Þóranna Björnsdóttir (b. 1976) is a sound and visual artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland. She studied music from an early age, graduating as a classical pianist before moving into contemporary music and art. Þóranna completed her BA at the ArtScience Interfaculty between the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in 2006, and earned an M.Art.Ed degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2014. She has also attended and taught various courses and workshops in music, sound, and visual art.
Þóranna's work focuses on the act of listening, exploring sound as an intuitive medium and a form of knowledge—enabling myriad images, associations, and outcomes across form, time, and space. Her multidisciplinary practice often places the viewer or audience at the center and incorporates elements of sculpture, performance, and soundwork. Themes often revolve around human nature and evolving worldviews. Þóranna has exhibited widely and performed at numerous concerts and art festivals both in Iceland and internationally. She is also a sound and performance artist with the international art group Wunderland and co-curated the 2020 art biennale Sequences X,
titled “Time Has Come.”
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