Egill Sæbjörnsson

Egill Sæbjörnsson (born 1973) is an Icelandic visual artist, filmmaker, musician and architecture interventionist. He lives and works between Berlin and Reykjavík. Sæbjörnsson's work brings together 3D environments, digital projections, technology, and sound. These range from small intimate installations in museum and gallery settings to larger-scale permanent architectural installations. Sæbjörnsson conceives his work as a technological continuation of painting and sculpture, exploring the space between the virtual and physical. His works have been exhibited in The Martin Gropius Bau, Royal Academy of Arts in London, MoMA PS1 in New York, The Watermill Center, Museum of Modern Art Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, The Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Amos Rex, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Oi Futuro Rio de Janeiro, Dakar Biennale, and The National Gallery of Prague. He represented Iceland at The 57th Biennale Arte in Venice, and in 2019 he was nominated for the Ars Fennica Award in Finland. He lectures and contributes to various publications.

"Stone Ball, 2014" is Sæbjörnsson's public art installation in Berlin commissioned by Robert Koch Institute. It's a massive concrete block with a stone hemisphere with computer-controlled projection.