Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir is an artist and composer based in Reykjavík. She finished a soloist exam on classical clarinet from the Reykjavík Music College in 2015 and a Bachelor’s degree from the Fine Arts Department of The Iceland University of the Arts in 2019. After graduation she did an internship with Lina Lapelytė (Sun, Sea & Marina) in Vilnius, Lithuania. In her works she uses performance, installation and music to interrupt normative narrative and show her subjects in a new, and often comical, light.

Hildur Elísa’s works have been shown and performed widely, e.g. in Ásmundarsalur, Kjarvalsstaðir, Hof in Akureyri, and at Platform Nord (NO) and Ung Nordisk Musik in Tampere (FI). In 2020 she curated Primate Climate in Korpúlfsstaðir and has since been project manager of The Month of Visual Art 2020 and World Art Day 2021 (IS).

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