In her often playful visual language, Kristín Elva varies between delicate figurative- and abstract drawings, and finds subjects is her immediate environment, focusing on potted plants and tiny animals such as insects. Her work has evolved into abstract manifestations and creature like drawings were the lines and colours are in the forefront. She works meanly with drawings on paper with mixed media.
Kristín Elva Rögnvaldsdóttir, born in 1972, is an Icelandic artist based in Reykjavík. She earned her MA in Fine Art from The Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm in 2001, following her graduation from The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts in 1998.
Kristín Elva has participated in various exhibitions, residencies, and festivals, showcasing her work across Iceland and internationally: This Body of Mine on behalf of The Starving Artist - The Sequences Festival in Reykjavík, Iceland - Karnal Knowledge an art project of seven nordic artist that toured around Sweden and Iceland, e.g. Trollhättan Art Gallery in Sweden, The Living Art Museum in Iceland - Bitch, The Yellow House, Iceland - Sýning, LÁ Art Museum in Hveragerði, Iceland - Spuni, Gallery Box, Akureyri, Iceland - Hrúga, Vesturveggur at Skaftfell Art Center in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, in connection with the Skaftfell Residency program.