BIO
Eirdís Ragnarsdóttir (b. 1993) is an Icelandic-Chinese artist based in Beijing. Raised between Iceland, China, Japan, and New York, her work is shaped by movement between cultures, languages, and visual traditions. Painting became a way for her to navigate this instability and give form to experiences that were difficult to name.
Working intuitively, she builds images through emergence rather than fixed planning. Fragmented faces, shifting bodies, and ambiguous characters recur throughout her paintings, reflecting the instability of memory, perception, and identity.
Her practice draws on both Western and Eastern ways of thinking, moving between structure and spontaneity, control and surrender. Rather than offering a fixed narrative, her work holds psychological and emotional states in flux.
CONTACT
Email:
Eirdisco@gmail.com
Instagram:
@eirdis
CV
Education/Training:
(2012 - 2013): Traditional oil painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
(2013 - 2017): Psychology & fine art, Gallatin New York University, New York, United States
(2019 - 2020): Apprentice to master TongHongSheng, Beijing, China
SOLO EXHIBITION:
(2027) Gallery Fold, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2026) MÚDÍ, Gallery Ether, Tokyo, Japan
(2024) Life as cards, Lapsum Gallery, HangZhou, China
(2024) Daydreaming in colour, Winners Gallery, Beijing, China
(2020) Artist in Studio, UltraSuperNew Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
(2019) Lost & Found, Icelandic Embassy, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITION:
(2026) Low Key, Zhi Li Space, Chengdu, China
(2025) 37 x 33cm, Yuan Museum, Beijing, China
(2024). Silence Vs. Turmoil, Winners Gallery, Beijing, China
(2023) Crossing borders with art, DDD Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
(2022) XX universe, Empty Space, Beijing, China
(2022) Bloom, Gucci, Shanghai, China
(2022) FOMO, Plan X Gallery, Milan, Italy
(2022) Winter olympics, Long Fu Temple, Beijing, China
(2019) Castle city, Yuan Ming Yuan Gallery, Beijing, China
(2019) Illuminate, Heron Arts Gallery, San Francisco, United States
(2017) Edibles, Gallatin New York University, New York, United States
(2016) Body, I, Gallatin New York University, New York, United States
ART FAIRS:
(2026) 021, ZhiLi Space, Shanghai, China
(2025) Beijing Contemporary, Winners Gallery, Beijing, China
(2024) West Bund, Winners Gallery, Shanghai, China
(2024) NingBo Contemporary, Winners Gallery, NingBo, China
(2022) Focus Art Fair, 1719 Post, Paris, France
(2022) Wave Art Fair, 1719 Post, HangZhou, China
(2021) ShenZhen Art Fair, Hibon Gallery, ShenZhen, China
(2021) HangZhou Art fair, Bonian Space, HangZhou, China
(2021) NGArt Art, Beijing, China
(2021) SongFeng Expo, BaoDing, China
AWARDS:
UCCA Young Associates’ Choice Awards 2024
FILM:
(2026): Fujifilm Art Film Collaboration｜Tokyo, China
PUBLISHED:
Art Collector Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, 2026
“Kaldur og Heitur Dans” 冰火之舞 launch, China Press, 2025
冰火之舞 launch, Publication Radio Film 2025
冰火之舞, China Publishing, 2025
冰火之舞, Media Business Daily, 2025
“Eirdís’s life journey with 24 paintings,” HangZhou News, 2024
“A colourful existential crisis”, GQ Magazine, 2023
“Iceland, art & BioEffect Interview”, Glass China, 2023
“Worms robbed #73”: Redlion, 2022
“From minister consoler’s daughter to artist”: World Horizon Cultural Dialogue, by Wu Yuan, 2022
“An artist´s life.” The stories of the people behind the art #19: C-Heads, by Christine, 2022
“The noise of social media” Autumn issue 2020: Art & Museum magazine, by Derek Culley, 2020
“When art imitates life. Galleries and artists adapt to cope with the coronavirus:” Metropolis, Japan by Shir Lee Akazawa, 2020
“Art saves lives”: International artists stranded in Tokyo try to change the narrative of worldwide coronavirus pandemic: Tokyo Weekender, by Nick Narigon, 2020
#5 Issue: Slevin Magazine, 2019
#2 Issue: Que Será, 2019
Ónefna Magazine, by Gunnlöð Jóna, 2017
Body, I: NYU Gallatin Confluence, 2016
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION:
(2023-2026): In Studio Art Healing Workshops ｜Beijing, China
(2024): 一条 Auction｜Shanghai, China
(2023): Healing Through Art Lecture, Tian Jing University, TianJing, China
(2023): Art Collaboration and Residency, Hotel Éclat, Beijing, China
(2022): Spring/Summer Art and Fashion Collaboration, Arche, Mainland, China
(2021 - 2025): 54 m2 mural in memory of Jake Burton, Burton, NanShan Ski Resort, China
(2021): VR Stage Artist, Dream Ice Isle, Beijing, China
(2021): Spring/Summer Art and Fashion Collaboration, Arche, Mainland, China
(2017): Art & Fashion Collaboration, Samantha Darryanto, New York, United States