About the Artist

Helga Erlendsdottir was born in Reykjavik 1948. She studied art at the Comprehensive College of Breiðholt in Reykjavik and graduated in 1992. At the same time she studied at the Art School of Reykjavik.



Her art gallery  is in the restaurant in Arnanes.

In her art work, Helga uses both oil and watercolor. Nature is the main background in her work and because she’s living next to the greatest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull, Helga is full of ideas and motives. Landscape is most often seen in Helga’s work but also abstract and sometimes she works with all kinds’ materials and forms. Helga’s artwork can be seen in many homes in Iceland and all over the world.

From 1997 Helga has held private exhibition every summer in Arnanes Gallery.

Private Exhibitions:

1993: Gallery Hraunhól 7, Hornafjörður
1994: Gallery Arnanes, Hornafjörður
1996: Hotel Höfn
1997: Höfn Pakkhúsið (The Warehouse)
1999: Kaffihornið Höfn
2000: Café Milanó in Reykjavik
2002: Alcan Iceland Ltd. Straumsvík in Hafnafjörður
2002: Café Milanó in Reykjavik
2005: Café Milanó in Reykjavik
2005: Skriðuklaustur (the Institute of the famous Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson)

Group Exhibitions:

1993: Höfn Pakkhúsið (The Warehouse)
1994: Höfn Pakkhúsið (The Warehouse)
2001: Jöklasýning in Höfn (The Glacier Exhibition)
2002: Camp 2, Hornafjörður