Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir was born in 1973 in Reykjavík. She studied art at the Fjölbrautaskólinn in Breiðholt from 1990-93, at the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts 1993 – 96 and a master’s degree at the Pratt Institute in New York from 1996 – 97. She has also studied art history and philosophy at the University of Iceland and completed an MA degree in philosophy from the University of Iceland in 2016.