Guðrún Einarsdóttir (b. 1957) is one of Iceland´s leading visual artists of our time. She studied painting and polytechnics at the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts in the 1990s, as well as courses in chemistry later in her career. During her career, she has created a unique world of images that is drawn from formations and forms in nature. Seen from a distance, her paintings are striking in their simplicity, but when you get closer, a fascinating world of varied details unfolds Guðrún's works can be called "nature paintings", but they are based on her experiments with materials. In the creation of the works, Guðrún explores the underlying form of the materials by developing experiments with mixing oil paints and binders and solvents. In this way, the artist's role is only to create a framework for chemical change with the aim of evoking the inner life of the materials. The artist does not control the process, but follows the changes by controlling the dose and ensuring that the materials have a sufficient time to dry - but these two factors are important in shaping the landscape of the material. For the past two decades, Guðrún Einarsdóttir has participated in a number of group exhibitions, but has also shown solo exhibitions both in Iceland and abroad. She represents Iceland internationally and her work can be found both in public museums and in private collections.