Mál og menning
• 1977 Art Festival in Reykjavík, poster.
• 1977 Foreign poems from past times, translated by Helgi Hálfdanarson, ed. Mál og menning
• 1977 Poem. Jakobína Sigurðardóttir. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1979 Sunndagsblað Þjóðviljann 17.06 cover photo
• 1980 The dynamics. Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1983 Seiður and Hélog. Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1983 Dragons and Little Birds. Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1986 Currents and trends in Icelandic literature by Heimi Pálsson. Design and photo editing, ed. The busyness
• 1986 Flying over a cliff Gunnar Guðlaugsson's poem. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1986 Morgunblaðinn's reading book Cover image
• 1988 Morgunblaðin's reading book 19.12. cover photo
• 1988 Finally. The last poems of Ólaf Jóhann Sigurðsson, illustrations and book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1988 Poems, illustrations, ed. Study materials institute
• 1988 Odds' new test education. Book cover, ed. Lögberg
• 1988 Salka Valka. Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1988 Blind to the sea. Poem by Guðlaug Arason. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1989 Heimslós I Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1990 Heimslós II Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1989 Heimslós I school edition, Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell.
• 1991 Independent People. Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1991 Steinn Steinarr poetry collection. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1991 Check forms of Íslandsbanki
• 1989 Poems from the East, Chinese and Japanese poems translated by Helga Hálfdanarson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1992 Strange is my life. Jóhann Jónsson's letter to Rev. Friðrik A. Friðriksson. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1992 The Stars of Constantinople. Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, book cover. Ed. Louisiana State University Press.
• 1992 Words of friendship. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1992 Words about love. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1992 Words about happiness. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1992 Calendar for Gísla B. Björnsson's advertising agency, silkscreen printing
• 1989 Mother of Seven Stars, William Heinesen. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1991 Shakespeare. Book box, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Icelandic Homily book. Ancient orations. Book cover, ed. The Icelandic Literature Society
• 1993 Sprek af reka translation of poetry by Þorstein Gylfason. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Words of Life and Death. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Words about the East. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Words about spring. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 A word about wine. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 A word about children. Poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Childhood films. Poem by Finn Torfa Hjörleifsson. Illustrations and book covers, ed. Mál og menning
• 1989 Pan by Knut Hamsun. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Slettidrika. Helgi Hálfdanarson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Poem 94. Kristján Karlsson. Book cover, ed. The Icelandic Literature Society
• 1994 Words about life, poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1994 Words about the animals, a poem. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1994 Words about beauty, poetry. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1994 Words about the North, a poem. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 The Book of Angels. Karl Sigurbjörnsson. Illustration, ed. Skálholtsútgáfan
• 1993 Life itself. Poems by various authors. Book cover, ed. SIBS
• 1993 Maríukver stories of the Holy Mother of God from the past. Book cover, ed. The Icelandic Literature Society
• 1996 Lesbók Morgunblaðinn cover image
• 1996 Icelandic literature history III, illustration, ed. Mál og menning
• 1998 Molduxi rabb about poetry and more. Helgi Hálfdanarson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1998 Svipþing Sveinn Skorri Höskuldsson, Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1998 Independent people I Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell.
• 1999 Independent People II Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1999 Salka Valka I Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1999 Salka Valka II Halldór Laxness. Book cover, ed. Vaka-Helgafell
• 1999 Mararbárur. Elias Mar. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1993 Experience and Education by John Dewey. Book cover, ed. RKHÍ
• 1999 Red darkness by Hannes Pétursson. Book cover, ed. Mál og menning
• 1999 Experience and Education by John Dewey Book Cover, ed. RKHÍ
• 1999 Knowledge and experience under the supervision of Gunnar J. Gunnarsson
• 2000 John Keats, Sonnets, translator Sölvi B. Sigurðarsson, ed. Mál og menning
• 2000 Songbird from the south, poetry translations by Þorstein Gylfason, ed. Mál og menning
• 2000 Four poets, Hannes Pétursson chose the poems, ed. Mál og menning
• 2001 Trends and trends in educational history by Reidar Myhre, ed. RKHÍ
• 2002 Slettireka, Helgi Hálfdanarsson, ed. Mál og menning
• 2002 Across the Deep, Þóra Sigurðardóttir, ed. Mál og menning
• 2003 Selected stories. Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, ed. Mál og menning