Hannes Sigurðsson (art historian)

Hannes Sigurðsson (born 1960 in Reykjavík) is an art historian and an independent curator from Iceland.

[1] Hannes received an MA degree in art history from the University of California, Berkeley (1988-1990), and a BA degree from University College London (1985-1988) after graduating from the Department of Painting at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (1980-1984) and the Reykjavik College of Music as a flautist (1975-1984).

[citation needed] Hannes worked in New York for five years as an art correspondent, where he began a career as an independent curator, the first one of his kind in Iceland.

[2] Hannes has edited and published dozens of books and catalogues and curated over 350 exhibitions and large-scale projects.

[citation needed] Hannes is the founder of the Icelandic Visual Arts Awards that were first held in 2006.