Shoplifter (artist)

Shoplifter (real name Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir) is a New York City-based contemporary artist who works with synthetic and natural hair.

[2][3] Shoplifter is known for her sculptures, wall murals, and site-specific installations and has shown her work worldwide and collaborated with artists from various countries.

[5][6] In 2008, she worked in collaboration with Aimez Vous Avec Ferveur to create a large-scale window installation at MoMA.

[7] Shoplifter represented Iceland at La Biennale di Venezia in 2019[8] with her installation Chromo Sapiens.

[9] At an early age, she was introduced to the art of hair by her grandmother, who stored one of her cut-off braids in her bedroom drawer.