Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir

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Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir
Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir

Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (Tvøroyri, 1 March 1934) is an artist from the Faroe Islands, most famous internationally for producing a collage of 12 motives from Ormurin Langi (‘The Long Serpent’) that resultet in a series of stamps from Postverk Føroya released in 2006.

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[edit] History

Vigdis is a born artist, and started already as a child to draw, aquarelle and paint on canvas. As a child of the famous faroese painter Sigmund Petersen, she has had perfect surroundings for developing as an artist. Lately she has mainly concentrated on colorful paper collages. As collages has become her great passion, she has developed her own style and inspiration from the special light and weather on the Faroe Islands. She is a part of an artistic family, and currently her sister BIBI, niece Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir and niece Vígdis Petersen are renowned active artists.

[edit] Education

  • 1956 Graduated as a Nurse from Randers Centralsygehus
  • 1960s Attended courses on artistic drawing and painting at the School of Art in Randers
  • 1972 Graduated as an Indoor Architect from Arkitekt Akademiet in Copenhagen
  • 1980 Attended drawing and painting courses at the Nordic House in Tórshavn

[edit] Exhibitions

Vestmanna
Vestmanna

Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir has displayed her art numerous times, but lately these are her main exhibitions:

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Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir has recently moved to the island Suðuroy which is the most southern part of Faroe Islands. Suðuroy is generally regarded as the most beautiful island in the Faroes, and it is providing her with plenty of inspiration for her art.

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