Artist Bio
Freya Björg Olafson works with video, audio, animation, motion capture, XR, painting, and performance. Olafson’s work has been exhibited and performed internationally at the Bauhaus Archiv (Berlin), SECCA - SouthEastern Center for Contemporary Art (North Carolina), and LUDWIG museum (Budapest). Olafson has benefitted from residencies, through EMPAC - Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (New York), Oboro (Montreal), and Counterpulse (San Francisco). In spring 2020 Olafson was one of the longlist ‘Sobey Art Award’ recipients and in July 2021 was selected for the 'Lumen Prize for Art & Technology' longlist. In 2017 Olafson joined York University as an Assistant Professor in screendance. As of July 2021, Olafson is an Assistant Professor in Digital Media at the University of Manitoba School of Art. Olafson holds an MFA in New Media from the Transart Institute