1983 Rhode Island School of Design: BFA

1984 Rhode Island School of Design: BArch

1987 School of Visual Arts, New York: MFA in painting and sculpture

1989 Columbia University: MSc II in architecture and building design

One Man Exhibitions

1984 Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence

1990 Metamorphosis, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík Municipal Art Gallery

1990 The Icelandic Ministry of Culture

1991 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

1991 Slunkaríki, Ísafjörður, Iceland

1991 American Cultural Foundation, Reykjavík

1991 Henry Moore Gallery, Gulbenkian Hall, London

1993 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

1993 Stavanger Kunstforening, Norway

1995 Drammen Kunstforening, Norway

1995 Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (cat.)

1996 Haugesund Kunstforening, Norway

1996 Galleri Sólon Islandus, Reykjavík

1997 Silent touch, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Summer Exhibition (cat.)

1998 Hugo de Pagona Gallery, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

1984 BEB Gallery, Providence

1985 Visual Art Gallery, New York

1986 Visual Art Gallery, New York

1987 Visual Art Gallery, New York

1987 Five Young Artists, Scandinavian Art Foundation, New York

1988 St. Pauls Chapel, New York

1989 Young Architects, Ásmundarsalur Gallery, Reykjavík

1991 New York - Nordic, Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York

1991 Selected Artists, Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York

1992 Architectural Objects, Ásmundarsalur Gallery, Reykjavík (cat.)

1993 Selected Artists, Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York

1993 Selected Artists, Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York

1994 Variations in Abstraction, Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York, with Gerhard Richter et al.

1996 In the Forbidden Landscape, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, (cat.), with Patrick Huse, Odd Nerdrum, Roy Friberg

and Michael Kvium; curator: Øivind Storm Bjerke

1997 The Sunday Porcelain, Hafnarborg, the Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art (cat.)

Solo, International Group Exhibition (cat.) Municipal Museum, Madrid and National Museum, Rio de Janero; curator: Hugo de Pagano

Guðjón Bjarnason has received numerous grants and awards for his art and architecture. His works are to be found in many public and private collections in Iceland, Europe and the United States.